Comments on: Let’s Open Our Minds and Join the 21st Century, People: The KSK Fantasy Sex/Football Mailbag PART THE FIRST

By: Big Black Richard

Big Black Richard — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:01:52 +0000

Not everyone is cut out for having kids. There’s nothing wrong with being one of the people who isn’t cut out for having kids, as long as you find that out about yourself before you have any kids.

The day I had my vasectomy was the happiest day of my life.

By: Redhead

Redhead — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:51:50 +0000

I realize I’m totally missing the point of this entire post, but THAT’S how you spell ‘giggity’? Are you sure? I always went with ‘jiggity’.

By: WaitTillNextYear

WaitTillNextYear — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:47:57 +0000

I have five kids (really), ages 3 to 15. It’s awesome. But I’ll tell you what I tell people who ask me about my Lasik surgery: I can’t guarantee you’ll get the same great results that I did.

By: FreshlySqueezedLemons

FreshlySqueezedLemons — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:22:54 +0000

@EastEndClam: I hear ya, my goal was to get them out of the way ASAP so they’d be out of the house ASAP (only 17 more years to go!) At least I’ll only be 50 then.

@yeah, right?: “FreshlySqueezedLemons” = reference to Led Zeppelin song (Traveling Riverside Blues). Also, I’m in Canada, our healthcare system doesn’t mind paying for the Anesthesiologist.

By: Bobman

Bobman — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:13:30 +0000

@FreshlySqueezedLemons I’m a regular Carolla podcast listener, and felt sorry for that chick – I hope he apologized after the show.

Oh I totally agree, he badgered her way too much about it when she was clear that she didn’t want to hear it; HOWEVER that doesn’t mean what he was saying didn’t have merit in general, just in that situation it was horribly awkward and uncalled for.

@BBT – Your opinions on child rearing are terrifying. Setting boundaries and beating the shit out of your kids don’t necessarily go hand in hand. While I agree that once in a while, in extreme circumstances, ther’es nothing wrong with a whack on the ass, pretty much every psychological study in modern medicine will tell you that the more you smack around your kids, the more likely they are to be violent, fucked up people. Obviously many have taken this to mean that you have to be friends with your kids and let them do whatever they want, which is arguably just as bad a method to choose when they turn into undisciplined assholes, but advising that the best and only way to raise good kids is with a heavy hand is asinine and ignorant.

By: EastEndClam

EastEndClam — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:57:44 +0000

I was apathetic about having kids, loved having them but you know what the best part of having kids is? When they leave and you realize you’re into Stage III of your own life. You get to do what you want when you want with the money to do it. It’s a f’ing blast.

By: yeah, right?

yeah, right? — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:28:07 +0000

@mini dagger: You are indeed a true bachelor for life. It’s got a solid upside. Traveling yearly to see your favorite NFL team play in a different stadium, (Vikes vs. Saints on Monday Night Football last year) Going to Jamaica and partying naked. Trip to Ireland to visit as many pubs as you can..but you miss the compann..the affect..the closeness…Fuck that, I miss the regular sex.
Apart from that, it’s not all bad.

By: yeah, right?

yeah, right? — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:18:43 +0000

@FreshlySqueezedLemons : It was a little strange staying awake during the ordeal. This was back in 2003 when my Cubs were competing (Bartman, cough cough) in the playoffs. The doctor was from New York and a big Yankee fan. We talked about baseball the entire time while I stared holes in the ceiling.

/is it a coincidence that you are speaking on this topic and you screen name is “FreshlySqueezedLemons”?

By: mini dagger

mini dagger — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:11:42 +0000

ok, ok, ok, I get it. Your three year old is adorable when she says, “Daddy, I love you!” But what happens when she is seven years old, and has an unhealthy fetish with unicorns, when she’s 13 years old, getting texts from boys at school inquiring about oral sex, or when she is 17 years old, and hates you and is about to move in with her drug-dealing boyfriend? Or what about your eight year old son, who is obsessed with japanese cartoon playing cards, and when he’s 12 and is uncoordinated and sucks at sports, or when he’s 16 and has a shitty haircut and likes terrible music?

Look, I get that raising children can be very rewarding, but some of us have awful genes and know we shouldn’t reproduce. Plus, there’s a lot to be said to being the creepy old guy at the grocery store who mutters to himself when he picks out frozen dinners.

also ufford, +$4.99 on that card idea. fucking brilliant.

By: FreshlySqueezedLemons

FreshlySqueezedLemons — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:46:07 +0000

@yeah,right?: I was “fixed” a couple months after the birth of the girl – however, I was knocked right out. Worked well for me. I agree that 2 is perfect – the world is made for families of 4.