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Old 08-25-2005, 06:03 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
While I'm not looking at the dollar cost of children, I'm looking at the time cost.

I don't want to give up the time that I have to travel, go to broadway shows, barhopping, leaving at 12:30AM to go to a club to watch a live band, etc.

If I look at the cost... sure it's expensive, but so are all the activities that I spend my free time doing also cost money.
Yes, that is a huge part of the equation, and it should be. At this point in your life, you are still [ insert synonym for 'selfish', but without the negative overtones* ]. We were the same, and it wasn't until we were about 32 that we felt we had done enough of that and were ready to focus on a child.


* I can't find this word. It has to exist somewhere...
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