Y'all don't know/remember the struggle. My "apps" used to be 2 or 3 forums -- and not particularly active forums, at that -- that I would check repeatedly, all day long, during downtime at work. Posts and comments were rare.
I do not miss those days.
Western zither
Please, please tell me this isn't real.
Got a degree by taking only Italian language courses. Sure.
Easier to find the perfect station for you?
No, I'm really not.
My first had major medical issues (for her first 3-4 years) that necessitated close supervision after a 3-month stay in the NICU. She had PT, OT, speech therapy, and feeding therapy every week, appointments with cardiology and pulmonology, gastroenterology, regular post-operation and post-NICU visits, and the normal doctor appointments.
She took a lot of work, and severely limited our options for going out, due to a feeding schedule (while trying to limit projectile vomiting -- and I do mean vomiting, hard and loudly, not just "spitting up" -- to 2 times a day, when possible) that allowed practically nothing. Still, we managed to have downtime, where we could just relax and unwind. It's how we stayed sane.
Given the circumstances, a second child really changed very little, in terms of work required. We still found time for ourselves.
Admittedly, it would have been impossible (or extremely cost-ineffective) for me to have a job at that point, but my daughter was a full-time job and then some. I realize that this probably negates everything I've said to most in this thread, but still.
That was the goal all along.
Implying that parents don't have any free time? I mean, my time isn't "my own", but my wife and I sure as hell have free time.
Personally, I would go insane without free time -- likely literally. I would be an anxiety-ridden mess with a hair trigger. If my chores won't allow any free time, the chores don't get finished. They'll still be there tomorrow.
Edit: We have two kids, 6 and 8 years old.
Oh thank God, someone reasonable.
Right, because that totally applies to all other acronyms.
Welcome to the age where you own nothing! If it's digital and not accessible offline, on your own device, you can lose it on a company's whim. This is one of the major arguments for piracy: it's often the only way you can "own" digital content.
Are netbooks making a comeback?