Can one have it all?

I have found a new sig line and yea verily, it is good. Originally Posted by EmilyHemingway

Emily, please do not encourage atl. He is surly enough as is. . .last thing we want is him smug!

As to the OP, I'm not sure. Ask me in forty years. In the meantime, I shall definitely enjoy the attempt. Originally Posted by EmilyHemingway

In forty years, you'll be asking the question, knowing the correct answer and remembering ConfusisWTF.....theres a C&W song in there somewhere

Well this thread sure went to hell in a handbasket, didn't it WTF?

if you're happy with what you do have..you have it all perhaps

Can one have it all?

Depends on how you define "all." Some who have lived happy and full lives, yet of moderate means, might say "yes," while others looking from the outside would shout, "No!"

While others looking from the outside at the extremely wealthy think the extremely wealthy have it all.

The fact of the matter is, one has to define "all." Is it a lifetime of wealth and love and family and happiness and education? Or does it have other qualities in addition to those?

Before one can answer the question, it has to be defined IMHO.

I'm sure your goats are thrilled Originally Posted by WTF

Damn and here I was thinking that you and your Aggie golf playing buddy whom is also a vet had the market sewn up on the goat market. Least that is the word in the Vet circles.



And hell yeah you can be a good golfer and a great dad. Don't believe me then just ask my kids.

Not so fast: those goats are working double shifts to give him everything he wants/needs

[BTW am I the only one that sees the irony in WTF bitching about people not taking his "serious" thread as seriously as he would like, then first chance he gets, brings farm animals into it???] Originally Posted by atlcomedy

And just how would you know what my expectations in my life are heh atl? Just kind of curious what gives you any insight.

To answer the OP question, can you have it all?

Yes, you can have it all however what matters most is deciding what you want and the plan you have to obtain that which you desire. That is the key that so many people miss.

If you can have it all there is no need to decide what you want.
Unless you do not want it all...

You can have it all, but not all at the same time.

A woman can have a successful career, a rich family life (meaning a strong "soulmate" connection with her spouse as well as deep plentiful interaction with her kids), and time for herself, but NOT ALL AT ONCE.

She can have the career before kids or after they're raised. While the kids are at home the career becomes more of a job or else her relationship with the kids will be weaker.


Usually the relationship with the spouse takes third place so it suffers.


Do you remember when (the original) Fergie, Duchess of York, left her newborn to fly to Australia with her husband? There was a public outroar over her placing her romantic relationship ahead of her maternal role. That's how strongly ingrained is the idea that a woman should put her kids ahead of her husband (even in this case where the baby was very well cared for).



The scenario above is the female version of WTF's question: "Can you be a great dad and a dedicated golfer? CEO of a charity? and Father of the year?" (and toss in "an emotionally close, physically available husband.")
I give the same answer: Not all at once.

Well this thread sure went to hell in a handbasket, didn't it WTF? Originally Posted by John Bull

I obviously need to work on my verbiage!



It seems the moral to the story is we can have all we want as long we don't want it all.

I obviously need to work on my verbiage!



It seems the moral to the story is we can have all we want as long we don't want it all. Originally Posted by WTF

Heck instead of working on your verbiage maybe you can start a thread asking for golf tips and then go and work on your game or lack thereof.

Speaking of golf, OHM you know what's right around the corner...

If “one” had it all there would be nothing left. If there was nothing left, what would there be to enjoy?

this thread is priceless

this thread is priceless Originally Posted by atlcomedy

everything else is Mastercard