#dinks

[dnpg-hiatus-survivor]

dan and phil are dinks confirmed, thank you

[danskjavlarna]

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A gnomenclature of vintage gnomes.

[nocontextmythical]

like literally the same.

[longlivedelusion]

Julien Solomita, our papa, our rat king, has met our Midwestern princess, our mother Chappell.

A Canon event has occured, a rainbow at the end of a rainy weekend. Truly an inspired moment created by the universe.

[dinky-the-horse420]

[bphantom01]

Shun as roaming is here!

Also, poor guy :((

[crabmanmanda]

MONSTER

You know what? Fuck you.

*unshrinkies your dinks*

[laurentrvls]

112924

We woke up at 3 am to get to the airport on time for our 6 am flight. Its Black Friday so I dont think the airport will be crowded but every notification Delta has given me tells me to be at the airport two hours in advance.

We get to the airport and sit at our gat with 90 minutes to spare. Not much is open so we grab a soda at one of the "to go" stops and relax.

Our first flight was to Detroit. Ive never been to Michigan but I am happy this is not our final destination. the snow is coming in sideways and I am wearing leggings and light sweater. I hear one of the guys on the jetway say its -16 degrees. That's disgusting.

We are in Detroit for only an hour, its just a little past 8 am so we go to Starbucks and grab seasonal coffees and a croissant.

We are back up in the air in no time on our way to Phoenix, AZ. I am slightly bummed that the drone i purchased on eBay did not make it in time for this trip. Luckily this flight has screens in the headrests and I recline as I watch a few episodes of Survivor. I haven't watched Survivor in many years and i am absolutely shocked that nothing has changed.

We land right after 11am. My husband and i have just about crossed the country before lunch time. We get a shuttle to pick up our car rental. We end up in a newer white Chevy Malibu. We drove from Phoenix to Scottsdale, about half an hour from the airport. When we get close to the resort a tire pressure light appears on the dash. We contemplate if we should bring it back but I said it didnt look bad. By the end of the vacation I had wished we traded it in since we had to put air in it three times during a week vacation. (The car was the curse of the vacation)

We arrived at Sheraton Desert Oasis Resort and Villas but were too early to check in so we ask for food recommendations as we wait for our room to be ready. We ended up at Jalapeno Inferno It was delicious. Husboy was not very hungry so he just snacked on our appetizer of a spicy quesadilla. I had a Spicy margherita and the house Fundido. I had never heard of Fundido even though i have been to Mexico over half a dozen times and I'm still not sure if i ate one. when i look up recipes for Fundido it looks like a meaty queso dip but I had a fried burrito with spicy sour cream and basically no cheese (which I enjoy everything not swimming in cheese) It was delicious!

We got back to the resort to check in and settled in our Villa. It was very spacious with a jacuzzi tub in the bedroom! Along with a kitchen and 2 fireplaces to snuggle up next to. It took us no time at all to put on our bathing suits and head to the pool. (if you would like to see my full review of the resort the review is live on TripAdvisor).

After an afternoon of swimming and a few shopping stops to get soda and snacks we finished the night at Amore Gelato which had seriously amazing Gelato from someone that knows good Gelato.

[foxyandthemoon]

How Playing Sims 4 Made Me Realize I Don't Want Kids

While casually playing Sims 4, I had my main character married, settled into a new house, and working as a freelancer. After a while, the gameplay started to feel repetitive, so I decided to spice things up by having them try for a baby. Oops—twins! And, as you might guess, it was the freelancer who got stuck taking care of the two newborns.

Suddenly, what was supposed to be a relaxing game turned into a high-stress scenario. My anxiety levels shot through the roof, and I kept reminding myself, "It's just a game." Luckily, in Sims, babies grow up in a matter of days and become more independent. But in real life, raising kids takes years—years of constant care, planning, and stress. The idea of having my life, my plans, and even my mental space revolve around a child, while trying to shape them into a well-adjusted human, is overwhelming for me.

On top of that, listening to my boss talk about the challenges of parenting—how he’s struggling with a sleepless newborn, a sick 4-year-old (just colds, nothing serious), and barely getting time for himself—really solidified my feelings.

I’m not criticizing anyone’s choice to have kids, but it's become clear that parenthood just isn’t for me.

[tenth-sentence]

All they ever talked about was how tired they were and how much the little tykes ruined the lifestyle they'd enjoyed as DINKs: 'Enjoy it while you can!' was something Ben and I heard a lot from our parent mates.

"In/Out: A Scandalous Story of Falling Into Love and Out of the Church" - Steph Lentz

[pansexualdisaster18]

Okay so I have three cats but this is one

hang on I’m trying to see something

don’t tell me the name of your pet, just tell me in the tags the name you call them that’s got nothing to do with their actual name

[stellarspecter]

[dinky-the-horse420]

[ahotknife]

[guyawks]

Double Income, No Kids

After getting married, it didn’t take long for Julie and I to start trying for a baby.

It also didn’t take long for us to realise that having children wouldn’t be easy for us.

All our family and friends had gotten pregnant so effortlessly. But try as we might, we couldn’t after months of attempts. Following that, we turned to IUI, which also led nowhere. Finally, we pulled together money for IVF. We proceeded with egg retrieval, sperm sampling and implantation, finally getting a positive pregnancy test…only for it to end in miscarriage.

“There can only be a rainbow baby after the infertility storm is gone” everyone reassured us.

We talked about trying IVF again one day, but it seemed hopeless. Why bother when we seemed destined for a bleak, grey existence without children?

Years passed. And that’s when the Stanwick-Changs entered our lives.

Glamorous. Chic. Erudite. Cultured. Toned. The couple that moved in across the street instantly made an impression with their palatial home and matching BMWs. When they came over to introduce themselves, him wearing a Ralph Lauren blazer and her a Gucci bandage dress, we realised that was only part of their perfect package.

Karl Stanwick was a sales executive and Gemima Chang was a paediatric oncologist. No, they weren’t billionaire moguls or royal heirs. Their's was an open secret to success.

“Double income, no kids.”

Those words were so simple yet so optimistic. Every dollar from their combined salaries that would’ve gone into a child—their clothing, schooling, toys—could instead be channelled into the goal of personal satisfaction. Whether that was boutique shopping sprees, country club weekends or fancy spa trips, anything was accessible.

Julie worked as a sous chef and I an orthodontist. With a few tweaks, we could be living that same life. The more we learned about their approach, the more enchanting it became. We’d never before questioned the idea that we must be parents. The grief we’d felt over our fertility struggles seemed silly now.

Our enamor with their world only grew when they took us along on one of their exciting European vacations. We went wine-tasting in rolling vineyards, dancing in glittering discos, sailing on their yacht across the Positano bay. It was here we finally felt complete, amidst sea spray with not a single cloud in sight.

Just clear blue skies.

This could be our life, too. We could have all this pleasure.

All we have to do is kill Timmy.

…

Yes, we had ended up unexpectedly falling pregnant a year after the miscarriage. Yes, Julie did birth the rainbow baby we’d wanted. Yes, we’d left our son with family while venturing into Karl and Gemima’s beautiful DINK world.

But now’s the time to clear up that mistake and live our new dream.

There can only be a rainbow after the storm is gone.

And there can only be clear blue skies after the rainbow is gone.