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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no good advice, but I totally agree. The thought of getting in a car every day gives me the shakes. I'm thinking of dropping schools from my list that don't have good public transit options. Otherwise I feel like I'll be getting too close to the world of mom jeans and minivans. We're in the city to not have to drive![/quote]

You remind me of my single friends who would NEVER leave Manhattan.  They would rather die than become B&T.  And then they met someone and wanted a bigger commitment, and look.  Park Slope is more affordable.  (And they'd feel the need to justify it: the original wood floors and crown molding, the bakery nearby, there's a laid-back bar..., you'll be amazed when you visit, we're having a housewarming party...)

Then baby #1 arrives, and there's a lot they can still make work with one baby.  Two parents, one baby, and a bugaboo is a great way to live in Williamsburg.  And the city is right there - just across the bridge.  "We can go any time we want!"  Then they confronted schools and the world changed.  Between that and thinking about baby #2?  "Montclair is so direct on the train, and we found this great Queen Anne Victorian, and it even has a little yard for a swing set, and there's a park around the corner."  We can still meet for brunch on the weekends!

And baby #2 arrives, and the schools are alright, but the commute is getting longer and longer because now how do you get home for the afterschool enrichment?  The t-ball?  The gymnastics?  The pee-wee soccer?  And when you realize that Arlington/Bethesda/DC (which is still expensive by almost everyone's standards, but is reasonable coming from NYC) includes grandparents (free babysitting!), better weather (less shoveling, but still real winter!), school options, work options....  And there's still metro.  "We're still hip, damnit!"

In spite of your under-developed self-talk, you find a way to take another step into the lifestyle of your own parents, which you mock and deride, because you're too cool for that.  Eventually, one maturing step at a time, you become a grown-up yourself because of how your prioritize your children.  Or, you remain in permanent adolescence with all its attendant hipster-douchebag glory.  But I doubt it.  It's those who crow the loudest, that are looking so seriously to the other side.  You're trying to convince yourself, not the rest of us.  And if you weren't leaning towards the other side, then you really wouldn't even be interested in this forum in the first place.

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