“Just wait until you have kids. That’s when the real trade-offs happen.”
Thats the real bummer. But they grow and they bring something to the table that you would have missed without them. A neighbour of ours who happens to have 3 little monsters kind of solved it by walking back and forth to the office instead of commuting by car. A fortunate solution. No one bothers him within that hour of the day.
mo-i