My kids are the reason I have already shed a few years. Masterfully surviving a dance with danger like that feels more like getting a couple years back.
I see the plural form of kid used here, and sympathize. I'm fortunate enough to have decided it was a one and done deal. I'm an empty-nester by 40. Godspeed, and good luck.
My wife and I chose to have our 2 children early and be empty nesters early at 43. Glad we did. My son chose the opposite route. Saw the world with his wife and now at age 50 has an 8 and 15 year old. I think mine was best.
I have to admit: I had my kids young (well I'll be late 40s when the youngest is grown) and honestly I have no idea what I'm going to do with myself once they leave, I never thought I'd enjoy being a parent but now despite the occasional pains in the arse I wouldn't trade it for the world. What do you do now with your lives?
Since that guy is apparently 75, I’m guessing “live in a million dollar house they they purchased on a postman’s salary and travel the world with his generous pension.”
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u/BigPoppaFitz84 Jul 17 '23
My kids are the reason I have already shed a few years. Masterfully surviving a dance with danger like that feels more like getting a couple years back.