Jason Pfeiffer

My ideal Sunday morning would be going out to brunch with my wife and having a nice leisurely stroll somewhere or just catching up with friends or just doing something where I feel like I have freedom of movement as an adult in the world, which is not what I have with my kids. But to say that is to indeed challenge some of the life choices that I've made.

And I just don't think that should be a scary thing. We all make life choices and it benefits us in some ways and it subtracts something in other ways. As I'm talking about this, I'm talking about the things that I've lost, but I've gained things with having kids too.

And I just don't think that should be a scary thing. We all make life choices and it benefits us in some ways and it subtracts something in other ways. As I'm talking about this, I'm talking about the things that I've lost, but I've gained things with having kids too.

And I just don't think that should be a scary thing. We all make life choices and it benefits us in some ways and it subtracts something in other ways. As I'm talking about this, I'm talking about the things that I've lost, but I've gained things with having kids too.

We could talk about that, but I think it's just fine to live in the complexity of having lost things as kids and that the life choice that you made was complicated and that's okay.

We could talk about that, but I think it's just fine to live in the complexity of having lost things as kids and that the life choice that you made was complicated and that's okay.

We could talk about that, but I think it's just fine to live in the complexity of having lost things as kids and that the life choice that you made was complicated and that's okay.

Yes. Anybody who has older kids wants to reach into this episode right now and say, It gets easier. It gets easier. Little kids are really, really hard. And that's true. And I've heard that over and over again. And every time people tell me that, I'm like, I hear that. I'm waiting to see it. But it's also disingenuous because a nine-year-old and a five-year-old is way easier than like a...

Yes. Anybody who has older kids wants to reach into this episode right now and say, It gets easier. It gets easier. Little kids are really, really hard. And that's true. And I've heard that over and over again. And every time people tell me that, I'm like, I hear that. I'm waiting to see it. But it's also disingenuous because a nine-year-old and a five-year-old is way easier than like a...

Yes. Anybody who has older kids wants to reach into this episode right now and say, It gets easier. It gets easier. Little kids are really, really hard. And that's true. And I've heard that over and over again. And every time people tell me that, I'm like, I hear that. I'm waiting to see it. But it's also disingenuous because a nine-year-old and a five-year-old is way easier than like a...

five-year-old and a one-year-old. So my life has gotten easier. I am able to move around more than I used to. I don't get woken up by screams in the morning, which is what happens when you have a kid that's just like three. And I suspect that when my kids are older and they're not exhausting in the way that they are now,

five-year-old and a one-year-old. So my life has gotten easier. I am able to move around more than I used to. I don't get woken up by screams in the morning, which is what happens when you have a kid that's just like three. And I suspect that when my kids are older and they're not exhausting in the way that they are now,

five-year-old and a one-year-old. So my life has gotten easier. I am able to move around more than I used to. I don't get woken up by screams in the morning, which is what happens when you have a kid that's just like three. And I suspect that when my kids are older and they're not exhausting in the way that they are now,

and I have more freedom of movement as an adult in the world, maybe won't even have much of a memory of the kinds of things that were frustrating me at this point in my life. So yeah, I think that it's a scale. And So my wife, Jen, she always tells me a lot of this comes down to the expectations that you set for yourself.

and I have more freedom of movement as an adult in the world, maybe won't even have much of a memory of the kinds of things that were frustrating me at this point in my life. So yeah, I think that it's a scale. And So my wife, Jen, she always tells me a lot of this comes down to the expectations that you set for yourself.

and I have more freedom of movement as an adult in the world, maybe won't even have much of a memory of the kinds of things that were frustrating me at this point in my life. So yeah, I think that it's a scale. And So my wife, Jen, she always tells me a lot of this comes down to the expectations that you set for yourself.

I always complain about family vacations because they're not the kind of vacations that I like to take. I like to go to a city that I've never been to before, and I like to spend the entire day walking around and just discovering random things and eating random things and meeting random people. You can't do that with kids at all, 0%. You cannot do that with kids. So what can you do with kids?

I always complain about family vacations because they're not the kind of vacations that I like to take. I like to go to a city that I've never been to before, and I like to spend the entire day walking around and just discovering random things and eating random things and meeting random people. You can't do that with kids at all, 0%. You cannot do that with kids. So what can you do with kids?

I always complain about family vacations because they're not the kind of vacations that I like to take. I like to go to a city that I've never been to before, and I like to spend the entire day walking around and just discovering random things and eating random things and meeting random people. You can't do that with kids at all, 0%. You cannot do that with kids. So what can you do with kids?

You can go to the beach or you can rent an Airbnb with a pool. I don't care about these things. I don't like these things. And then, of course, you're dealing with, you're going to fill the kids' time. You're going to entertain them. And that's not to say that this is unenjoyable. Yeah, it's fun spending time with the kids, but it's not the way that I would want a vacation.