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Post subject: Re: I want a dog! Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 11:55 am |
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tielfan wrote: I may as well let you guys know that whatever you think about wanting or not wanting kids when you're a teenager may not be what you'll do in the long run (as long as you're not actively trying to have them WHILE you're a teenager). People change a LOT as they mature, and the things you want right now are probably different in many ways from what you're going to want 10 or more years from now. Ditto for pets and jobs and all kinds of things. When you reach the point where you can actually make your own choices without needing the permission of your parents, you may choose something different than what you want right now.
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Post subject: Re: I want a dog! Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:04 pm |
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I wonder where all the thoughts about not wanting children coming from when people are 15-20 yo. I never even asked myself when I was that age When my best friend had her child at the age of 24, I came to visit her in the hospital with another our classmate who had her child when we were 20. They were talking about newborns, while I was standing and thinking: "what the hell are they talking about??? get me out of here!". Interesting enough, but the girl who became a mother when we were only 20, made an excellent career as a doctor.
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Post subject: Re: I want a dog! Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:43 pm |
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Bjornlefevre wrote: I adopted a dog myself, a 4,5 year old Rhosedian Ridgeback. I didn't change his name, he's called IZE (pronounced like E - Say) We both (me and my wife that is) like dogs but I do think we won't get another one soon after this one. The hairs in the house are one reason, not being able to travel (unless you commit to taking the dog with you or put him in a hostel or something for the time you're away) another. Also there's the pain you feel after they die... I still miss my first dog (a jack russel terrier, called ARI) from when I was younger: That dog is just pure gorgeous lovely dog
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Post subject: Re: I want a dog! Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:44 pm |
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Bjornlefevre, great pictures! ARI seems to be large on the closeup picture, but on the last one he is tiny. Is this your child on the second picture's background? The dogs are gorgeous.
I have never been a pet person until I got rabbits and then birds only 3.5 year ago. They are my only pets (not counting the cat when I was a toddler so I don't remember much)
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Post subject: Re: I want a dog! Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 3:19 pm |
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Thanks everyone.
I went to the dog park almost every day this week. I already made many dog lover friends. The first dog I saw their jumped on my knees and licked my face. I met another owner of a dog which I met twice already. I'm going to get some experience before I offer to walk it dog sit any of their dogs for free. I want a bit more experience.
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Post subject: Re: I want a dog! Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 3:59 am |
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Stephanie, you sound like my daughter, who is 16. She said she wants kids, but only until they turn 5. I told her kids couldn't be traded when you the new wears off. Lol. She loves kids, but like everyone, she's fascinated with the "baby stage". By the time she finishes medical school, or sooner, she will understand that the bond just gets stronger as the baby grows up:)
Some people are happy being childless for life. For some, it's the financial concerns, or the world being so ridiculously cruel at times. For others, it just the lack of desire for a lifelong responsibility for another human life. I, on the other hand, have only one child (and two soon to be step children), but would have had a houseful if, medically, I could have.
You have plenty of time to live life a little before you make that decision. I'm glad you are thinking it through carefully, though. Too many teenagers give birth before they truly are ready.
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