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[–] 91 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Eating a multi course breakfast like this in bed would be both gross and inconvenient, let's not lie to ourselves.

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  • [–] 22 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I'll stick with eating at a table.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Oops All Carbs: Breakfast Edition

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago

    My wife took my kids to a cafe yesterday and asked me if I wanted her to bring home a dessert, which I obviously said yes, who says no to that. I check out the menu and was surprised to see, under Desserts, Pancakes, Waffles, and French Toast. Was just happy to see someone putting them where they belong. I have no problem with any of them, but they are not breakfast food, they are dessert in disguise.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    I went to London UK last year and there were so many places offering English afternoon tea. I tried one, and it was delicious, although I feel that calling it “tea” is a way of obscuring the fact that they just wanted to have dessert for lunch.

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  • [–] 37 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    One thing that no one ever told me about being a parent was that it would be so much fun. Getting to be the one who introduces another human to everything doesn't get old. Is it challenging? Of course, but everything in life has pros and cons. The bond I have with the little ones is something I'd never give up and life before was easy-mode. You do have to grow beyond being selfish though. Some people can't (and that's okay, they shouldn't be parents). That's what this picture makes me think.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    IMO: the reason I don't want kids is because I can't imagine myself saying: "Now, after a long day of work at my full-time job, I can't wait to get home to my other, unpaid caretaker full-time job." IMO being a good parent is hard work and I if I were to be a parent, I want to do it properly.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    Yeah, I tell my kids all the time that without winter, summer just isn't as enjoyable, and that even in late August and early September I'll say, you know what, I'm ready to change it up. I don't have this expectation of perfection from any facet of life, including my kids and the relationship I have with them. The bads and the goods are all part of the experience, and to me the experience is rewarding.

    But I absolutely don't fault someone for wanting perpetual summer. Summer is great.

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  • [–] 20 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    While not everyone should have kids and I fully support people choosing not to have any…

    You can have this and have kids. Just not every day. Unless you’re stupid wealthy and have a nanny or something.

    But maybe I’m weird and am one of the few that actually like my kids and having them around. Sure, they can be a pain in the ass sometimes, but not so much that I want to escape them or anything.

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  • [–] 30 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    How rich are you that you can have a kid for breakfast every day?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    If you're stupidly wealthy to have this daily? Kids are irrelevant.

    Reality is, people chronically online are incapable of raising a child because the reality is, they can't imagine caring for someone other than themselves.

    Having a child to share your hobbies is awesome. You ever needed a coop buddy? They got you covered for years and years!

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  • [–] -3 points 5 months ago

    The people with this sentiment are largely jaded women who skipped kids and have to cope themselves and the next generation into sharing their spinster misery. It’s a tale as old as time lol. It’s this very weird phenomenon specifically with women to want to spread their misery to other women. It’s a hyper competitive behavior that seems to peak in their 40s/50s

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Elon Musk's next mistress be like:

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    It's like as if Donald Trump actually treated the kids nice

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (15 children)

    Every time I see one of these posts, it reads like ‘I can’t have kids because that would get in the way of my wanking and smoking pot time’ I mean, it is all good but it’s never ‘my job is very demanding and it would stop me from being able to parent’ or something.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    These posts are about having your freedom. That freedom includes careers, ambitions, sometimes luxury vacations. It's also about how expensive it is to have & raise children. If I had children I would end up just like my neighbors, getting high the minute the kids are in bed and eating shit food. What a horrible life.

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  • [+] -7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    What is a horrible life? Being a parent?

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    I guess choosing to have a horrible life, it might be a mindset. I know parents that dread hanging out with their kids and leave them behind with grandma as often as they can to go to like fancy dinners or events. Maybe unplanned pregnancy before discussing things like that with your partner can lead to this kind of feeling of being stuck in life.

    For us we go to events or dinners that we think our kid would enjoy. Like we recently went to Vegas and our kid loves buses and trains so we took the trams around and had a blast. It was the funnest trip to Vegas I've had and it was because different aspects if it became fun. The other part of it is enjoying a bunch of stuff over again that you liked as a kid. Tons of nostalgia, coming across old books I used to read but completely forgot about etc.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Every time I see a comment like this it's either from a parent that regrets becoming a parent, or someone who has never had kids...

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  • [+] -10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I’d say ‘don’t reproduce’ but I guess we’re safe on that front.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago*

    Have kids. I've gone and raced in 2 lemons races this year with 2 more to follow as well as well have a few trips with the family. My wife has a Noah khan concert coming up and a Boston trip later this year.

    Kids changed things but I assure everyone, I probably have a more active and fun life than most the depressed doom scrollers on here without the kids 🤷‍♂️

    The kids aren't even that expensive once you get past daycare compared to a mortgage 🤷‍♂️.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I do not aspire to live in Versailles thank you. Just a normal house with like, 13 cats.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Yuck. That gold trim on the bed is awful.

    Give me some takeout boxes on a shitty table over this any day.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    This and rescued dogs

    No children.

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  • [+] 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Can get you burnt toast and fries every day in bed. Take it or leave it.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    And a pretty girl who has already eaten.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Yeah no thanks. None of that would leave me emotionally fulfilled.

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  • [–] -3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Ugh the ACHKTUALLY nerds out in full force 🤣

    EWWWWWW GROSS, SOMEONE MIGHT SPILL A CRUMB IN MY BED THAT WILL BE CLEANED IN 2 HOURS!!!!! THE HORROR, THE HORROR!

    Nerds 🤣

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