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The women I know are equally reluctant to "grow up" - what's their syndrome called? My friends aren't all men you know - how very 50s! ;) Being childish and dy

The women I know are equally reluctant to "grow up" - what's their syndrome called? My friends aren't all men you know - how very 50s! ;) Being childish and dysfunctional as this piece seems to be about are rather different. There are people like that. I can even think of one, and he's as bad at 50. Most guys have been changing babies, cooking, using vacuums and joining in all the mad juggling act that is a two working with kids household. You can have responsibilites, kids, and career without having to settle into a life of dull conformity, wearing "old people" clothes and no fun beyond a weekly trip to the shops. Can't you?

toomuchtodo 10y ago
> You can have responsibilites, kids, and career without having to settle into a life of dull conformity, wearing "old people" clothes and no fun beyond a weekly trip to the shops. Can't you? I assure you, you can. Want to travel the world with your kids? You can. Want to buy a sailboat and sail the world with your kids? You can. I even know poly couples and swingers who continue to enjoy their romantic/hedonistic lives while raising 2-3 kids, while remaining well adjusted emotionally stable parenting figures. Your life is what you make of it. Examples of families adventuring with their kids: http://www.bumfuzzle.com/ http://www.bumfuzzle.com/ | http://www.sailingtotem.com/ http://www.sailingtotem.com/ | https://afamilyafloat.com/ https://afamilyafloat.com/ | http://www.svwondertime.com/ http://www.svwondertime.com/ Or adventuring without kids: http://traveling-trio.com/ http://traveling-trio.com/ | http://theroadchoseme.com/ http://theroadchoseme.com/ (shoutout to HN's /u/grecy) Or Doug, a DBA in his 50s in Tulsa building a ~73 foot sailboat in his front year: http://www.svseeker.com/ http://www.svseeker.com/
rzzzt 10y ago
Are you thinking of this one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puer_aeternus#Peter_Pan_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puer_aeternus#Peter_Pan_syndro...

toomuchtodo 10y ago

> You can have responsibilites, kids, and career without having to settle into a life of dull conformity, wearing "old people" clothes and no fun beyond a weekly trip to the shops. Can't you? I assure you, you can. Want to travel the world with your kids? You can. Want to buy a sailboat and sail the world with your kids? You can. I even know poly couples and swingers who continue to enjoy their romantic/hedonistic lives while raising 2-3 kids, while remaining well adjusted emotionally stable parenting figures. Your life is what you make of it. Examples of families adventuring with their kids: http://www.bumfuzzle.com/ http://www.bumfuzzle.com/ | http://www.sailingtotem.com/ http://www.sailingtotem.com/ | https://afamilyafloat.com/ https://afamilyafloat.com/ | http://www.svwondertime.com/ http://www.svwondertime.com/ Or adventuring without kids: http://traveling-trio.com/ http://traveling-trio.com/ | http://theroadchoseme.com/ http://theroadchoseme.com/ (shoutout to HN's /u/grecy) Or Doug, a DBA in his 50s in Tulsa building a ~73 foot sailboat in his front year: http://www.svseeker.com/ http://www.svseeker.com/

rzzzt 10y ago

Are you thinking of this one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puer_aeternus#Peter_Pan_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puer_aeternus#Peter_Pan_syndro...