Andy Stumpf

That sucks when it happens to you, and it sucks when you fall short of what other people need as well. So I can understand, and I'm not trying to answer these as they come up. Recognize how much that sucks for you and use that as motivation not to be that person for somebody else.

As somebody who has fallen short of the friend that they want to be at times in their life and then having had people fall short for me, I know how much it hurts. And I take that hurt and I kind of just try to throw that on the pile of motivation to not repeat that. So just make sure and remember that there's two sides to that coin.

As somebody who has fallen short of the friend that they want to be at times in their life and then having had people fall short for me, I know how much it hurts. And I take that hurt and I kind of just try to throw that on the pile of motivation to not repeat that. So just make sure and remember that there's two sides to that coin.

As somebody who has fallen short of the friend that they want to be at times in their life and then having had people fall short for me, I know how much it hurts. And I take that hurt and I kind of just try to throw that on the pile of motivation to not repeat that. So just make sure and remember that there's two sides to that coin.

There's people being friends to you and you being friends to people as well. It doesn't help that all of my friends don't have kids and most are lifelong bachelors. While I respect that life choice, it makes it hard to relate to them. Overall, it feels like we're at different points in life. That is because you are at very different points in life. And anybody who has

There's people being friends to you and you being friends to people as well. It doesn't help that all of my friends don't have kids and most are lifelong bachelors. While I respect that life choice, it makes it hard to relate to them. Overall, it feels like we're at different points in life. That is because you are at very different points in life. And anybody who has

There's people being friends to you and you being friends to people as well. It doesn't help that all of my friends don't have kids and most are lifelong bachelors. While I respect that life choice, it makes it hard to relate to them. Overall, it feels like we're at different points in life. That is because you are at very different points in life. And anybody who has

gone from not having kids to having kids will tell you that there is a shift for most people in just their view of life, in their priorities, on the things that they value.

gone from not having kids to having kids will tell you that there is a shift for most people in just their view of life, in their priorities, on the things that they value.

gone from not having kids to having kids will tell you that there is a shift for most people in just their view of life, in their priorities, on the things that they value.

They might even be able to redefine differently what love means to them, looking down at something, a creation between them and another person that you have so much love for that you can't even describe with your limited vocabulary. Priorities shift when you have kids.

They might even be able to redefine differently what love means to them, looking down at something, a creation between them and another person that you have so much love for that you can't even describe with your limited vocabulary. Priorities shift when you have kids.

They might even be able to redefine differently what love means to them, looking down at something, a creation between them and another person that you have so much love for that you can't even describe with your limited vocabulary. Priorities shift when you have kids.

When you don't have kids, and even if you're single or the lifelong bachelor, I mean, you can sit there and be as selfish as you want to be. Hopefully it's not selfish to the detriment of other people, but you get to choose to live your life how you want to because at the end of the day, the number of people you're responsible to is one. As that number grows, priorities shift.

When you don't have kids, and even if you're single or the lifelong bachelor, I mean, you can sit there and be as selfish as you want to be. Hopefully it's not selfish to the detriment of other people, but you get to choose to live your life how you want to because at the end of the day, the number of people you're responsible to is one. As that number grows, priorities shift.

When you don't have kids, and even if you're single or the lifelong bachelor, I mean, you can sit there and be as selfish as you want to be. Hopefully it's not selfish to the detriment of other people, but you get to choose to live your life how you want to because at the end of the day, the number of people you're responsible to is one. As that number grows, priorities shift.

If you took a trajectory in your life where you have kids and you have a wife and you have a family, Yeah, it might be difficult to connect with, at the same level, your friends who have chosen to remain bachelors, who want to go get drunk at the bar on the weekend, which, you know, everybody has their own desires. relationship with alcohol.

If you took a trajectory in your life where you have kids and you have a wife and you have a family, Yeah, it might be difficult to connect with, at the same level, your friends who have chosen to remain bachelors, who want to go get drunk at the bar on the weekend, which, you know, everybody has their own desires. relationship with alcohol.

If you took a trajectory in your life where you have kids and you have a wife and you have a family, Yeah, it might be difficult to connect with, at the same level, your friends who have chosen to remain bachelors, who want to go get drunk at the bar on the weekend, which, you know, everybody has their own desires. relationship with alcohol.

What I can tell you as you get older and you have kids, it hurts a lot more when you wake up the next day and your kids are still there and they don't actually care if you went to the bar and had a good time with your bachelor friends. They still want you to show up as dad. So you have to start making choices again, because the number of people that you are responsible for