I raised my oldest sailing around the world. She didn't affect our relationship negatively at all, because we refused to give up our lives and dreams just because we had a kid. She missed all that mean crap that children do to one another and turned out to be one of the nicest people you'd ever want to know.
Since schooling wasn't an option as we traveled, at 12 she went to a Swiss boarding school and got the equivalent to 12 years of US education in three years, plus several languages. I made her do high school in the US as I felt that was important for her as an American.
I think the error most parents make is to 'sacrifice' everything for their children and then they resent them. Parents have their lives to live as do children and it is an sad thing to see either one live their life for the other.
Is it normal that I feel that kids just ruin marriages/relationships?
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I raised my oldest sailing around the world. She didn't affect our relationship negatively at all, because we refused to give up our lives and dreams just because we had a kid. She missed all that mean crap that children do to one another and turned out to be one of the nicest people you'd ever want to know.
Since schooling wasn't an option as we traveled, at 12 she went to a Swiss boarding school and got the equivalent to 12 years of US education in three years, plus several languages. I made her do high school in the US as I felt that was important for her as an American.
I think the error most parents make is to 'sacrifice' everything for their children and then they resent them. Parents have their lives to live as do children and it is an sad thing to see either one live their life for the other.