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    Quote Originally Posted by 89coupe View Post
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    I think this is bullshit, it’s easy to have a life balance between kids and a social life.
    Nope, Buster is actually spot on in this case. Kids are amazing, but goodbye to who you could have been. Social life being probably the least important metric in that regard.

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    We will be the 6th baby in our “friend group” in 2023, though second for some. Hoping that will help socialize a bit.. maybe I’m dreaming.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lasimmon View Post
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    We will be the 6th baby in our “friend group” in 2023, though second for some. Hoping that will help socialize a bit.. maybe I’m dreaming.
    If you make the effort to socialize you will. If you don’t, you will never see these people again.
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    If you think I have been trying to present myself as intellectually superior, then you truly are a dimwit.
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    guessing who I might be, psychologizing me with your non existent degree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Misterman View Post
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    Nope, Buster is actually spot on in this case. Kids are amazing, but goodbye to who you could have been. Social life being probably the least important metric in that regard.
    Nonsense

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    If you make the effort to socialize you will. If you don’t, you will never see these people again.
    Correct, it’s a choice. A lot choose not to, so lame.

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    Totally agree it's about choices and priorities, to an extent.

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    Got my ass kicked at hockey today by 1 kid this afternoon, and got my laptime beaten by 1/2 sec go karting at speeders by the other. Then all 3 bullied me into a Ruth’s Chris steak dinner. This shit ain’t worth it.
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    See!!!
    Fatherhood leads to corn-fed beef, nonsense...

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    Quote Originally Posted by 89coupe View Post
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    Nonsense

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    Correct, it’s a choice. A lot choose not to, so lame.
    If kids aren't altering your priorities you're doing it wrong. Or you have only had one small kid at a time and a house with 1.5 careers rather than two full careers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rage2 View Post
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    Got my ass kicked at hockey today by 1 kid this afternoon, and got my laptime beaten by 1/2 sec go karting at speeders by the other. Then all 3 bullied me into a Ruth’s Chris steak dinner. This shit ain’t worth it.
    Be better.
    Give them melatonin before any competitive activity. Expert your alpha ways.

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    1 kid at a time would be so easy lol! My day starts at 5:00am with my son (18.48 mo), then my daughter gets up around 6:30 (45.6 months old). Then it's insanity until nap time when I get maybe an hour to stuff food in my face and clean up a bit of the mess before round 2 starts. Then it's insanity again until 7:00pm when bed time routine starts. Clean up and lunches isn't done until 8:30 and even then it's half assed. That brief period between 8:30 and 9:45 is the free time, which hopefully doesn't involve any projects that come up. Hopefully I can be asleep by 10:30 and it's a rare night when I'm not woken up by one of the kids before it all starts again then next morning at 5:00.

    With 1 little kid, it's not a hardship doing 1-1 so the other parent can get something done, but dumping the other parent into a 2-1 situation is rough. The best thing for us is to get out of the house and do something. That cuts the grind down quite a bit. The other option is to just check out and plop your kids in front of the TV, but we're not there yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
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    If kids aren't altering your priorities you're doing it wrong. Or you have only had one small kid at a time and a house with 1.5 careers rather than two full careers.
    Certain people will always find an excuse.

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    My kid can beat up your kid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vengie View Post
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    Be better.
    Give them melatonin before any competitive activity. Expert your alpha ways.
    You don’t think I tried?

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    Maybe I’m just getting old.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
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    If kids aren't altering your priorities you're doing it wrong. Or you have only had one small kid at a time and a house with 1.5 careers rather than two full careers.
    0.5 seems generous
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    Yo bro, are you from that goat Calgary car forum that get salty over lawn care, land rovers and circumcisions? That's straight fire.

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    Get a nanny if you can, or try to source some outside help on a regular basis. My girls are young (2 and 5) and there's obviously daily challenges to get them organized and behaving appropriately etc but I find the endless daily house/life chores layered on top to be absolutely soul sucking. This way, there's just more bandwidth available to have fun with them rather then slowly descending into a relentless state of frustration tending to their every single, never ending, backbreaking need. I realize that to have a nanny is a privileged position, but our quality of life has improved so dramatically, that I would advocate for this type of solution to any family if it was a feasible option.

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    If anyone in your neighborhood has a nanny, see if you can hire them for 1 day per week of laundry and chores to free up your own time. Lots cheaper than full time, but makes a huge difference.
    Immigrant type nanny highly preferred for the chores aspect.
    We had white canandian nannies, and well, that's a whole different deal.

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    I think I might be the only twin dad in this thread?

    The wife defo wouldn't be able to have a 0.5 career with the 3 under 3, but if it was just the toddler, it would be a cinch

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    Quote Originally Posted by ExtraSlow View Post
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    If anyone in your neighborhood has a nanny, see if you can hire them for 1 day per week of laundry and chores to free up your own time. Lots cheaper than full time, but makes a huge difference.
    Immigrant type nanny highly preferred for the chores aspect.
    We had white canandian nannies, and well, that's a whole different deal.
    How many kids did you have with that nanny?

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    Quote Originally Posted by suntan View Post
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    How many kids did you have with that nanny?
    The immigrant type?
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    guessing who I might be, psychologizing me with your non existent degree.

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    No you make the nanny have abortions.

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