Oh man. This resonates so much. Those with kids and those without have

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May 12, 2021
10:24:28am

CrimsonCoug81 Contributor

Oh man. This resonates so much. Those with kids and those without have

such different professional and personal experiences.

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CrimsonCoug81

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Time

My friends/coworkers without kids posting on Linked In:

Chefcurry

5/12/21 10:22am

Crazy mornings with kids is my life right now, but wouldn’t trade for anything

IntelCougar

5/12/21 10:24am

Oh man. This resonates so much. Those with kids and those without have

CrimsonCoug81

5/12/21 10:24am

So true.. I have to keep reminding myself how lucky/grateful I am

cougfanz

5/12/21 10:25am

RE: Oh man. This resonates so much. Those with kids and those without have

Hambone

5/12/21 10:39am

But what if you have a dog that you say is your kid?

Pangare

5/13/21 9:14am

I hate LinkedIn more every day.

5/12/21 10:26am

My previous manager was in his mid-40s and had no children. He was always very

5/12/21 10:27am

This is my current situation. My boss is pretty cool about it, but I think it does bug him when I say I’m not joining

Mike Honcho

5/12/21 11:10am

But they have fur babies, so they actually do know what parenting is like.

squidmark

5/12/21 10:28am

I'm a hack

The Dark Knight

5/12/21 10:31am

I bet you would've been faster w/o your fur baby distracting you. 🙂

squidmark

5/12/21 10:33am

reading 'Atomic Habits' by James Clear

5/12/21 10:29am

I'm paying my kids $50 to read and discuss each chapter of this book w/ me.

squidmark

5/12/21 10:32am

He just had a kid. Will be interesting to see how that impacts his ideas, IMO

Iman23

5/12/21 10:32am

They know exactly what you're going through. They have fur babies!

The Dark Knight

5/12/21 10:30am

I feel the same way about retired empty-nesters who are sort of living in that

Doctor Rosenrosen

5/12/21 10:34am

Childless coworker: "Oh but we have 2 dogs and that's as hard as kids."

Forzaitalia

5/12/21 12:06pm

To the eye roller, I have had that line fed to me by several people over the yrs

Forzaitalia

5/13/21 9:44am

They’re hard work as puppies to train but I wouldn’t say hard as kids. Dogs

ByuImaginesDragons

5/13/21 11:54pm

Agree. Plus you don't worry about dogs getting hooked on drugs, coming home preg

Forzaitalia

5/14/21 11:14am

I don’t have kids but I get that people with kids are extremely busy.

ByuImaginesDragons

5/12/21 10:05pm

I’m lucky that my coworkers are understanding that i can’t devote as much time

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5/13/21 5:08am

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