Brandy and Cigars: Off topic thread

I saw this on a naughty torrent site and had to download it purely because of this amazing poster.

Wife is out with friends tonight and working tomorrow so I plan on doing sweet FA apart from watching TV and playing games, along with a few drinks. Bliss.

Meh, stuff like that doesn't bother me tbh.

I know I'm deadly so I don't need a makey uppy day to reinforce it!

In this morning for a scan with Mrs RM.

All gravy.

Her obstetrician said "that's a big baby"

She still has 5 and a half weeks left so the fear that baba will have a whopper head like their daddy is getting very real.

Spent the last few weekends preparing the nursery, putting together flat back wardrobe, chest of drawers etc, pain in the flute but at least all is sorted in the event she does go early.

I'm bringing her to Monart this weekend for two nights as a treat considering we are unlikely to have any holidays this year.

That's all my news!

Any of you feel you put yourself under more pressure as you get older to ensure you're financially stable?

I guess it's normal but 10 years ago when I was in my early to mid 20s I would have been very relaxed about job stability. Now in my mid 30s, married and with a child I'm much more sensitive to any potential threats to my job stability. My job outlook, despite working in a strong industry, is more pessimistic now than 10 years ago. Rather then my working life between now and retirement being full of opportunity I see potential threats. Difficult to imagine working until a potential retirement age of maybe 70.

As I write this it does seem perfectly logical, I just wish I could chill out a little more about it.

Cataleya Screeching Typist wrote: »

Any of you feel you put yourself under more pressure as you get older to ensure you're financially stable?

I guess it's normal but 10 years ago when I was in my early to mid 20s I would have been very relaxed about job stability. Now in my mid 30s, married and with a child I'm much more sensitive to any potential threats to my job stability. My job outlook, despite working in a strong industry, is more pessimistic now than 10 years ago. Rather then my working life between now and retirement being full of opportunity I see potential threats. Difficult to imagine working until a potential retirement age of maybe 70.

As I write this it does seem perfectly logical, I just wish I could chill out a little more about it.

I dunno.

I'm 38 and have a wife and child, we will most likely be trying for number 2 in New year.

I work in a very secure job (underwriter with an insurance company) with good benefits and pension however the salary is not great. I could move into a sales / business development role within the industry and earn alot more money in terms of basic then commission but sales is alot more volatile and less secure.

I too am unlikely to be able to retire before I'm well into my 60s.

The big thing for us is getting a forever home. We "own" the place we are in and it is slowly crawling out of negative equity but being second time buyers getting the near 20% deposit required will be difficult as the houses we want are in the €400 to €450k space.

My wife earns nearly 3 times what i do but it's incredibly stressful and requires long hours, something that being a mammy is at odds with.

We are contemplating options atm. If / when number 2 arrives I'd give serious consideration into leaving my current job to mind the kids full time. The cost of child minding would negate a huge portion of my current salary so it could make more sense to get a job as a static security guard or similar so I could work weekends or evenings and mind the kids during the day.

Of course I could win the lotto but I've come to realise that pinning my hat on that contingency is prolly not the wisest!

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