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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I were also together 10 years before kids. We were inseparable, went to school together, vacations, lived with his parents for a time, etc. We spent all our time together and were a true team.

Then we had kids.

Now we're getting a divorce 4 years later. It completely changed everything for him and he had a mid-life crisis.

OP, I'm of the opposite view. [b]I think it is so EASY to stay together when you only have to work and be together. [/b]Sure there are work or financial stresses (assuming no medical), but it is nothing like being sleep deprived and mentally exhausted for years on end.[/quote]

+1  Agree completely.  I am the pp who has been with DH for 18 years prior to having kids.  Marriage without kids is WAY easier. Doesn't mean we love each other any less but bringing in another person who is totally dependent on you for everything creates a lot more work and stress than only two adults in a relationship.  Our DS is 11 now and much easier but our household and lifestyle is all about him which is vastly different than the life we had prekid.  We are prisoners of the school calendar for one thing and kid activities.  I didn't know any kids prior to having my own but now I am constantly surrounded mostly by 10/11 yr olds and other parents.   :lol: [/quote]

You are crazy,  if you didn't waste time you could have adult kids by now.

Oh, now i notice you were "together " for 18 years, not married. Do you usually exagerate?[/quote]

Not married but registered as a domestic partnership for most of the 18 yrs and living together.  We got married when I got pregnant, planned.

We didn't want kids when we were younger.  DH change his mind however.

We had a lot of fun in my twenties and thirties, his 30s and 40s.  Lived in Manhattan, [b]attended a lot of parties all over the world.  [/b]Had a ball.  Don't regret any of it either.
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I don’t know why, but this turn of phrase makes me giggle. [/quote]

:lol: Don't know how else to put it.  We had a routine, Venice Biennale every two years usually at the same time as a fundraiser to raise money for Venice art restorations, party in Monaco in June every year, etc.  Too busy having fun and then DH changed his mind about having children when I turned forty...  Best idea he ever had!!!  And we got lucky, I got pregnant easily.[/quote]

Hahahaha!!! This is awesome. Instant classic! :lol:  :lol: [/quote]

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