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Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by ams6110 on Sunday January 22, 2017 @10:42AM (#13455594)
As a parent of three I never thought of it as difficulty so much as it just really forever changes things compared to how you lived as a single person or childless couple.

You can understand that well enough to decide that you don't want any part of it, without understanding it to the depth of a person who has experienced it.

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Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by human_breather on Sunday January 22, 2017 @01:00PM (#13456242)
I agree, but I'm often confused by those without kids or those who say that having a kid totally changed people's lifestyles unexpectedly.

For me, having a kid has certainly been an (expected) money drain. But beyond that, my life is pretty similar to pre-kid. Wife and I still work our day jobs. Outside of work we still enjoy the same sorts of things we enjoyed before having a kid and continue to do those things. Now we just have an extra source of entertainment and responsibility in the kid as well.

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Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by djm_ on Sunday January 22, 2017 @10:44AM (#13455614)
Yes, fully agree.
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