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January 09, 2006
Lonely Man überbeansprucht Hyperlinks
Nearly every young, non-military-veteran I talk to seems to have a canned line that goes something like, "I couldn't be in the military--I don't like people telling me what to do."
Those of us who've been there know that's crap. Even if you're a hobo, you have to do what others tell you sometimes. Even Ghandi had to answer to his wife.
I think a more respecatble answer would be, "I didn't want to" and a more realistic one would be, "I didn't have to."
Sometimes people say similar things about having kids:
- "I'm too selfish..."
- "We're sick of [it]..."
- "I don't like kids..."
- "Kids are--I don't know--too 'time consuming' is the phrase I'm looking for?"
Guess what, guys? Kids are time consuming. And I like my free time and I don't like kids either. I love my kid--she's challenging and beautiful and fun. But I hate other kids.
Parents, too, have something positive that the naysayers usually overlook. I no longer spend nights staring at the ceiling wondering why I can't get a date and what I should do when I grow up, which caused more sleep loss than my daughter ever did.
P.S.
This is funny.
Posted by james at January 9, 2006 08:27 PM
Comments
oh, bugger off.
Posted by: jarrad at January 10, 2006 07:42 PM