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post #1 of 43
10/19/07 at 12:12pm
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What are your night time rituals? If there is something neat or interesting, I'd love to hear it, only because the Friday in painfully slow.

Examples: Praying to the goddess of Alba?

Brushing your teeth and waxing your hairs?

Night-time One Player Battleship?



As for me, the family is trying to get my 2 year old on a good sleep schedule and we are failing drastically. Our only night time ritual we have is watching Thomas the Train until our son falls asleep. (And usually its me that falls asleep first).

There is something about George Carlin and Alec Baldwin's narration that does it to me everytime.

So if you care to share, please do.
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post #2 of 43
10/19/07 at 12:24pm
Gnashing my teeth and weeping.

Sometimes jacking-off.

All kidding aside, mostly I talk to the girlfriend on the phone (long-distance; she's in Pittsburgh I'm in Boston getting my LL.M. in Taxation) and try to find some good syndicated comedies to watch on TV, like Scrubs, Seinfeld or the odd episode of the Simpsons. The damn ALCS makes this harder than it should be.

But mostly I just jack-off.
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post #3 of 43
10/19/07 at 12:27pm
Usually the girl and I play some videogames and watch some Dvd's of our favorite tv shows. We'll watch Conan during his monologue and maybe more if he has some good guests. Then lots of sex. Like an unhealthy amount of sex. You can't go wrong with sex. SEX!
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post #4 of 43
10/19/07 at 12:33pm
If I'm at the Jersey stead, mostly playing some Halo (tagging along on my roomie's account), playing WoW or just not dealing with the world.

At the girl's place? Railing her. Rob's totally right, cannot go wrong with sex.
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post #5 of 43
10/19/07 at 12:34pm
I have to sit through the Suite Life of Zack & Cody/Hannah Montana double-shot to the ball bag (courtesy of the Family Channel) with my boys. I play my guitar or bass for about a half hour, read some comics or watch some boobtube, fuck my wife, then go to bed.

I liked it better when my boys watched Malcolm in the Middle. I wanted to fuck the mom, depending on the day.
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post #6 of 43
10/19/07 at 12:39pm
If the girlfriend's about, yeah pretty much curling up with a film and then serious humpage into the small hours.

If its just the housemates (i'm in a house-share these days), then a bottle of wine, quite often a comedy or some multiplayer Wii Sports action, then some late-night Xbox on my own, maybe some of a film before bed or dirty, dirty porn.

Can't go wrong with a healthy mix of sex and porn (like, alternate nights).
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post #7 of 43
10/19/07 at 1:18pm
Get home from work, eat dinner or go out with the wife. If we're home, which is often, I'll surf the web or work on some freelance artwork, then watch some TV and play with the cats. The wife and I go to bed, and depending how tired we are, make some sweet, sweet love for awhile. Then we sleep.
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post #8 of 43
10/19/07 at 1:25pm
Drinking, mostly.
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post #9 of 43
10/19/07 at 1:38pm
Weed and vodka. Always, ALWAYS put the weed before the vodka.
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post #10 of 43
10/19/07 at 1:57pm
Close to neux, here. Little Bear from 8:00 - 8:30PM. My daughter lays down without much fuss right afterward (she doesn't fall asleep to it, which is a good thing. Sorry for your luck, neux).

Then sometimes the wife and I will watch TV or a movie and then fuck like dogs in heat.

Or she'll watch some crappy show (like Heroes) and I'll work on some photos or 360 or watch good movies in the other room. End it by giving myself a hand job and then slink into bed next to my sleeping wife feeling a little bit like Lester Burnham.

I'm not sure which of those I actually prefer. Probably the latter since it's mostly true.
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post #11 of 43
10/19/07 at 2:04pm
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Originally Posted by whiskaz
Close to neux, here. Little Bear from 8:00 - 8:30PM. My daughter lays down without much fuss right afterward (she doesn't fall asleep to it, which is a good thing. Sorry for your luck, neux).

Then sometimes the wife and I will watch TV or a movie and then fuck like dogs in heat.

Or she'll watch some crappy show (like Heroes) and I'll work on some photos or 360 or watch good movies in the other room. End it by giving myself a hand job and then slink into bed next to my sleeping wife feeling a little bit like Lester Burnham.

I'm not sure which of those I actually prefer. Probably the latter since it's mostly true.
I feel like you've taken a snapshot of my life, but substitute a makeover or home improvement show for Heroes. I watch crappy genre entertainment with my wife. Most of the time, I'm imposing it on her.

EDIT: And either you guys are joking about the frequency of sex, or I'm getting less than the average married Chewer in this thread.
"Well, then, come on, baby, I'm ready!"
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post #12 of 43
10/19/07 at 2:09pm
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Originally Posted by Phil!
Weed and vodka. Always, ALWAYS put the weed before the vodka.
Swap the vodka for whiskey and add psychedelics to the mix on the odd night and you have my nightly ritual. Except for Tuesdays, Thursdays, and weekends. On those nights, I add oddly mutually degrading sex with female co-op residents, sorority sisters, frat rats, and/or alcoholic Philosophy majors to the mix.
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post #13 of 43
10/19/07 at 2:24pm
Mon-Thurs it's cook, Malcolm in the Middle re-runs, WoW, Bang Bros, sleep. Weekends I will mix it up and try to fit in multiple Bang Bros times. Oh and ladies, I'm single!
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post #14 of 43
10/19/07 at 3:16pm
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Originally Posted by Cuchulain
Swap the vodka for whiskey and add psychedelics to the mix on the odd night and you have my nightly ritual. Except for Tuesdays, Thursdays, and weekends. On those nights, I add oddly mutually degrading sex with female co-op residents, sorority sisters, frat rats, and/or alcoholic Philosophy majors to the mix.
What the hell kind of Christianity is this? Please send me some literature.
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post #15 of 43
10/19/07 at 3:22pm
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Originally Posted by Phil!
Weed and vodka. Always, ALWAYS put the weed before the vodka.
Best advice I've heard in a long while.
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post #16 of 43
10/19/07 at 3:27pm
Weeknights usually involve my wife falling asleep around 10pm (11pm if she misses the early airing of Daily Show/Colbert and 9pm if she's had anything to drink), leaving me alone to my vices for the next few hours. This is usually weed followed by either video games, a movie, or some tv show dvd, and falling asleep somewhere around 2am.

The sex is much less of a part of routine. I'll take it whenever I can get it, be that as soon as we get home from work, or when I wake up in the morning (or both).

I'm sure this will all change when we decide to have kids.
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post #17 of 43
10/19/07 at 3:35pm
Normally I catch up on my reading, surf the web, do laundry, or cook with the TV on in the background (the background noise is soothing to me, even if I'm not paying attention to what's on). Around 10 PM, I usually stop the other stuff to watch whichever Law & Order re-run looks the most interesting. During the commercial breaks, I'll head into the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash up, and right before I head to bed, I'll check in on the Chewers and my email one more time, then go to sleep. Extremely dull, I know, but that's the life of a single gal in the big city.
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post #18 of 43
10/19/07 at 3:52pm
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Originally Posted by Phil!
What the hell kind of Christianity is this? Please send me some literature.
Just check out a copy of Augustine's The Confessions. That man, being a Neo-Platonist and future Doctor of the Church, could seriously party. My favorite quote of his is: "O God, give me chastity and temperance but not yet."

Also, the Bible never actually comes out against mind-altering substances. Rather, it condemns excessive use of them (Christ, after all, did turn water into wine during his first miracle). The only thing that I routinely do that's looked down upon is the pre-marital sex thing and, thankfully, we have confession for that.
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post #19 of 43
10/19/07 at 4:10pm
On a normal basis I can't sleep. 72 hours and counting.
But when I am truly trying I read. Mostly CHUD.
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post #20 of 43
10/19/07 at 4:15pm
Yeah, you're either a fucking troll or legitimately insane, either way, we shouldn't have to deal with you anymore.
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post #21 of 43
10/19/07 at 5:06pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8
EDIT: And either you guys are joking about the frequency of sex, or I'm getting less than the average married Chewer in this thread.
"Well, then, come on, baby, I'm ready!"
Ahhh, I probably got ya beat - we usually go 1-2 times a week, usually towards the weekends. How's the joke go... "My wife's hitting her sexual peak, and I'm discovering how comfy my new recliner is"? Ya gotta remember too that a lot of our esteemed Chewer brethren are in the 20-30+ year old range, so they're screwing like crazed weasels. Enjoy it while it lasts, y'all! 'Cause it won't!
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post #22 of 43
10/19/07 at 5:28pm
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Originally Posted by Phil!
Weed and vodka. Always, ALWAYS put the weed before the vodka.
"What happens if we switch the two, Mr. Wizard?"

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday consist of dashing directly from work to campus for lab hours/study/homework before class. After class, home - 4.5 miles or 30 minutes on the stationary bike, some dumbbell work, a quick snack and possibly a drink or two along with vidyagames or intertrucks, depending on how tired I am.
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post #23 of 43
10/19/07 at 5:32pm
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Originally Posted by Timothy225
Ahhh, I probably got ya beat - we usually go 1-2 times a week, usually towards the weekends. How's the joke go... "My wife's hitting her sexual peak, and I'm discovering how comfy my new recliner is"? Ya gotta remember too that a lot of our esteemed Chewer brethren are in the 20-30+ year old range, so they're screwing like crazed weasels. Enjoy it while it lasts, y'all! 'Cause it won't!
Marriage and/or kids are great birth control.
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post #24 of 43
10/19/07 at 11:05pm
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Originally Posted by LisaNewYork
Normally I catch up on my reading, surf the web, do laundry, or cook with the TV on in the background (the background noise is soothing to me, even if I'm not paying attention to what's on). Around 10 PM, I usually stop the other stuff to watch whichever Law & Order re-run looks the most interesting. During the commercial breaks, I'll head into the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash up, and right before I head to bed, I'll check in on the Chewers and my email one more time, then go to sleep. Extremely dull, I know, but that's the life of a single gal in the big city.
This, but put in Colbert in place of L&O. Either the 11:30 or 1:30 version, depending when I get home from work.

I used to drive my convertible down dark, winding roads, jamming some chillish (a lot of Portishead and Lamb, or whatever mix I'd made up for that week's drive) music, resting my knee against the speaker and letting the bass roll through my body while the wind whipped through my hair. But then I started feeling guilty about the amount of gas I was using, and I've pretty much cut that out.

Now, I reserve the drive for special occasions, or if I absolutely cannot sleep. I still miss it...
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post #25 of 43
10/19/07 at 11:21pm
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Originally Posted by Phil!
What the hell kind of Christianity is this? Please send me some literature.
It's not Christianity. It's addiction with the pseudo-intimacy of random sex to prolong the self-destructive behavior. As you can tell, he's really good at the self-deceit aspect of addiction. He's really got himself thinking he's a good man of god. Next thing you know, when he drives drunk and kills someone, he'll say it's OK because, you know, David had his lover's husband killed.
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post #26 of 43
10/19/07 at 11:27pm
Oh, and to be on topic...

During the busy season I work until 8-10 at night, so I come home, let the dog out, shower, eat, and go to bed. (Unless I'm dating someone in which case there may be the addition of sharing the meal and/or the bed with the man.) If I get done with work early, I exercise for an hour or two. A couple times a week I go out with friends and/or watch rugby in the afternoon or evening.

During the slow season I spend the evenings doing administrative paperwork (gah! I hate taxes), catching up on movie viewing (hooray for Netflix), getting in more exercise and triathlons, and trying to pursue more diverse hobbies (e.g. this year I'm doing a little more rock climbing, a little more drawing, and I'm about to take a trip to NZ). I'm also working towards an advanced certification which requires an average of an hour of reading and study per day for a year.
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post #27 of 43
10/19/07 at 11:29pm
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Originally Posted by Belethedheliel
He's really got himself thinking he's a good man of god. Next thing you know, when he drives drunk and kills someone, he'll say it's OK because, you know, David had his lover's husband killed.
Actually, no I don't believe I'm "good." By definition, only God is good. Rather, instead of beating myself up over being as deficient as I am, I use my own shortcomings as a menas to recognize and forgive others in the faults they sometimes express in their treatment of me. "Turn the other cheek" and all that. Secondly, I draw the line at whatever invovles harming others beside myself. I really resent the drunk driving comment.
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post #28 of 43
10/19/07 at 11:34pm
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Originally Posted by Phil!
Weed and vodka. Always, ALWAYS put the weed before the vodka.
A moderate amount of alcohol + weed afterward = best sleep EVER.
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post #29 of 43
10/19/07 at 11:35pm
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Originally Posted by Timothy225
How's the joke go... "My wife's hitting her sexual peak, and I'm discovering how comfy my new recliner is"?
If women wouldn't beat down men's sex driver through the bulk of their 30s, they'd discover the fun of hitting their sexual peak WITH their husbands full bore.
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post #30 of 43
10/20/07 at 12:05am
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Originally Posted by Belethedheliel
It's not Christianity. It's addiction with the pseudo-intimacy of random sex to prolong the self-destructive behavior. As you can tell, he's really good at the self-deceit aspect of addiction. He's really got himself thinking he's a good man of god. Next thing you know, when he drives drunk and kills someone, he'll say it's OK because, you know, David had his lover's husband killed.
I Swear CHUD stands for Christians Hated, Usually Daily. I know most people on these boards aren't a fan of religion in general, but why does this guy keep getting hated on? He doesn't seem to have been a dick to anyone, so people jumping on him for his religion seems to be what most people blame Christians for.

Anyway, my nightly ritual lately has been listening to our baby cry. And cry. And cry.
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post #31 of 43
10/20/07 at 12:12am
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller

Anyway, my nightly ritual lately has been listening to our baby cry. And cry. And cry.
There but for the grace of random chance go I...

My daughter is pretty good - feed on the early side of midnight, one middle-of-the-night feeding, and she's OK until morning. Of course, I'm on Mr Mom duty this week, and today I went from reading Somerset Maugham with a cherubic little angle asleep next to me to cleaning up a Superfund-level diaper explosion of a screaming, possessed-by-Satan demonspawn in about a 5 minute span.
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post #32 of 43
10/20/07 at 12:16am
My son is being breastfed until he's one, and at the moment, we're still co-sleeping (yes, as in he sleeps in the bed with us). We're breaking him into his crib, but some nights he's cool with it, and then there's nights like tonight, where he seems to hate sleep, and everything involved with it, and has been fighting the very concept like a champ.
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post #33 of 43
10/20/07 at 3:29am
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller
I Swear CHUD stands for Christians Hated, Usually Daily. I know most people on these boards aren't a fan of religion in general, but why does this guy keep getting hated on? He doesn't seem to have been a dick to anyone, so people jumping on him for his religion seems to be what most people blame Christians for.

Anyway, my nightly ritual lately has been listening to our baby cry. And cry. And cry.
Probably because he does exactly what most Christians are hated on for doing: being hypocritical. Apparently, the fact that other people did dastardly deeds means that he can get intoxicated and sleep around, and as long as he confesses, he feels no need to reform his behavior to match what his religion advises. Maybe he should read 1 Timothy 3. Or Isaiah 59.

Matthew 18: 15-17 [Jesus speaking]
"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector."


"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." - Ghandi
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post #34 of 43
10/20/07 at 7:10am
Re: the babies that don't want to sleep - when I was a little shaver, my folks would put me down around 7-8 PM, so they'd have a couple of hours together in the evening (this was back in '67). As they were going to bed, they'd wake me up, change me, feed me, put me back down to sleep. I'd be out the rest of the night. They did the same thing to my brother when he was a baby, and for all that time they rarely lost any sleep due to crying, etc.

Give it a shot, hope it works for ya!
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post #35 of 43
10/20/07 at 7:55am
Count me in as part of the booze, weed, C.H.U.D group.
Every night!
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post #36 of 43
10/20/07 at 10:28am
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Originally Posted by Belethedheliel
Probably because he does exactly what most Christians are hated on for doing: being hypocritical. Apparently, the fact that other people did dastardly deeds means that he can get intoxicated and sleep around, and as long as he confesses, he feels no need to reform his behavior to match what his religion advises. Maybe he should read 1 Timothy 3. Or Isaiah 59.

Matthew 18: 15-17 [Jesus speaking]
"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector."


"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." - Ghandi
And how exactly does this affect you so that you feel like you need to give him shit for it? Again, I could see if he was calling people out on things, saying he was better than them or whatever, but, so far as I can see, you're giving him a hard time for realizing he's a human being with flaws, who happens to turn to religion to try and help him get over them. I don't think Ghandi would give a rats fat ass if this guy eats shrooms and gets laid, then goes to church and asks for forgiveness.
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post #37 of 43
10/20/07 at 10:41am
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller
you're giving him a hard time for realizing he's a human being with flaws, who happens to turn to religion to try and help him get over them. I don't think Ghandi would give a rats fat ass if this guy eats shrooms and gets laid, then goes to church and asks for forgiveness.
If he was turning to religion to help him get over them that would be lovely. Instead he says "people in the bible did bad things, so I can do all the sleeping around I want, as long as I go to confession." And Jesus' response to that? "...if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector."
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post #38 of 43
10/20/07 at 11:21am
Jesus died for our sins. So if we're not sinning then Jesus died for nothing. So sin away!
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post #39 of 43
10/20/07 at 11:32am
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Originally Posted by Belethedheliel
It's not Christianity. It's addiction with the pseudo-intimacy of random sex to prolong the self-destructive behavior. As you can tell, he's really good at the self-deceit aspect of addiction. He's really got himself thinking he's a good man of god. Next thing you know, when he drives drunk and kills someone, he'll say it's OK because, you know, David had his lover's husband killed.

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post #40 of 43
10/20/07 at 11:43am
As a liberal, it sometimes astonishes me how some of the most intolerant people I know are liberals. There's religion, there's faith, there's spiritualism. It's not all the same.

That said, I love all of you. Even Churchthulu up there. Smoke em if ya got em.
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post #41 of 43
10/20/07 at 1:23pm
No, they're all the same. All a bunch of mystical bullshit with no reason behind them.
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post #42 of 43
10/20/07 at 10:54pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8
Marriage and/or kids are great birth control.
Aye, you'd think. The wife's baking #2 right now. That whole on top/gravity discussion in Knocked Up was obviously meant to be a joke. Dammit.

My daughter just turned 2 a couple of days ago. The first 6 months of her life I spent in a haze of sleeplessness. It's rather scary, waking up, knowing that you somehow cared for a child numerous times in the middle of the night but have absolutely NO recollection. I seriously can't wait to do it all over again! Seriously.
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post #43 of 43
10/26/07 at 11:25am
Hearing all these tales, I've come to the conclusion that I like sleep too god damn much to have kids.

Now, maybe that'll change, but mmm....7-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep is absolute bliss.
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