DAD-Chronicals : 40 memories of life before the children

in #dad-chronicals6 years ago (edited)

40 memories of life before the children


For most parents, the time in front of the children is about as far away as the time before the smartphone or the mobile Internet. One remembers that they existed, but one forgets how it was then. The memories blur with time. For this reason, we have collected 40 memories of the time before the children, who share almost all parents.

When parents sit together exhausted, from time to time memories of the time "in front of the children" come up - as if the kids started another era. And that is indeed the case.

We have tried to put together our memories of the time before children so that they are not completely forgotten. We have come to over 40 points, where life was already very different. A bit of sadness came up, but that's okay, we think.

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When you did not have children ...
You could decide for yourself, when you got up at the weekend - and found that normal.

Christmas was often boring.

One had much less contact with the rest of the family. Family reunions were often perceived as annoying to superfluous.

You went away at the weekend and celebrated without thinking of the next day.

You only had responsibility for yourself.

If you had stress with the partner (or the partner), then you went out of your way for a while and did not talk to each other (as a parent, really, not a good idea).

In the worst case, they parted. That made for some heartache, but that was the biggest problem in most cases.

You had time to kill on the weekend - just for yourself.

On Saturdays you often went shopping, because you had time in peace (the crowds in the city center we let out before).

You had enough money to buy yourself - yes, yourself.

The night sleep was predictable.

At least on the weekend you could also decide when to get up.

Without children, you were responsible for the dirt in your apartment.
You could leave things in the apartment - whether potentially dangerous or morally questionable.

Somehow, less broke.

The clothes usually stayed clean for a whole day.

Microwave, washing machine, dryer and dishwasher were just household appliances and not an elementary fixture of family life.

There was no back pain from carrying the child and no dry hands from the many hand washing.

The smartphone and the TV did not have to be shared with others.

The partner or the partner also not.

You could have sex, when you wanted and where you wanted it in the apartment - regardless of third parties.

On vacation you went to where you wanted to go - and not where it fits with the children.

It was often not planned many months in advance.

One also traveled in blue and decided spontaneously.

The holiday was recreation.

Under Wellness understood a walk in the sauna, to the beautician or in the spa hotel and not, 20 minutes in the bathroom to rest.
You had TIME for yourself - for sports and friends, a visit to the cinema or a book, but also for useless thoughts and unnecessary worries ..

An evening away from home did not have to be planned on a military scale.

You could see the genitals of the partner more often than those of a few children.

When buying a car, the fun factor was more important than the size of the trunk.

Dangerous hobbies were not a problem yet.

You spent much more time with people who did not have children.

It was known exactly which songs were announced and which movies were in the cinema.

At the end of the year, one often had vacation left over that had not been used up.

One was not constantly sick or at least much less often at the doctor.

You could behave at home as you wanted and at most had to justify in front of the partner.

The unawareness about to catch a good doc.

The personal planning horizon was usually enough only until the next vacation.

You had no idea how close it is when your own child screams in pain.

You had no idea how good it feels to be smiled at by your own child.

One had no idea how deep and selfless one's own love can be.

And finally: One had the sense, for which all this is supposed to be good, not yet found.

In summary: in the past you had a lot of freedoms that you did not appreciate so much. In addition, one was only responsible for oneself - and from time to time something irresponsible. It was okay that way at the time.

Among us - the whole thing had its nice sides, but was somehow boring, right?

We at the Fathers 'and Mothers' Club have opened a chapter in our lives that does not even know the childless. They do not know which roller coaster ride they are missing, do not you think?

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