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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Obviously I don't know what it's like to be a parent.
I agree with that 100%.
This experience did give me a good idea of what day to day life would be like.
These are my observations:
1. My house was an absolute mess by the time the children left.
2. I can't have nice furniture and have children.
3. I barely spoke to my husband. We were both too busy wrangling children to communicate about anything other than what was happening at the exact moment.
4. I didn't want to be touched by my husband at the end of the day.
5. I spent A LOT of money.
6. I felt like a zombie amd was exhausted the entire time.

I took 2 personal days in order to do this.  I can't imagine having to work full-time, raise children and keep a house in order.  These things, I feel, are fair representations of things you experience and go through being a parent.  These things happen whether you're caring for your own children or someone else's child.[/quote]

OP The only person you have convince is yourself. Your DH being 45 and you don't have kids yet speaks a lot to me. There are practical issues also. My kids are 17 & 19 and both very ill this last week. I am 63. It is hard to describe the exhaustion of this -- you are still a parent when they get older. Mine both got better now, but the grind is MUCH harder when you get older, not matter what anyone on DCUM says. [/quote]

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