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- Nairn4
2023's off to a good start so far. Burnt my thumb on an errant sparkler that was heading for my daughter's face, then ten minutes later fumbled in the dark as I went upstairs to check what she was up to, catching my toe on a bed leg and spilling red wine on the pillows of two kids beds. Quick panicked mop up before realising I'd be better off just running away before I was caught by an adult, or worse yet, a child.
Oh dear.
- Nairn15
Happy New Year to y'all cunts
xx- Happy New Year!!!oey_oey
- HNY, sir!Continuity
- Hny man!!OBBTKN
- oey_oey3
Happy New Year everyone!
I'm on my way to bed, everybody's sick for weeks so we stayed home.Let 2023 be even greater than 2022!
- monospaced15
It’s my sons 5th birthday today. We threw a neighborhood party and having all the kids and parents here gives me hope for the future. Happy new year.
- Bennn16
HNY fellow QBNers
- Gardener14
This was the scene at the harbour in Arbroath at lunchtime for what is known up here in Scotland as The New Year Dook. Folk old & young get in the sea (yes it's freezing cold but apparently that's the point) It's all over in 15 minutes and around 50 people took part - usually to raise money for charity and I though I didn't do it this year I have done in the past. I used to go to the one in Broughty Ferry a few miles down the coast but the organisers have ruined it with loudspeakers playing generic pop music and burger vans everywhere, Arbroath keeps it real with a lone piper playing as folk wade into the water which is much better.
- Beautiful.sea_sea
- +1OBBTKN
- ❤️Wordsworth
- https://i.imgur.com/…
led by the piper to the seaGardener - One day Shane, one day I will visit Scotland...Wordsworth
- local tours available at no extra cost, free tea & cakeGardener
- doggydoggdog1
What age did you have kids at?
Do you think it was the right age or would you have waited? Or were you too old?- I had my first kid at 37. Another at 42 this year. I wish life had made it possible to have them younger. It would be easier.l for sure.monospaced
- 28 and 30zardoz
- A friend had his daughter at 48. She's 8 now and he coping well for a guy in his mid 50s.zardoz
- Ain't got no time for kids.ArmandoEstrada
- at 45, I wish I could have had my kid at a younger age, like 35, but life didn't make it that way and when I look back I'm glad it happened now somehow.oey_oey
- 30 & 32. It felt about the right age for us. My wife is five years younger than me and that alleviated some of the health worries that can arise in older womenMorning_star
- 30. I remember my wife meeting one of my aunts and she had said to have all your kids by the time your 25. She was 27 at the time.PhanLo
- 42 and I think it was perfect timefisheye
- I deposit checks, not semen. #kidfreeimbecile
- 38 and had twins. Felt just about perfect to me.monNom
- 42 and couldn't be happier - I was better preparedwhatthefunk
- 31 / 35; just right to enjoy my own life, just my wife & I and than (eventual) child ownership. Wouldn’t change a thing. Heir and a spare.ideaist
- 40 & 44, We are "older" parents fo sure. It's exhausting. Not sure if it would have been any easier when we were younger.fooler
- my partner is only 3 years younger and she was treated as an "geriatric" even though she is/was healthy and fit.fooler
- both 40, was a surprise but turned out to be the best thing. I started taking better care of myself after him mentally and physically.Beeswax
- me 28 & 30, wife is 3y younger. She wants me to be an older parent, I'll never grow up. There's no perfect time for anything, just go.ArchitectofFate
- 30 and 33 (wife is 1 year younger), perfect time for us, I miss when they were younger, but, ey... Time fliesOBBTKN
- 41, we are the same age. It's good to be an older parent, I don't feel sorry for going to bed so earlydmay
- had mine at 40. too old im knackeredtrooperbill
- 38 - 41. Its ok now. But I do worry when they are older and we are maybe too old.tank02
- 39 and 41... if there was a way I could've done it at 22 I'd be in better shape those kids tear me apartjonny_quest_lives
- Totally with oey_oey here - my daughter came into my life when I was 41 and I'm so glad she did then, as we thought we weren't going to make it ever...Nairn
- ... but I often wish I could somehow have done it at an earlier age, as frankly it saddens me knowing all the things I'll miss out on when I'm dead :(Nairn
- Also - tired lots, lol.Nairn
- 37 (wife 36). It's very individual but for me this was perfect. Had my (many) wild years behind me, was healthy and wealthy. And grandparents still around.Longcopylover
- got my first dog at 47.... wish id done it earlier might have stopped me having kidswoowahesque
- Man so tired...tank02
- So Millenials having kids...grafician
- 36. I wish I would ve been a dad earlier.maquito
- 39 for the first, the second should arrive just before my 42nd bday. I sometimes wonder if the first couple of years would...robotinc
- ... have been easier if we started 5-10 years younger. Then again i enjoyed what we did with that freedom. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯robotinc
- ^yupmaquito
- I used to compare my age to my parent’s re: marriage, kids, buying house, etc. dunno why. They’re “old” now, in their 70’s...maquito
- ...I wonder if I’m also going to be “old” when I’m 70 sthng -_ö_-maquito
- I’m 41 now and I still feel (& sometimes behave) like a teenager.maquito
- lol, agree with the "deposit checks,not sperm" crowd. My partner and I prefer freedom.garbage
- 42, we tried for years, 3 rounds of IVF didn't work, egg donor worked first time, wee guy is the best. Wished we had him sooner so I would have more time latermrAtor
- doggydoggdog0
How long did it take you after college to get the job you "always wanted"?
- Pretty much 20 years, might have taken the longest possible road but had fun (for the most part) along the way.
Still not really successful at it though!spl33nidoru - still lookingimbecile
- ^Continuity
- yup, still lookingYakuZoku
- 13 years to realize what it isbezoar
- Pretty much 20 years, might have taken the longest possible road but had fun (for the most part) along the way.
- omahadesigns-2
Do you follow on instagram, the cute girl you worked with for a summer, a decade ago, who now works in Germany?
What if there was some attraction but nothing happened and you haven't talked since?
What if her account is private? And you haven't thought of her in so long but for some reason just did. Is that what Instagram is for?
- What if she’s actually trans?monospaced
- Mine is full of women I've worked with over the years just for the wank bank.Hayzilla
- So you follow her, but not actually follow her on Insta? So stalking?Ianbolton
- This is quite possibly the most pathetic thing I’ve ever heard. Pining over some girl you worked near a decade ago. Loooooooosssseeeeerr...monospaced
- Don’t reach out to her. That would be creepy and weird level 99. But maybe that’s your thing. Patheticmonospaced
- 10 more years on the clock. *kicks tyres*zardoz
- omahadesigns1
HNY!!
- NBQ002
I'm finally starting to like and catching up with hip-hop/ rap.
- OBBTKN12
I haven't smoked for three days, at first I had no idea of quitting, but I think it's enough to play with my health.
I think the last cigarette I smoked on New Year's Eve 2022 will be the last of my life.
Cough, coughrghghrl!!
- you can do it!VapeNation
- Come on man - stop the smokes!stoplying
- Just one last cig before you finally stop!drgs
- The first time I quit, I bought a pipe, accessories, and some pipe tobacco blends. At first I couldn’t help breathing the smoke in...maquito
- ...every time I did so, it burned my throat, until I learned and begun enjoying the flavors. It helped a lot, specially since its preparation and “ceremony”.maquito
- I still keep some.
https://i.imgur.com/…maquito - You quit smoking by smoking? That’s not how it works.monospaced
- Mono, it depends. You don’t breathe the pipe smoke in, unlike cig smoke. It helped with my habit, and then I also left the pipe. Cold tukey is not easy.maquito
- However, there’s always the chewing gum, patches and shit... but the habit is a bitch anyways.maquito
- Pipe tobacco, as well as puros or cuban cigar’s, smoke is not inhaled but kept in mouth.maquito
- +1Fax_Benson
- My dad stopped smoking cigarettes after 40 years and picked up cigars instead. at first he did it like maquito as a way to ease off cigs, not inhaling etc_niko
- slowly over time, keeping it in his mouth wasn't enough and he started inhaling, 1,2 then 3 cigars a day until he reached 7 per day. 1 cigar = 1 pack of cigs_niko
- fast forward to a couple of months ago when docs told him he had throat cancer. They then said we're not too concerned about it, what we are concerned_niko
- about is that you also have lung cancer. the aggressive kind. So now he's breathing through a tube in his neck and can't speak and dying a slow shitty death._niko
- so yeah quit if you can. the sooner the better._niko
- Wow. Sorry to hear that, niko :|maquito
- i frown upon all you quiters!pango
- Nicotine Lozenges and nic gum, it's a cleaner high, smoking is a horrible delivery systemYakuZoku
- OR, you can switch to lollipops.
https://www.thesun.c…maquito - heart goes out to you Nico, my mother passed from smoking and my father likely will too - it's a painful, slow, and suffocating experience. So foolish, sadly..whatthefunk
- and you got this OB, just enjoy oxygen, it's free and so clean, it's the best shit out therewhatthefunk
- suerte OBB!! if I can do it you can!BuddhaHat
- thanks guys, yeah, it's been a hard few weeks, and you can say it's a generational thing, they all did it and nobody knew any better but it sickens me when_niko
- I see young people still smoking. They should peek in a cancer ward, it'll wake them up and fast. It was heart-wrenching for me to see a 30 year old in the room_niko
- with my dad, same condition, he had a new wife and a young daughter and he was balling uncontrollably at his fate. argh._niko
- Good luck, that how I did it. NYE hangover really helped!dmay
- Sorry to ear this niko :(
And yes, it's time to cut with this shit and get back to my bicyclesOBBTKN - I did it 2yrs ago. I used gum (patches do nothing) . If you feel yourself reaching for a friend's box, get yourself some gum insteadProjectile
- wait until you start drinking beer again..milfhunter
- Quit, please. ♥️PonyBoy
- drgs4
I have lost 20 IQ points over the holidays. Don't ask me hard questions
Discuss
- mg3314
This is the year. I am finally fully mentally committed to finishing the music project I've been slowly working on for several years. I love the start of a new year, the clean slate, the goal setting and the reinvention and I think I'm ready to devote the time I need to getting it done. All the song ideas are there in rough form... I don't need to make any new songs, I just need to focus.
Less phone scrolling, more music making. Less procrastination, more getting it done. :)
- Go for it, and good luck!!OBBTKN
- Do it!stoplying
- You go girl / boy !ideaist
- +1futurefood
- stewart3
Visited Düsseldorf in Germany today. The weather was very bad, grey rain and wind, but I have the feeling this city somehow has the energy I like. Lots to explore the next time.
- What did you see that inspired your post? I have to make it to Germany someday.bezoar
- I'm not a super-huge fan of D'dorf, I have to admit. Lived there 2 years. Köln is way more dynamic, if a big of an eyesore.Continuity
- *bit, not bigContinuity
- I love cities with rivers, sixties high-rise buildings, art schools and botanic gardens. I'll drive a little further to Köln next time.stewart
- It's the kebabization of all european cities that causes my eyesore. Worse than any architecture.stewart
- Yes, Düsseldorf is quite cool. Worth a visit for a long weekend!sandpipe
- drgs-3
Is Godfucker too triggering for a nickname?
Discuss
- You named your dick?Gnash
- Not at all but I don’t know what it means.monospaced
- It’s in bad taste no doubt.monospaced
- fuckergod was taken i guess.sted
- How about Allahfuckerdrgs
- make it Goodfucker and go have fun instead of looking for trouble.uan
- Trouble and fun are synonymousdrgs
- God-flufferzardoz
- Nairn7
THIRTEEN AND A HALF FUCKING HOURS IT TOOK ME TO GET BACK FROM ITALY TODAY. THIRTEEN AND A HALF FUCKING HOURS.
FUCK YOU MASSIVELY DELAYED PLANE SO I WAS STUCK IN AN AIRPORT STARING INTO THE ABYSS AND FUCK YOU UK RAILWAY STRIKE, MEANING I HAD TO PAY £110 FOR A FUCKING TAXI BACK FROM GATWICK AIRPORT.
FUUUUU...
- Dang that sucks. Heading there in February, hope it’s sorted by thenGnash
- My record was 36 to get from Australia to Hungary, had a nice 8 hour wank in Singapore, and a lovely 4ish hours Dohasted
- Took the wrong taxi at the airport and the asshole was aware that I don't give a fuck so i had to pay a dinner for two for a ride what should be nearly $10sted
- I think my record is 36-ish hrs from Germany to my mum's house in eastern Canada, largely due to a snowstorm at my connecting airports in Chicago and Montreal.Continuity
- My plane was canceled twice, someone brought a barking dog on the plane, I sat next to a lady who I earlier saw puke in the security line, and I caught a colddrgs
- I love traveling and flying!drgs
- 4 days. BKK to LHR. Coup in thailand meant a bus to malaysia and plane via HK and Paris. Loved every moment.zardoz
- they needed months for that only a 100 years ago...enjoy it.. just kiddingneverscared
- Welcome to UK 2023.shapesalad
- Traveling is great until something like this happens. Sucks!stoplying
- #FirstWorldProblemsNBQ00
- Will this be The Terminal 2?milfhunter
- Waited 6 hours in Gatwick once to be told at 11pm that our flight was cancelled. Drove back home to Edinburgh overnight through pure angerPhanLo
- cannonball19780
Paris is an orgy of the senses.
- You there now?scarabin
- Yes but leaving todaycannonball1978
- Is this a euphemism for 'a bit stinky'?Nairn
- YakuZoku1
they caught El chapos son last night in Culiacan, so right now the city I live in Mazatlan is shut down cuz they be lighting everything on fire, they just shut down the airport too
- vid = live stream of all the crazynessYakuZoku
- fuck man, stay safe. shit must be nutscapn_ron
- thanks capn, word is they're gonna shut down the power to all these cities but as of now, we still got powerYakuZoku
- Who’s doing the burning, fans of El Chapo?Gnash
- the uploader has blocked the US from viewing...
... please be safe, moldy <3PonyBoy - stock up the shit you need to survive and stay safe goddamitsted
- https://twitter.com/…sted
- the power? wtf and who?sted
- youtube "culiacan hoy" for videos if you can't see this one.capn_ron
- did you ran to mexico?! just cross into the US until this shit cools downgrafician
- Ah right they had to hit a high profile target cuz Biden is visiting soon so they need to save facegrafician
- Yaku, i know it is a far ass drive, but the wife and i will be in Puerto Vallarta tomorrow for 10 days if you want to get away.capn_ron
- thanks capn, they got the freeways all blocked off with burning big rigs and the airports closed, thinking we will be alright if we just stay insideYakuZoku
- its lock-down all over again, but instead of Covid, its the Cartel going ape-shit lolYakuZoku
- last time the cops/feds caught him and the narcos pulled this shit, the cops/feds let him go, its not looking like that will happen again this timeYakuZoku
- curious how this will play out if they don't let him goYakuZoku
- maybe i misunderstood something, they are transferring him from the city to somewhere else? insane what power these people havested
- im not sure about the transfer, my spanish still sucks lol, but yeah the power they have down here is nutsYakuZoku
- Wtfscarabin
- they tried to shoot down a transport aircraft, he will be transferred hehhsted
- yeah those tracer rounds shooting at planes, fucking nutsYakuZoku
- https://twitter.com/…prophetone
- Is that tweet a movie shoot? Never mindprophetone
- La verga!! Stay safe moldy!OBBTKN
- Even in a tourist town like Playa del Carmen, people who live there told me the drug cartels control everything.yuekit
- I went there once for a music festival but apparently the people putting on the festival refused to pay off the cartel, so they went to the party one night andyuekit
- killed a bunch of people. We were in the venue next store and heard the whole thing. Anyway that experience soured me on Mexico a bit.yuekit
- ^ sounds about right, yeah I avoid those here, the only festivals or raves I hit are when I visit the statesYakuZoku
- + I dont trust any powdered drugs down here, like e, shrooms and weed thats it for me, they put fentanyl in everything down hereYakuZoku
- https://www.reuters.…yuekit
- @Yaku all good?sted
- So far so good @sted thanksYakuZoku