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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old are your kids?

I miss the travel. I skied out west a lot, had a ski house with friends, weekends in Nantucket, Europe, etc. what used to be $1,000 now starts at $3,000. We still travel to all those places but on a much more limited basis. [/quote]

Meh.  We did this too - we will do it again when the kids go to college. NBD.[/quote]

You will hop back on the slopes with all your friends piled into a ski house and it will be like you are all in your 20s?  Even if you do it won't even remotely be the same experience.  How could it be?  It's fine to admit you won't experience those things again.  [/quote]

Here is the part you don't want to see.   Yes we will do things like that, but as wealthier, more mature people.  The ski house will be fully stocked with king size beds and ensuite bathrooms.  Dinners will be steakhouses and fine wine versus pizza and beer.  The night won't be quite as late, but the sleeping in will be worth it.

It is ok to admit that your life stopped at pregnancy, but to many of us, the younger child raising years were a mere detour.  [/quote]

I have 4 kids and own my own ski house. I stock it with whatever I want..... sometimes steak and sometimes pizza. My kids like steak too.  I love watching my kids progress in skiing.  Taking my oldest down her first double black was more exciting than doing MY first double black.  Seeing the world again and experiencing all the firsts through their eyes is somehow much better than my first experiences.  I don't miss the travel because I still travel.  I only miss having to travel when other people do during school breaks.

I'm grateful I lived a full life before kids.  Now I'm grateful for neuro-typical kids through which I can experience life a second time.[/quote]

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