**-** <m.faulks (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote:

Ooops.

Someone been a bit careless, have they?

May I be the first to say 'you stupid cunt' ;-)
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"Lostin1999" <HHGTTGN0SP4M (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

I'd go along with that :-)

I can hand on heart say.. they change your life forever..
not all for the better... but id NOT go back to a life without mine!!

I'd go along with that too. I found it bloody hard work to get used to, but
once
I did, it's bloody great. And even at 2 she can tell the difference between
a Saab, a 2CV and a Mondeo.. she prefers the Saab of course..

Congrats!

Mike

"**-**" <m.faulks (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote

Got two, and as others have said I wouldn't be without them,
they are not the burden people seem to think they are
yes you do get tied down with them, but it is a case of wanting to, more
than having to.
and watching them grow and learn is an amazing experience.
get yourself a famaily car, then get yourself a 2seater toy to play with in
your free time (not that you will have much LOL)
good luck mate
Yoda Out

"**-**" <m.faulks (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote

Dont even think about it until you are in your early 30's. You need to
have at least attempted living some life and I wouldnt go into it
without at least £8k in the bank. Make sure you are on the property
ladder too with enough room to house them all!

"**-**" <m.faulks (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote


Got one daughter, best thing I ever did. Brought the missus and I much
closer together too. she was born when I was 28, missus 29. OK it's hard
work, but there is no way on earth I'd be without her! Very rewarding, great
fun once you get used to it and no where near as hard work/burden as
everyone makes out.. Go for it, you won't regret it one bit, I guarantee.

All the best!

Mike

PS Go in a bookshop and check out "Toddler Taming" by Dr Christopher Green.
Best book out there by far. All common sense help and advice, not
politically correct bullshit like most of the books. Really recommend it.

"Ricky Gervais" <ricky (AT) rickygervais (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Nope, disagree on you with this one.

If you spend your life waiting for the "moment," or the "right time," you've
probably already missed it

That's why, when I met Charlie for the first time, proper, like rather than
on t'internet, I pretty much proposed there and then. We later formalised
this proposal, but it was there and then.

No time like when you least expect it.

--
The DervMan
www.dervman.com

"DervMan" <dervman (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote


Dervy your story is spookily familiar to mine...

Mike

"Mike P" <stickit (AT) up-uranus (DOT) com> wrote


Good work I say! I figured I wasn't going to let this wonderful person
escape!

--
The DervMan
www.dervman.com

You been careless or just decided to take the plunge?

BTW, it's not an excuse to get rid of a nice car - buy a small cheap Astra
for ferrying the kids around, keep the Elise / Caterham for when you're not.
And if it's a girl by the time she's 4 or 5 she'll love the idea of a drop
top so get that BMW, Astra or Volvo and pose like mad. A boy (if dragged to
enough race meetings) will love anything noisy with a turbocharger.

"Ricky Gervais" <ricky (AT) rickygervais (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Bollocks. Kids and family are what you make them not what you've got. Bunk
beds means two to a room is no problem (we have two girls and two boys in a
small 3 bed). Have them young and you can live your life when they leave
home and you've no mortgage and can buy / insure a ferrari / lamborghini /
porsche / Merc / Aston / Whatever. They can go and live places you can visit
for free. Spend EVERY minute and penny you can on them giving them
opportunities and education. Develop them into individuals with character,
opinion and strength.

There's no formula, but above are two opposing views that both work.