Please don't take this as being against kids - I have some of my own. Dogs are just... less stressful.
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Asking someone who makes it to 100+ about the secret to a long life is as relevant as asking a lottery winner how they picked their numbers.
George Burns: The secret is whiskey and cigars of course
Exactly. We have a family friend who is 95 and she has smoked a pack a day for the last 80 yeas...
99% of the time it's a mix of luck and money.
money
it is not a coincidence that windsors are a bunch of inbreds and they still get to live to 100... having money and not having to work helps a lot.
Cats.
Rabbits.
Birthing them was a bitch.
Meh I’m sure I birthed my dachshund and beagle mix and it’s like I don’t remember a thing
I feel like I'd remember my Doberman...maybe the Shiba Inu would have been easier.
Sad you had that experience. I only have dogs and can say for sure they need a positive and communicating environment to thrive in. They're a reflection of me and my wife, our strengths and anxieties, and it helps us heal from our trauma as well.
I have a strong feeling kids would be more complex yet a similar experience
Regardless of all that, I'm glad you're happy.
If she hasn't got kids then how does she know? Had both, kids are better. Don't listen to the elderly, I thought we'd agreed on that?
She's one of the few remaining people to have lived through both world wars
Asking someone who makes it to 100+ about the secret to a long life is as relevant as asking a lottery winner how they picked their numbers.
George Burns: The secret is whiskey and cigars of course
Exactly. We have a family friend who is 95 and she has smoked a pack a day for the last 80 yeas...
99% of the time it's a mix of luck and money.
it is not a coincidence that windsors are a bunch of inbreds and they still get to live to 100... having money and not having to work helps a lot.