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RE: Exhilarating, exhausting, beautiful and gross.....
Great to see your mind dump on this. My unsolicited advice is to find friends that can relate to you with kids in the same age range. They can be invaluable for emotional support. I'm there for my wife but I can't always relate to what she may be going through. Her friends are there for advice and to give her some adult time. Also, it goes extremely fast. It's amazing to see them develop their character and explore new things but it happens too damn fast. Enjoy every drop of it. Thanks for an insightful post.
LOL, mind dump - I like the way you put it, yes that's basically what it was, I guess I just needed to get it out haha! I appreciate your advice, thank you, that's exactly what I need. It's important to have a balanced social life, I know. Sometimes too much of one thing (anything) just isn't healthy. Life must be balanced. Like lately I've been eating too much ice cream - super not balanced hahaha!
Yea, a woman needs to have friends to balance out the social life. I love my boyfriend and our time together, but it is kind of essential to also have quality time with my (very few) friends and family, for sure. It's difficult to find quality people, that are on the same level (I can't deal with women who are all about makeup and netflix, for example), but the world is full of all kinds, so I'm sure I'll find some good matches eventually.
Oh my goodness, yes, the time is flying by super quick! I'm soaking it all up best I can, and taking tons of pictures, it's going to cost an arm and a leg to get them developed haha! How many kids do you and your wife have? I welcome any advice ya'll may have.
I have 4. New teen to toddler, all boys. It seems like yesterday I was changing my teen's diaper...hmm, that sounded better in my head...you know what I mean. Thankfully we do a number of things together so the bond stays somewhat strong. My wife homeschools the boys and she often has days where everything seems to be going wrong. Boys having attitude problems? Who would've thunk it? After dealing with kids she just needs a release and that's where friends are important. You don't need a lot of them but, like you said, they should be quality people that can relate.
Wow, 4 is definitely a whole lot of blessings! :) That's so cool that they're spaced out in ages, and with them all being boys it's gotta be pretty fun eh? I can't even start to wonder what my baby boy will be like even when he's like 5, lol. That's so cool that your wife homeschools, what kind of curriculum does she use / where does she get it from? I'm interested in that as well. Yea, I bet she definitely needs friends with having 4 boys to look after and still maintain her sanity :) Sounds like she's a strong woman!