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post Apr 18 2025, 01:36 PM

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i figured childless is the way to go. 100x easier to divorce and plan for retirement when kids not in the equation.

So much time to do what u want. More disposable income.

You always can become part time parent by helping taking care of nephew/nieces. Go volunteer at local orphanage also can give u the similar fulfilling feeling from raising child. Minus the headaches and heartaches of actual raising child from birth till adult.

By the time i figured out all this already stuck with 4 kids.

Now everyday i wake up go do the job i dont really like to do, just to sustain the family i regret having. My only aim now is enough savings for all kids until they graduate, then enough retirement savings to sustain myself and my wife.
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post Apr 18 2025, 04:05 PM

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QUOTE(cms @ Apr 18 2025, 02:39 PM)
If given the choice, would you turn back the clock and not have kids or married at all ?
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marry maybe. definitely not to my current partner. i am sure she will say the same. lol

Definitely NO for kids. If you are responsible, and love your kids. You will never in good conscience bring them into this world.
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post Apr 18 2025, 04:32 PM

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QUOTE(cms @ Apr 18 2025, 04:11 PM)
Tak apa. Nasi become bubur liao.

Maybe can think of plan b lah. Sounds so sad wei sammore 4 ekor.
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what to do. Just hope my 4 ekor didnt repeat my mistake.

I really do not recommend marrying first love. Also will definitely have a proper talk with my children regarding expectation vs reality in a relationship. DO NOT ignore red flags.
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post Apr 18 2025, 05:44 PM

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QUOTE(parisiansky @ Apr 18 2025, 04:50 PM)
How did yr first love not meet yr expectations?
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We didn't understand love vs affection. We were too "in love" to realize we are not compatible with each other. Fate brought us together and we are too blissful when we went along with the flow until we realize what we thought was love is not actually what it is. By the time we realize we already gone too far, and we are now too indifferent to even bother to separate. Too indifferent to try to find the spark. Just cruise along while raising the kids with our best effort. Feels like u are stuck in traffic jam, but u go through it irregardless. Not like u can say "fuk it" then u-turn and drive away. U still has to endure it because quitting is impossible.

QUOTE(nihility @ Apr 18 2025, 05:25 PM)
It is only 1/2 of a life cycle. You still have 1/2 of the life cycle to experience.

To make changes, we lead by example. When we change, the other half will follow. You have to put it this way: if the wife is your own children, can you give up & abandon them? Can you just say they are hopeless & won't change?

Leading people close to you to change sometimes cannot use a direct approach or talk only if it takes more than that. Don't give up.
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took me many years to learn everyone has a fixed personality. We learn to mask it through sheer will power but can never change it permanently.

Like flow of a river, it will always flow like water does, you can forcefully change the flow but it will always lead back to the natural way. You can build a dam to control the current, find way to utilize the build up water, redirection etc. The water still flow in the end from high to low with same fluidity.
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post Apr 19 2025, 12:34 PM

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QUOTE(nihility @ Apr 19 2025, 12:26 PM)
Water under normal atmospheric conditions will behave as you mentioned. However, there is a way to transform the characteristics of water. Remove sufficient enthalpy/energy from the water, and the fluid will become a solid state. Add sufficient enthalpy/energy to the water, and the fluid will become a vapor phase. This is just an example of how you can change the phase of water. Hence, it can be changed. That is the analogy from the science knowledge.

Another analogy from Liao Fan’s Four Lessons: this man changed his fate/destiny. If a fate/destiny can be changed, changing the individual way of thinking or consciousness is possible. Both the husband and wife must have their consciousness level that must be raised for you to breach this obstacle. You need to mix with the correct group of people . Your wife must have correct exposure, and you must have correct exposure also.

Xun Zi of Confucinism once said, “The nature of man is evil; his goodness is only acquired through training."

If we were to interpret the above quote in terms of consciousness level, human consciousness always begins at the lowest level. It is through the cultivation and guidance that the consciousness level can be raised eventually.
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After all the "change" it's still fundamentally water as the basic attribute. Can we turn water into metal. Into woods? Maybe if we talk about the ideal world where everything is possible. But do we do it because we can? rarely so.

In real life. You can buy a proton and make all the changes to make it look and drive like mercedes. Oh yes it's possible, some say it's good some will enjoy the process of transformation. But here i am thinking, why not just sell the proton and buy a Mercedes instead. Hell, do the proton want to become a mercedes in the first place.

I really do believe the nature of man is evil. No doubt about that.

 

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