I bitch about the reality that most of your polls don’t have answer choices that work for me. You respond by putting up a poll that just completely excludes me.
@shahnm maybe you could get @earlyre to adopt your kids on the sly? No agencies involved, strictly hush-hush. If you get the transaction done swiftly, you can come back and participate in the poll!
I had no idea what your living circumstances were, your sex (although I know single males who have adopted)… Depending on your state and the agency you might be able to. I know several people who have adopted while living in a home that was either shared with parents or friends (that also meant they needed to be included in the home study process). I adopted while single and as a grad student.
Adopting from social services, while that has its own risks, often means a subsidy for your child and they are perfectly happy to place a child in a home where the parent isn’t middle class with respect to their income. I first attempted to adopt domestically for 5 years and finally bagged that and adopted internationally (internationally is less of an option for anyone these days). As a grad student my income wasn’t even close to middle class.
If you have any interest in adopting children it would be worth talking both to social services and to private agencies so you can get a take on their responses (some agencies are less “friendly” to singles).
@shahnm Some things in life are certain, and this is one of them. Hold on, didn’t a virgin give birth about 2,000 years ago? Okay, you raise a valid question.
Those of you who do not yet have kids, there may well be times, if you decide to have one or more, where you say to yourself “there are good reasons why I decided to have (or adopt) a kid. The fact that I can’t think of any of them now is not good enough reason to (take your pick): disrupt the adoption, run away from home, lock them in a basement until they are grown…”
My sister said, when she first found out she wqas pregnant (after trying for 2 years), “I’ve changed my mind. Can I give it back?”.
Rumor has it that Mark Twain said that when a kid turns 13 you put them in a pickle barrel and feed them through the knot hole. When they turn 16 you seal up the knot hole. He did not indicate when you liberated them. I know with my then teen there were times I wasn’t sure I should ever let her out.
Given my age and the fact that I am having no luck finding a qualified candidate for the role of Mr. Tinamarie1974, I am thinking I just need to continue spoiling my niece!
@ybmuG Not at all! I have an amazing relationship with her, she says we are “a team!” Not to be confused with the A-Team lol.
I am having such a good time sitting next to her right now seeing her excitement. This is the first time she has seen hockey live and she won’t sit down. She is jumping up and down screaming and then occasionally hugging me. It is pretty awesome to experience!
Pardon me, I just wanted to come on here and say fuck. It’s about the only place I can say it without worrying about repercussions in this currently fucked up world. Thank you, carry on.
I can’t imagine either case: having kids or not having kids. Have this occasional suspicion that I should be thinking about that… I try playing with the niece and nephew, and it’s… odd.
I’m pretty far into live-to-work mode, probably because I don’t like my job, so I try to do avocational work in time off.
PCOS and Endometriosis lead to a complete hysterectomy by the time I was 25, so no kiddos for me. Just as well with my narcolepsy-I have a strict sleep schedule and can only drive when feeling . No adoption as I have several health issues that limit my lifestyle. I do, however, often wonder weather no kids whatsoever is making me miss out on some fundamental aspect of being human—anyone???
@dptalia Yes. And people like it when you train your dog to obey commands, have him neutered and chipped, and always walk him on a leash. With kids, not so much.
Would have been cool to have had a son (so the family name didn’t end with me) but I’m extremely happy with the two daughter units, both now grown and self-supporting, that I know I produced. It is highly unlikely that there are other offspring out there somewhere, tho I guess it is mathematically possible.
@baqui63 i was the last of my family name line… when i got married, i didn’t change my name… and our 2 sons have both our names (hyphenated). When my elder son was born and i called my dad to tell him his grandson’s name, he cried when he heard our family name continuing on.
i have kids… i’m 50 and they are 21 and 16… i really don’t think they will… we have destroyed our planet - the Earth will survive just fine without us, but we have caused change to increase at a rate that my grandchildren (my sons’ children) will likely not have a planet that will sustain human life in any way that we recognize it. And the next generation - may not even exist.
I bitch about the reality that most of your polls don’t have answer choices that work for me. You respond by putting up a poll that just completely excludes me.
Well played, fuckers. Well played…
@shahnm Where the fuck is that pesky bot…?
Did you know that @carl669 is the keeper of the count?
@carl669 @mediocrebot There you are, you little fucker. Better late than never, I guess…
Did you know that @carl669 is the keeper of the count?
@carl669 @mediocrebot Ok now shut the fuck up, bot.
Hey @lichme can you tell caaaaaarrrrllllll @carl669 about this?
@carl669 @lichme @mediocrebot About what, you little fuckity fuck?
Did you know that @carl669 is the keeper of the count?
@carl669 @mediocrebot What fucking count?
On a scale of
whattothe fuck- how many email notifications is @carl669 getting for these?@carl669 @mediocrebot Who the fuck is @carl669, anyway? Is that one of your fucking bot-buddies?
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whattothe fuck- how many email notifications is @carl669 getting for these?@carl669 @mediocrebot Why the fuck are you repeating yourself, you fucking bot-head???
@carl669 add another one to the count
@carl669 @mediocrebot I wonder who will get sick of this first - me or the fucking bot?
Did you know that @carl669 is the keeper of the count?
@carl669 @mediocrebot You’ve fucking made that pretty fucking clear, you fucker you.
@carl669 add another one to the count
@carl669 @mediocrebot That was fucking three, you fucking idiot bot!!!
Hey @lichme can you tell caaaaaarrrrllllll @carl669 about this?
@carl669 @lichme @mediocrebot Go fucking tell him yourself, you lazy little fuck.
Did you know that @carl669 is the keeper of the count?
@carl669 @mediocrebot I think mediocrebot is fucking autistic. Wapner at fucking 7…
Hey @lichme can you tell caaaaaarrrrllllll @carl669 about this?
@carl669 @lichme @mediocrebot Sometimes, I feel like I’m fucking talking to my-fucking-self…
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whattothe fuck- how many email notifications is @carl669 getting for these?@carl669 @mediocrebot This is one of those fucking times…
@carl669 add another one to the count
@carl669 @mediocrebot Sometimes I wonder why I fucking even bother…
Hey @lichme can you tell caaaaaarrrrllllll @carl669 about this?
@carl669 @lichme @mediocrebot And then I think to myself, fuck it! Why the fuck not bother?!?
Hey @lichme can you tell caaaaaarrrrllllll @carl669 about this?
@carl669 @lichme @mediocrebot But then I just realize, fuck it. Why even fucking bother…
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whattothe fuck- how many email notifications is @carl669 getting for these?@carl669 @mediocrebot Yeah… Well… Fuck it.
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whattothe fuck- how many email notifications is @carl669 getting for these?@shahnm what option did you want?
@UncleVinny Since I have kids, the premise that there would be any fucking options for me in this fucking poll is, in a word, fucked.
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whattothe fuck- how many email notifications is @carl669 getting for these?@shahnm maybe you could get @earlyre to adopt your kids on the sly? No agencies involved, strictly hush-hush. If you get the transaction done swiftly, you can come back and participate in the poll!
@carl669 @mediocrebot cutting and pasting … no fair responses!! you’re acting like, like … CHILDREN!
btw, do you have any and, if not, do you think you will have them? asking for a friend.
What about the choice “Let’s see where nature takes us?”
I’m as I like to put it “chronically single”… not so much as a date in 15 yrs.
I’m kinda missing a crucial ingredient in the whole having kids thing…
@earlyre “Chronically Single” should be a voting choice also.
@earlyre adoption… problem solved. you are welcome.
@Kidsandliz no agency is going to let a single man in his 40’s who still works retail and lives with his parents adopt… lets get real…
@earlyre
I had no idea what your living circumstances were, your sex (although I know single males who have adopted)… Depending on your state and the agency you might be able to. I know several people who have adopted while living in a home that was either shared with parents or friends (that also meant they needed to be included in the home study process). I adopted while single and as a grad student.
Adopting from social services, while that has its own risks, often means a subsidy for your child and they are perfectly happy to place a child in a home where the parent isn’t middle class with respect to their income. I first attempted to adopt domestically for 5 years and finally bagged that and adopted internationally (internationally is less of an option for anyone these days). As a grad student my income wasn’t even close to middle class.
If you have any interest in adopting children it would be worth talking both to social services and to private agencies so you can get a take on their responses (some agencies are less “friendly” to singles).
I think @shahnm needs a mental health check.
And a friend.
@ybmuG I have that fucking mediocrebot. He’s my best fucking friend in the whole fucking world!
Did you know that @carl669 is the keeper of the count?
@shahnm well, he is always there for you.
@ybmuG He has all of his batteries as a cool friend.
@ybmuG Yeah, but I think he prefers hanging out with some fucking dude named Karl or something…
Hey @lichme can you tell caaaaaarrrrllllll @carl669 about this?
@rtjhnstn @ybmuG The batteries are more like family…
@rtjhnstn @ybmuG In addition to my first born…
@ybmuG and a child too
@shahnm your first born is the energizer bunny isn’t it?
/giphy energizer bunny is his kid
@Kidsandliz I am the Energizer Bunny. Except for the energy part. And the bunny. Aside from that though…
My wife says one kid is enough, but we don’t have any kids.
@hchavers Well… maybe you don’t…
@shahnm you are bad!!
@shahnm Some things in life are certain, and this is one of them. Hold on, didn’t a virgin give birth about 2,000 years ago? Okay, you raise a valid question.
I want some!
Those of you who do not yet have kids, there may well be times, if you decide to have one or more, where you say to yourself “there are good reasons why I decided to have (or adopt) a kid. The fact that I can’t think of any of them now is not good enough reason to (take your pick): disrupt the adoption, run away from home, lock them in a basement until they are grown…”
My sister said, when she first found out she wqas pregnant (after trying for 2 years), “I’ve changed my mind. Can I give it back?”.
Rumor has it that Mark Twain said that when a kid turns 13 you put them in a pickle barrel and feed them through the knot hole. When they turn 16 you seal up the knot hole. He did not indicate when you liberated them. I know with my then teen there were times I wasn’t sure I should ever let her out.
Given my age and the fact that I am having no luck finding a qualified candidate for the role of Mr. Tinamarie1974, I am thinking I just need to continue spoiling my niece!
@tinamarie1974 nothing wrong with that! Our son has an aunt and uncle in that same position. I think he’s closer to them than just about anyone else.
@ybmuG Not at all! I have an amazing relationship with her, she says we are “a team!” Not to be confused with the A-Team lol.
I am having such a good time sitting next to her right now seeing her excitement. This is the first time she has seen hockey live and she won’t sit down. She is jumping up and down screaming and then occasionally hugging me. It is pretty awesome to experience!
VAN GOGH! MANGO! TANGO! AWESOME!
@tinamarie1974 I work on being my nephew’s best aunt ever. I spoil the crap out of that kid.
@dptalia it is a great job
We have two. Pictures elsewhere. Really wish we had more. And, oddly enough, it is mostly my fault that we don’t.
Pardon me, I just wanted to come on here and say fuck. It’s about the only place I can say it without worrying about repercussions in this currently fucked up world. Thank you, carry on.
@irishbyblood Wha?!? Did I break @mediocrebot?? What the fuck??
@irishbyblood @mediocrebot @shahnm good job. You fried his fuck sensor.
Hey @lichme can you tell caaaaaarrrrllllll @carl669 about this?
@carl669 @lichme @mediocrebot looks like he needed a reboot.
Way too late for me. I even have 3 little grandkids as a result.
@olperfesser I know the feeling, 5 kids here, 3 grandkids, Even better, the wife and I are child free and still under 50.
I can’t imagine either case: having kids or not having kids. Have this occasional suspicion that I should be thinking about that… I try playing with the niece and nephew, and it’s… odd.
I’m pretty far into live-to-work mode, probably because I don’t like my job, so I try to do avocational work in time off.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
PCOS and Endometriosis lead to a complete hysterectomy by the time I was 25, so no kiddos for me. Just as well with my narcolepsy-I have a strict sleep schedule and can only drive when feeling
. No adoption as I have several health issues that limit my lifestyle. I do, however, often wonder weather no kids whatsoever is making me miss out on some fundamental aspect of being human—anyone???
@Gypsigirl213 Having kids is absolutely NOT a “fundamental aspect of being human”!
@Gypsigirl213 The better part of wisdom is knowing what is right for you.
Happily Childfree By Choice
/image childfree
This is why I have dogs.
@dptalia Yes. And people like it when you train your dog to obey commands, have him neutered and chipped, and always walk him on a leash. With kids, not so much.
@dptalia @rockblossom well, maybe the training anyway! Lol
@heartny Sheesh you should have written yourself a reminder note or something
@heartny @Kidsandliz the problem is (at least for me) you don’t think about it until it is too late!!
Would have been cool to have had a son (so the family name didn’t end with me) but I’m extremely happy with the two daughter units, both now grown and self-supporting, that I know I produced. It is highly unlikely that there are other offspring out there somewhere, tho I guess it is mathematically possible.
@baqui63 i was the last of my family name line… when i got married, i didn’t change my name… and our 2 sons have both our names (hyphenated). When my elder son was born and i called my dad to tell him his grandson’s name, he cried when he heard our family name continuing on.
i have kids… i’m 50 and they are 21 and 16… i really don’t think they will… we have destroyed our planet - the Earth will survive just fine without us, but we have caused change to increase at a rate that my grandchildren (my sons’ children) will likely not have a planet that will sustain human life in any way that we recognize it. And the next generation - may not even exist.
No. Finally got the last one out of the house 2 years ago and I ain’t makin no more.
@cranky1950 did you also change the lock or are the launches likely to be successful?
@Kidsandliz oh yeah
Childfree and loving it.
I’d like to…