01-14-2003, 06:20 PM
Mrs. goat and I have discussed having kids (she more than I actually), and we both agree on wanting to have them - we just don't agree on when. Since we're getting this house now, she's thrilled and wants to essentially "go the distance" and have a kid - plus, she's 33, and in her own words "she's not getting any younger". I want to wait until next year to give us at least a year to settle into the house and get the finances straight to make sure that we can afford to have one (not that anyone can really afford to have a child, but at least try to budget for it). Chances are we'll meet in the middle, which means we'll get crackin' on it later this year (whoohoo - I'll actually get laid!). I love kids, and I want to have no more than two but the responsibility of being a parent really is a lot to take on, at least to me. I still think and act like a kid most of the time, how the Hell can I be responsible?
As for extending the family, I'm into that - I don't come from a very large family, and as it is my current family is torn in two - I've written off my aunt (mom's sister) her husband and 2 kids as pieces of shit that could die tomorrow I'd I'd be at the very least happy about it. I never got to know my father's family, his mom died way before I was born, and for most of my life he never spoke to them - only recently before he passed did they start to talk again, and since he's gone now we almost never hear from them. That leaves me with my mom, brother and two grandparents. I inherited family from the Mrs., but they're a lot older and save for one brother in law and my wifes parents, I really don't like them all tat much to be chummy with.
So yeah, I'd like to have a large family, or at least sow the seeds for a large family in the next generation or so.
As for extending the family, I'm into that - I don't come from a very large family, and as it is my current family is torn in two - I've written off my aunt (mom's sister) her husband and 2 kids as pieces of shit that could die tomorrow I'd I'd be at the very least happy about it. I never got to know my father's family, his mom died way before I was born, and for most of my life he never spoke to them - only recently before he passed did they start to talk again, and since he's gone now we almost never hear from them. That leaves me with my mom, brother and two grandparents. I inherited family from the Mrs., but they're a lot older and save for one brother in law and my wifes parents, I really don't like them all tat much to be chummy with.
So yeah, I'd like to have a large family, or at least sow the seeds for a large family in the next generation or so.