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To: wideawake
For many Americans, pets are substitutes for the children they never bothered to have - Had a boss that had a dog and a grown daughter; when I mentioned my bride and I were starting a family he advised against it, he indicated his dog took care of about 85% of his nurturing needs and children were too expensive (he was a multi-millionaire) and he would never have had a kid if he had known that before. Sad.
71 posted on 04/04/2008 8:14:43 AM PDT by SF Republican (Conservatives wanted all or nothing, and they got it.)
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To: SF Republican
Had a boss that had a dog and a grown daughter; when I mentioned my bride and I were starting a family he advised against it, he indicated his dog took care of about 85% of his nurturing needs and children were too expensive (he was a multi-millionaire) and he would never have had a kid if he had known that before. Sad.

He said quite a bit about himself in that conversation.

75 posted on 04/04/2008 8:25:27 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: SF Republican

Not everyone should be or is meant to be or will become a better person by being a parent.

Jails and threads here are full of stories of those who either shouldn’t have had offspring and the victims of their botched attempts.


76 posted on 04/04/2008 8:30:30 AM PDT by najida (On FR- Everyman is Brad Pitt, Everywoman is Aunt Bea)
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