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Message: <blockquote data-quote="danzig138" data-source="post: 2468169" data-attributes="member: 3595">The positives - Well, you get to play God and try to create little personalities to match your whims. Negatives - Children belive it is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> I have 2 - a 9 year old daughter and 11 year old son. The plus side is really that, unless your luck truly sucks, you'll get to see a couple of really cool people develop. Both of mine are pains in the posterior sometimes, and there are a couple of issues we have difficulties with, but overall, they are really cool people. My daughter is starting to get interested in my gaming books, and that's nifty. My son likes wrestling, although he doesn't belive me when I tell him that Undertaker is over the hill. The negatives aren't really negatives. I occasionally have a difficulty remembering that they aren't me - they don't think like I do, they don't handle situations the way I do. They are seperate and distinct people, so personality clashes are not uncommon. I'd rather them clash with me than be clones though. Your sleep might be impacted for a while, but you and the SO should be able to work something out. In my case, I got up and dealt with the children. Of course, I'm a stay at home dad, so that's my job. Figuring out what they need when screaming is sometimes frustrating. Gaming and little children. Do you have parents or siblings who can watch them? If so, use them. My SO's parents loved watching the kids, and my SO doesn't game (tried it a couple times, didn't care for it), so having the kids didn't really interfere in my gaming. If not, then, as others have said, try to game at your house. Up until a couple of years ago, most of my players had kids as well, so everyone was cool about things. Get a heavy bag. Few things grate on me as much as the sounds of kids crying and screaming. I found having a heavy bag a wonderful outlet for any anger or frustration. Plus it's the only exercise I really enjoy. Don't know if any of this will help. Good luck and congratulations.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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