I appreciate the article sir. As a young man hoping to get married soon this is very helpful to hear. You are a great voice in shaping us young men. May God bless you.
Thanks for a fairly balanced take on this. We've had pets pretty much our whole lives, but always knew the difference. Just the other night, we were taking a walk. It was a safe area but I was surprised to see a baby stroller, so late. Of course, it turned out to be a couple of those mini-dogs that so many women mistake for babies.
Somehow, I haven't gotten over being shocked by this practice. Across the street is a house that was long ago occupied by a couple who wasn't able to have kids and finally adopted a son. But the next occupants were a married couple with just a couple fur babies for their kids. Quite a contrast. They, and another childless neighbor seemed strangely impatient with our kids, as if they shouldn't have to be bothered. But were they never children themselves?!!!
As you say, it's not a healthy way to live. Many still realize it, for instance my little sister never married but ended up adopting a foster daughter. So I feel for the folks who are childless and know it's not so great. But I don't know what to do with the folks who celebrate it.
Finally. Finally, my wife and I can afford children. Except now we're in our 70s. Good thing we didn't understand things years ago and just went ahead then and had four kids.
Since my wife and I had a long distance relationship and didn't live in the same state until we were married, people advised us to wait on having children so we could "get to know each other better." We decided not to wait, and our first child was born on our first wedding anniversary. Actually, I think it strengthened our marriage to have a child sooner since it gave us something to focus on besides ourselves.
I appreciate the article sir. As a young man hoping to get married soon this is very helpful to hear. You are a great voice in shaping us young men. May God bless you.
Thanks for a fairly balanced take on this. We've had pets pretty much our whole lives, but always knew the difference. Just the other night, we were taking a walk. It was a safe area but I was surprised to see a baby stroller, so late. Of course, it turned out to be a couple of those mini-dogs that so many women mistake for babies.
Somehow, I haven't gotten over being shocked by this practice. Across the street is a house that was long ago occupied by a couple who wasn't able to have kids and finally adopted a son. But the next occupants were a married couple with just a couple fur babies for their kids. Quite a contrast. They, and another childless neighbor seemed strangely impatient with our kids, as if they shouldn't have to be bothered. But were they never children themselves?!!!
As you say, it's not a healthy way to live. Many still realize it, for instance my little sister never married but ended up adopting a foster daughter. So I feel for the folks who are childless and know it's not so great. But I don't know what to do with the folks who celebrate it.
Finally. Finally, my wife and I can afford children. Except now we're in our 70s. Good thing we didn't understand things years ago and just went ahead then and had four kids.
Since my wife and I had a long distance relationship and didn't live in the same state until we were married, people advised us to wait on having children so we could "get to know each other better." We decided not to wait, and our first child was born on our first wedding anniversary. Actually, I think it strengthened our marriage to have a child sooner since it gave us something to focus on besides ourselves.