children only mean no romance if you let them, but even so.

[kismet09]

I am glad for those of you who are loving your children and all, but I'm still going to stick with dogs and sheep, who can't eat chocolate because then they would die

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[measi]

Family beds? People do such a thing? I thought that was a log cabin practice of the 1800's when houses were barely more than one room...

ew.

[dannyman]

There was something on NPR earlier this morning about the government criticizing the chocolate industry for relying on imports of foreign cocoa produced by child laborers.

That interested me more than whatever this tripe is about. :)

Happy Valentines Day.

[kismet09]

to me, this article is one more reason not to have kids (not that i really need any more reasons).

[dannyman]

As long as you enjoy the craftwork of TRYING to have kids. I love that shizzle.

[kismet09]

ew, no. i try not to equate anything that has to do with sex with anything that has to do with children.

[outdoortoys]

Okay, this whole "children ruin romance" thing is bullshit. I've had romance with lots of women since my daughter was born. (That's supposed to be a joke

[kismet09]

I think that it's "children ruin romance if you let them" and that if you're going to do Valentine's Day (which I don't believe the article is saying is necessary, but probably tied in because the powers that be wanted it tied in to the holiday if it was going to be published) that it's a good time to remember that children can ruin romance (as the many magazine articles it points to are supporting), and that it'd be a good time to remember why you're married.

I think the article, like everything else in life, tells you what you want it to tell you. You read this from a totally different lens than I do.

[outdoortoys]

You know, going back and reading my post I see how you would say that. I don't know exactly how it got skewed to an "anti-Valentine's day" rant because that's not what my intention was.

I was originally panning to say that people using children as an excuse not to have a full relationship is just a cop-out. The article does indeed take the view that "romance" should be a goal to strive for continuously, but I didn't like the way it was presented. It gave so many negative examples that it seemed to me like it was condoning the whole lack of romance...maybe I'm just being moody.

Anyway, it wasn't my intent to let my cynicism get in the way of my comments or bias them, which it obviously did.

[kismet09]

people using children as an excuse not to have a full relationship is just a cop-out.

I agree. But really, using any excuse is a cop-out. Kids are an easy and prevalent target.