Did your parents have a life before they had kids.

@amadeo (111948)
United States
September 29, 2018 11:42am CST
Well I had to think about this.What can I remember at a very young age. Did they have a life?not sure.They were immigrants.Coming over to this country and had nine children.Life I do not believed that the had. With a big family.No way I can see.The only life will be the family and relatives. Did your parents have a life before kids The photo is mine Pet cemetery.Two cockers buried there.
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@crossbones27 (48411)
• Mojave, California
29 Sep 18
It is a full time job raising kids, and expensive. I hate full time jobs and to poor to have kids why I never had any kids. Much respect to the ones that like that sort of thing and keep the world going. I would feel bad, but world is too populated. So need not to feel bad, I am doing the world a service. I make bad jokes.
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• Mojave, California
29 Sep 18
@amadeo Another reason not to hate gay people. I can keep the bad jokes coming all day.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
29 Sep 18
@crossbones27 no your right.We are over populated.They are having too many kids.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
29 Sep 18
"had nice children" , you mean nine, don't you? My parents had 10 years difference so, I am sure that my Dad had a lot of time to have a life before he got married.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
29 Sep 18
@amadeo So your parents had 9 nice kids. A lot of kids, 3 more than us.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
29 Sep 18
@marlina yes nice and nine children.Thank you.What do I know.LOL
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@jstory07 (134327)
• Roseburg, Oregon
29 Sep 18
My parents had an exciting life before they had kids. Both were in World War Two.
@jstory07 (134327)
• Roseburg, Oregon
29 Sep 18
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
29 Sep 18
@jstory07 I guess they did there.
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@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
14 Oct 18
Well, my dad was and still working under govt sector, and my mom had got her Masters from the university, when they got married and had me a year later. Sure they were happy and self-involved in their lives and families, but they don't talk about it much.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
14 Oct 18
@ria160roy I see.Thank you for sharing.
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@just4him (305561)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Sep 18
I have a feeling if you were to ask your parents, they might tell you they had a wonderful life, made better by having children. I know it was hard times, but hard times strengthen people. From the pictures I saw of my parents before they married, I would say they had a good life before they were married.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
29 Sep 18
@just4him They could not understand English or talk it/It was a struggle.Not me but my older siblings
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@just4him (305561)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Sep 18
@amadeo That can make it hard.
@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
29 Sep 18
Not really either Fredo..both immigrants mine too Ireland and Sicily. Hard lives only working really hardship. Have 5 kids. Nice photo there of the pets cemetery.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
29 Sep 18
@Courage7 yes they worked very very hard.Worse was in the depression years
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
29 Sep 18
@amadeo Yes we respect them so much Fredo.
@snowy22315 (169653)
• United States
30 Sep 18
My parents were teenagers when they got married. He was still living at home..but I think she was living close to the store she was working in. Surprised she could afford the rent. I guess he or her parents must have been helping her.
@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
29 Sep 18
I have one photo of mom and dad together while they were dating, so until they got married and had me and my sisters, pretty sure they had a life. :)
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
29 Sep 18
@Hate2Iron good for them.
@LadyDuck (457445)
• Switzerland
30 Sep 18
My mother used to tell me that she went out with her sister to dance, their grandmother stayed with them all the time. My father went out with friends before he left for the front during WWII. Yes, my parents had a life.
@MALUSE (69416)
• Germany
29 Sep 18
My parents married rather late in life. Yes, they had their own lives before they met. My father lived in Italy and in Brazil before he settled back in Germany.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
29 Sep 18
@MALUSE thank you for sharing. Sounds like they had an interesting life there.
@Namelesss (3368)
• United States
29 Sep 18
First I LOVE that photo. Did my parents have a life? Surely not, ugh I can't even imagine them having s_x, lol. Just kidding but I am sure they had one, don't know what they did with it and dad no longer remembers much so can't say. Hmmm, good question.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
29 Sep 18
@Namelesss I see thank you.
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@anya12adwi (6030)
• India
30 Sep 18
Mine parents did not have life for sure.. Especially my mom.. They lived in a conservative society
@dya80dya (33382)
30 Sep 18
My parents had a life before they had kids. After that they didn't have any life.
• Philippines
30 Sep 18
My parents were busy with their own careers before they had children. My mom was a Biology Teacher and my dad was a Civil Engineer. I am not sure though if they had a life (social life, etc) before they got married. haha
@gemini_rose (16264)
30 Sep 18
This is something that I am not sure about, they were both in the forces before I was born, then they left that and went into the pub trade. It’s something that I do think about a lot, I’m always talking to my kids about my childhood etc, but I can’t recall them telling me much about theirs.
@Juliaacv (48272)
• Canada
30 Sep 18
My parents had a great life before they had kids. But they started a family within 12 months of getting married, and had 4 kids in just 4 years. But they still had quite a life, even with kids. My mother worked in the office for the Ontario Hydro-she made more money then my Dad did as a young farmer with a mortgage. My Dad, he had farming in his blood and farmed full time from the age of 18.
@DianneN (246334)
• United States
29 Sep 18
Yes, my parents had an exciting and busy life before and after they had kids. My father served on a variety of boards as president and other positions in our community. They threw lots of parties and like us, had lots of friends. My mom was a beauty and very popular. My dad was in the Air Force and serviced fighter jets during WWII.
@JudyEv (325405)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Sep 18
They worked on farms all their lives, either their parents' farms or their own but that was what they enjoyed.