1. The copy of the guy talking about the joys of having children was really fantastic. I'm forwarding it to several friends of mine whose wives are expecting their first-born or are newly marrieds trying to get pregnant. It'll make their day...or in the case of the ones who are still trying, perhaps make them a little more anxious and fearful that junior hasn't made his appearance in the first 6 months of marriage.
I had 2 great friends (now dead as are most of my relatives and close friends) who were psychiatrists. They were Hungarians, a husband and wife team. He did broadcasts for the Hungarian freedom fighters' radio before Eisenhower and the US betrayed the Hungarians. They had both just graduated from medical school. They had no choice but to run for their lives no matter how difficult because the husband would have certainly been executed by the Soviets.
So they WALKED from Budapest to Vienna - over 100 miles - carrying their first born son.
These 2 psychiatrists told me that it was their professional opinion that people who did not have kids in a way never grew up. "When the baby comes out, childhood has to stop and you have to grow up."
2. I'm impressed with Hawkins for saying something almost no "red blooded males" have the guts to say (or admit) - that even for males there are times when sex is kind of boring and you you want to get through with it as soon as courteously possible. (!!!)
Hawkins, there are times when I think you are wrong and disagree with you but now I have no doubt but that you do have guts!
So much wisdom here-in. My family along with myself are people who, by most standards, are considered provincial, boring, and maybe even a little pitiful, because we don’t care about living the high-life. We are fortunate to be financially comfortable, allowing a solid middle-class lifestyle that is more than 50 years out of date, not addicted to anything, our lives absent chaos and stress, healthy emotionally and physically, and generally blessed with enviable well-being. We’re about as far from “hedonistic pleasure junkies” as you can get, and we like it that way just fine.
1. The copy of the guy talking about the joys of having children was really fantastic. I'm forwarding it to several friends of mine whose wives are expecting their first-born or are newly marrieds trying to get pregnant. It'll make their day...or in the case of the ones who are still trying, perhaps make them a little more anxious and fearful that junior hasn't made his appearance in the first 6 months of marriage.
I had 2 great friends (now dead as are most of my relatives and close friends) who were psychiatrists. They were Hungarians, a husband and wife team. He did broadcasts for the Hungarian freedom fighters' radio before Eisenhower and the US betrayed the Hungarians. They had both just graduated from medical school. They had no choice but to run for their lives no matter how difficult because the husband would have certainly been executed by the Soviets.
So they WALKED from Budapest to Vienna - over 100 miles - carrying their first born son.
These 2 psychiatrists told me that it was their professional opinion that people who did not have kids in a way never grew up. "When the baby comes out, childhood has to stop and you have to grow up."
2. I'm impressed with Hawkins for saying something almost no "red blooded males" have the guts to say (or admit) - that even for males there are times when sex is kind of boring and you you want to get through with it as soon as courteously possible. (!!!)
Hawkins, there are times when I think you are wrong and disagree with you but now I have no doubt but that you do have guts!
So much wisdom here-in. My family along with myself are people who, by most standards, are considered provincial, boring, and maybe even a little pitiful, because we don’t care about living the high-life. We are fortunate to be financially comfortable, allowing a solid middle-class lifestyle that is more than 50 years out of date, not addicted to anything, our lives absent chaos and stress, healthy emotionally and physically, and generally blessed with enviable well-being. We’re about as far from “hedonistic pleasure junkies” as you can get, and we like it that way just fine.
P.S. I forgot to say that I am relatively Puritanical and found the Motley Crue group's antics disgusting.
THE SECRET OF LIFE IS TO SPEND IT ON THINGS THAT WILL OUTLAST IT.