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What to do after working 9-5

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    #62
    Cryptopagan
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    pconn062 wrote: »
    This thread makes me glad I don't work a 9-5/6 job. It madthat we have developed a world where we dedicate 40-50 hours a week of the best years of our lives to corporations and companies. I try to get by on 15/20 hrs a week work most of the time. Sure I don't earn as much as my friends but when I hear of their 8.30-5.30 working day plus 1hr+ travel and the stress that accompanies it, I feel richer.

    Not much most of us can do about that, unfortunately. But I’m not volunteering to run around looking after children in what would have been my free time.


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    #63
    pconn062
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    Cryptopagan wrote: »
    Not much most of us can do about that, unfortunately. But I’m not volunteering to run around looking after children in what would have been my free time.

    Agreed, and that wasn't a "ha ha, I'm so lucky post". A lot of people enjoy their job and enjoy money but when you read this thread you see a lot of sacrifice for that job and money.


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    #64
    Boom_Bap
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    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    Strangely when you have kids you'll find absolute pleasure in things you would have never dreamed off,

    For instance I didn't get to the park last night because of the rain and I spent 1 hour and 45 minutes putting 3 dollies under a cot and retrieving them with my little girl , she's 1 and a half, It was so much fun the laughter and giggles make it all worth while ,

    Life changes as does the things that you find joy in ,


    I built a horse stable with a glue gun and lollypop sticks yesterday evening while belting out Alicia Keys songs.


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    #65
    Cryptopagan
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    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    Strangely when you have kids you'll find absolute pleasure in things you would have never dreamed off,

    For instance I didn't get to the park last night because of the rain and I spent 1 hour and 45 minutes putting 3 dollies under a cot and retrieving them with my little girl , she's 1 and a half, It was so much fun the laughter and giggles make it all worth while ,

    Life changes as does the things that you find joy in ,

    That’s the playing with them though. It’s the feeding them, bathing them, getting them to do homework, preparing lunches and schoolbags...would feel a second job.


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    #66
    Boom_Bap
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    Cryptopagan wrote: »
    That’s the playing with them though. It’s the feeding them, bathing them, getting them to do homework, preparing lunches and schoolbags...would feel a second job.


    nah, you include them in all that stuff and make it interesting and make games out of it all. It keeps you busy, but not a job.


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    #67
    Deebles McBeebles
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    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    Strangely when you have kids you'll find absolute pleasure in things you would have never dreamed off,

    For instance I didn't get to the park last night because of the rain and I spent 1 hour and 45 minutes putting 3 dollies under a cot and retrieving them with my little girl , she's 1 and a half, It was so much fun the laughter and giggles make it all worth while ,

    Life changes as does the things that you find joy in ,

    I remember my mother telling me something similar when I was a teenager and I laughed at her. Still laughing 25 years later.

    Its not a when, its a choice. Each to their own and all that.


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    #68
    Cryptopagan
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    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    nah, you include them in all that stuff and make it interesting and make games out of it all. It keeps you busy, but not a job.

    Getting me to do homework was no game!


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    #69
    Daisy78
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    gifted wrote: »
    And your point is?

    People who decide to have kids, knowing full well how time consuming they are then act the martyr and the tell childless/ child free amongst us that it’s well for them, living the life with all that free time. Tiresome.


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    #70
    yourdeadwright
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    Deebles McBeebles wrote: »
    I remember my mother telling me something similar when I was a teenager and I laughed at her. Still laughing 25 years later.

    Its not a when, its a choice. Each to their own and all that.

    Even without kids what you enjoy will change with time, and of course having kids is not for some people and that's fine each to there own ,


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    #71
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
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    Daisy78 wrote: »
    People who decide to have kids, knowing full well how time consuming they are then act the martyr and the tell childless/ child free amongst us that it’s well for them, living the life with all that free time. Tiresome.

    Ah there's a difference between knowing something in theory and living it. I'm sure we've all gotten into situations eyes wide open where if we'd fully appreciated the reality of it we never would have done it.

    I'm not going handing out any medals to people for minding their own children but a bit of a moan does no harm.


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    #72
    yourdeadwright
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    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    nah, you include them in all that stuff and make it interesting and make games out of it all. It keeps you busy, but not a job.

    Exactly make things fun and they will be fine,


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    #73
    NSAman
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    9 to 5? try 8 to 6..;)

    When I come home I like to clean the house and do the garden 15 acres.... mowing and strimming takes a while. Iron, wash and tidy the house takes about an hour most evenings. Then cook.

    If I have a project going (currently am redoing a bathroom, ripped out old shower and re-did it with plumbing and tiling, just have the floor tiling and the painting left to do) that takes a lot of my time also. Hate installing toilets so a plumber friend is coming over this weekend to do it. The vanity and lighting are being done by me also. Have LED conduit to install all around the shower and room on the ceiling and two strips of waterproof conduit with lights in the tile of the shower to install.

    I do not drink and hate pubs, so if not cooking will go out with friends for a meal once a week at least. I also work out some evenings either at home or the local gym. I love to just settle in and do nothing some evenings, that is my relaxation time, that could be sitting in the dark meditating or listening to some music.

    Work is work, free time should not be wasted doing nothing at all... that is my thing... I hate being idle, but also know I have to look after ME too.... and that is not a campaign..;)


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    #74
    Deebles McBeebles
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    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    Even without kids what you enjoy will change with time, and of course having kids is not for some people and that's fine each to there own ,

    Fair enough. May have taken you up wrong with your use of "when".


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    #75
    yourdeadwright
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    Deebles McBeebles wrote: »
    Fair enough. May have taken you up wrong with your use of "when".

    Sorry maybe my wording was confusing ,I meant "when " as in for the people who become parents ,

    Id never be one to say anything like "when" when it comes to kids, to many people can't have them or don't want them that its a minefield not worth treading on, Plus its a very private and personal thing in life so each to there own ,


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    #76
    gifted
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    Daisy78 wrote: »
    People who decide to have kids, knowing full well how time consuming they are then act the martyr and the tell childless/ child free amongst us that it’s well for them, living the life with all that free time. Tiresome.

    Until you have kids you have no idea how time consuming kids are, i know i certainly didnt, read my post again, I never told anyone who is childless that they are living the life. I never act like a martyr because I have kids, the op asked a question and I answered.
    Move along if your not happy with my contribution, I have to go now cos the kids need me, and I love it .


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    #77
    ILoveYourVibes
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    gifted wrote: »
    Until you have kids you have no idea how time consuming kids are, i know i certainly didnt, read my post again, I never told anyone who is childless that they are living the life. I never act like a martyr because I have kids, the op asked a question and I answered.
    Move along if your not happy with my contribution, I have to go now cos the kids need me, and I love it .


    Yeah a friend who just had his first is learning right now how hard it is.


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    #78
    Boom_Bap
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    gifted wrote: »
    Until you have kids you have no idea how time consuming kids are, i know i certainly didnt, read my post again, I never told anyone who is childless that they are living the life. I never act like a martyr because I have kids, the op asked a question and I answered.
    Move along if your not happy with my contribution, I have to go now cos the kids need me, and I love it .


    Well I'm the opposite. I am a Martyr. :pac:


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    #79
    RollieFingers
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    Get stoned.


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    #80
    coffee_cake
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    RollieFingers wrote: »
    Get stoned.

    jehovah jehovah


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