At 03:37 PM Monday 1/16/2006, William T Goodall wrote:
On 16 Jan 2006, at 6:54 pm, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
William wrote:
The study's findings will make happy reading for couples who have
decided to enjoy the freedom and lack of responsibility
associated with
not having children."
Doug wrote:
Hmmm, having children can be extremely stressfull, but I can hardly
express the pride and satisfaction I feel having become a
grandfather last
year. I don't think I'd trade it for anything.
Somewhere I've heard that the biological drive to procreate can only
be completely satisfied by grandchildren. :-) I have quite a few
years
to wait before first-hand experience.
As for those researchers, the fact that they seem to overlook
is that having children significantly changes most of your
priorities.
What if one doesn't want to have one's priorities changed?
Then keep one's zipper closed.
--Ronn! :)
"Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country
and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER
GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that
would be eliminated from schools too?"
-- Red Skelton
(Someone asked me to change my .sig quote back, so I did.)
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