Dating, Marriage, Children and Sports

[Odysseusa]

Dating in sports is like the preseason.
Marriage is the regular season.
When we have children, it's like going to the playoff.
10th, 25th, 50th anniversary is like going to the finals and/or winning the championship.

[MediumTex]

It must be a slow news day.

[Odysseusa]

Not yet, the twins are expected to be borne in December 2011 or January 2012.



May Peace Be With Us



Jim Harbaugh on work ethics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aenoEbKmQo

Darren McFadden#20/Michael Bush#29 Hightlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKDfPjRTqso

[Odysseusa]

It must be a slow news day.

Seriously, this helps me with putting things in perspective.

[MediumTex]

It must be a slow news day.

Seriously, this helps me with putting things in perspective.

I've been married 10 years and have three kids.

I don't know where that puts me on the continuum, but it keeps me pretty busy.

[AdamA]

I've been married 10 years and have three kids.

I don't know where that puts me on the continuum, but it keeps me pretty busy.

10th, 25th, 50th anniversary is like going to the finals and/or winning the championship.

It's the finals, but probably not yet the championship.  

When we have children, it's like going to the playoff.
10th, 25th, 50th anniversary is like going to the finals and/or winning the championship.
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[Odysseusa]

Thank you for your understanding.

May peace be with us.

[jackely]

Raised 3 kids of my own and am now raising a grandchild so it has been non-stop parenting for 37 years. First wife died after 27 years and been remarried for 7 years.

So I guess the appropriate sports metaphor is that I made it to the playoffs but I'm stuck in non-sudden death overtime.

[MediumTex]

Raised 3 kids of my own and am now raising a grandchild so it has been non-stop parenting for 37 years. First wife died after 27 years and been remarried for 7 years.

So I guess the appropriate sports metaphor is that I made it to the playoffs but I'm stuck in non-sudden death overtime.

I would say it was more like you went to the Finals and won the championship, then in the off-season your team lost its best player, now you are midway through the next season trying for a "two-peat" with some new faces on the team.

[jackely]

I would say it was more like you went to the Finals and won the championship, then in the off-season your team lost its best player, now you are midway through the next season trying for a "two-peat" with some new faces on the team.

Not quite Medium Tex. My team acquired its best player in a trade. She's the best thing that ever happened to me.

[TripleB]

I prefer being a free agent to signing a long-term contract with any single team.