[raises hand for both]

I've been married almost 4 years (i'm 27) and have a 2 year old daughter.

I realized a while back that my calling in life was to be an awesome dad and husband (especially since my father was neither).

Any others out there that are married, have kids, or both?

What are your thoughts on the lifestyle change?

EDIT: oops, I see there is a thread on being married, so lets make this one about having kids. Sorry for the clutter!

[Edited on February 5, 2007 at 12:57 PM. Reason : asdf]

2/5/2007 12:56:41 PM

i have a 4 month old daughter



that pic is from a couple of months ago...i have more recent ones, but they aren't on my computer yet. will post when i can.

no wife, though.

2/5/2007 1:04:59 PM

I'm married with two boys of my own. Alex is 2-1/2 and Ryan is 4 months old. Too be perfectly honest, the lifestyle change after we had Alex wasn't as big as I thought it would be. But after Ryan came along its changed big time. The one thing that sucks is having to lug around all their baggage everywhere we go. When we go to church we have so much stuff it seems like we take up half the pew or more. But its all fun

2/5/2007 1:10:48 PM

married almost 5 years (I'm 25)

2 kids ... daughter 3 1/2, son 2

2/5/2007 6:27:11 PM

man... didn't TWW give u crap about getting married at 20, ActOfGod? I seem to remember that way back in teh day

shows how much TWW knows

[Edited on February 5, 2007 at 6:45 PM. Reason : s]

2/5/2007 6:44:53 PM

Not married and I have a 13 month old lil girl

2/6/2007 2:09:08 AM

married for 2 years...no children yet, working on building a house currently

2/6/2007 11:19:48 AM

not married
no kids


have a farm of my own now

and buying a house/lot in wake county

2/6/2007 11:27:16 AM

married for 1.5 years to punchmonk. no kids, but we just borrow our friends'. 3 out of the 4 couples we hang out with are pregnant right now, and the 4th already has 2 kids, so we have plenty to borrow from

2/6/2007 11:50:11 AM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=458814

Was this not good enough? Moderate please.

2/6/2007 11:57:40 AM

Quote :

"oops, I see there is a thread on being married, so lets make this one about having kids. Sorry for the clutter!"

Seriously, why do you care?

This Forum is usually a ghost town anyway.

Some people will find anything to complain about.

2/8/2007 3:29:00 PM

^ that's true, but seriously, this thread is totally unnecessary

2/8/2007 3:32:22 PM

Quote :

"totally unnecessary"

HA!

TWW is funny.

2/8/2007 4:08:44 PM

totally funny

2/8/2007 4:44:04 PM

I'm 28 and I can't imagine having been or being married in my twenties. No disrespect to those who are, I guess it was as much not my calling as it was a calling for other people.

2/8/2007 9:10:10 PM

I can't imagine most people I know being married in their twenties.

2/8/2007 10:32:44 PM

married for a bit over 4 years now, got married the fall after we both graduated.... no kids, no plans for them

2 successful careers and own a house

no reason to mess any of it up....

I love my wife, but to do it again... nope would have waited.

2/8/2007 10:40:12 PM

Quote :

"no reason to mess any of it up...."

yeah...you arent ready.

2/9/2007 9:49:04 AM

You should totally tell your wife that. It'll be like a sitcom...only not.

2/9/2007 9:49:33 AM

i was/am ready and she knows exactly how I feel... it's just how life is. most married people I know won't do it again if the current one goes bad.

2/9/2007 11:13:14 AM

no kids


my sister and her husband had a baby two christmas eves ago. The baby is the easiest to take care of, doesnt cry much, doesnt wake up at all hrs of the night. She wants to have another baby because she isnt getting any younger, watch this one be totally opposite.

2/19/2007 5:08:36 PM

i came close, picked out a ring and all.

things started going bad before i asked.

2/19/2007 5:27:33 PM

married.

one 2-year old son.

best thing in the world.

would totally do it again.

2/19/2007 5:28:40 PM

NEVER MARRIED BUT WE JUST CELEBRATED MY BOY'S 6TH BIRTHDAY THIS WEEKEND....I WOULDN'T CHANGE IT FOR ANYTHING....I'LL WAIT UNTIL I ACUTALLY GET MARRIED TO HAVE MORE....IF I CAN AFFORD IT I'LL HAVE 3 OR 4

2/19/2007 5:43:41 PM

i wonder if they'll all post w/ CAPS LOCK too :p

2/19/2007 6:25:22 PM

not married

and def not even close to ready for kids

i know this because i laugh at the kids at the zoo who are scared of the animals and encourage parents who travel with young children to drug them

2/19/2007 11:38:51 PM

Quote :

"She wants to have another baby because she isnt getting any younger,"

she's nutz.

I have an 8 month old. Light of my life.

The lifestyle change wasn't that drastic. I'm comfortable in or outside the house. Part of my job is done from home. Of course for my girlfriend, having to stay indoors or away from work (maternal leave) drove her insane.

I do wish there were more things to do outside the house that were entertaining for both the parents and kids. Those seem to be available in bigger cities though.

Lugging my stuff around was standard fare. Lugging around my stuff + baby stuff, not fun.

2/21/2007 12:33:40 AM

married in 2003
first son, Erick October 2004
second son, Ethan November 2005

2/22/2007 7:45:55 PM

married, one 15 month old and one due here in august

2/22/2007 11:04:23 PM

to 8=======D who I see is suspended ... yeah, i got a lot of shit for it, a LOT of people assumed we got married because I was pregnant. Nope. Didn't get pregnant until about 6 months later. We dated (etc.) for two years beforehand, and were engaged over a year before we got married. It's worked out

3/16/2007 10:10:33 PM

less than 80 days remaining

3/17/2007 9:59:40 AM

I feel bad for my future kids.

3/17/2007 10:04:45 AM

I've been married for 9 months and I just went off of my birth control. We're hoping that by this time next year that we'll have a kid.

3/17/2007 10:27:40 AM

married since Oct. '06 (5 months) closing on our first house this thursday

3/17/2007 11:49:14 AM

getting hitched in April

cant wait

we'll wait a few years to have kids

3/17/2007 12:29:39 PM

not married

no childrens that i am responsible for

3/20/2007 7:37:11 PM

ignorance is bliss eh

3/20/2007 8:07:12 PM

yes, yes it is

sperm donor confidentiality ftw

3/21/2007 5:01:56 PM

i will soon be married

no kids

3/21/2007 6:47:49 PM

Married for 1.5 years and expecting our first child this summer

3/26/2007 2:22:25 PM

Married since June '06, no kids.

3/27/2007 10:20:51 AM

married since june '06, no kids, closing on house next month

3/27/2007 10:33:40 AM

I can't wait for our first, maybe within this year or next.

3/27/2007 3:25:23 PM

Married since June '05. Definitely no kids until I finish Ph.D. work.

3/27/2007 3:40:45 PM

no on both accounts, wouldn't mind either

3/27/2007 3:43:48 PM

married to my job. no kids that i know of.

3/27/2007 3:55:41 PM

no and no

3/28/2007 10:54:04 PM

married, will be one year on April 29th. Best decision I ever made.

No kids yet.

Closing on our first house in June

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4/22/2007 10:54:03 AM

Married 4 years as of last week and we have a 10 month old girl. I'd totally do it all over again, couldn't ask for a better wife or daughter.

4/23/2007 12:31:24 PM

got married on cinco de mayo...no kids yet...

6/14/2007 2:29:46 PM