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Originally Posted by Muta
I realize I'm missing out on starting a family and all the stuff that comes with it, but I'm cool with it. I think the most I'd ever become is a DINK (dual income no kids, haha) - I think I like the social aspect of life with friends more than having a family, personally. Plus, I have my immediate family that I can see all the time, and as an uncle to several kids, I get to see my bloodline grow up anyways. At the end of the day, it's your own life and you can do what you whatever you want with it. There are trade-offs along the way for sure though.
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Having close friends and raising kids isn’t mutually exclusive. I have a group of 7 or 8 buddies who I’ve grown up with since we were kids. In our teens and 20s we partied together. When we got married our wives became friends. When we had kids, we went to each others’ kids birthdays and our kids became friends. Now when we have parties and BBQs the kids rampage in the basement or on trampolines and we have adult fun. At the big get- togethers (Christmas, New Years, Canada Day, BBQ season) we even include our parents. So we’ll have three generations, 25- 40 people, built around a core of friends who were playing with Star Wars action figures at Oakridge Elementary playground in 1979.