Are you ready to become a parent?
1. Attend amusement parks.
With the advent of children, visits to amusement parks will be limited to viewing costumed characters, choral singing and childrens merry-go-rounds. So catch the moment: take a ride on the exciting roller coaster ride and walk for as long as you want.
2. Save money.
Here comments are superfluous: children are expensive.
3. Get a dog
Fluffy friends can perfectly prepare you for the birth of children.
4. Read more literature on parenting.
Books about children's upbringing make sense to read, but most of them will teach you only to take care of your child during the first year of life or so. Fiction with a story about the relationship between parents and children will give you much more: you can get a comprehensive picture of the parent experience with all your joys, disappointments and, ultimately, true pleasure.
5. Move to the place where you have always dreamed of living.
Always dreamed of finding out what it's like to live in a metropolis, in a village or in another country? If so, then you need to take this step right now! Decide on such a drastic change in life after the birth of children much, goraaaazdo difficult.
6. Try to do something extreme.
Realizing that you are now in the answer to a small person who is completely dependent on you, probably, will prevent you from jumping off a cliff or taking part in a bullfight. So if you want to do something extreme, then now is the time.
7. Travel.
To see the world is much easier when you need to pay only one ticket, instead of, say, four.
8. Bind with alcohol if you feel dependent.
"Stop drinking? Oh, I do not even ... I can not even ... "
You should not deny yourself alcohol only because you want to become a parent, but if its use is really a problem for you or begins to become one (and you are conscious of it in your heart), then you definitely should stop drinking. After all, it is unfair to bring a child to this world, leaving everything as it is.
9. Ask your mom and dad what it means to be parents.
Your parents probably hid their everyday difficulties from you in their childhood, but now you can (and should) ask them what it was like for them to raise you in reality. What was the most difficult? Did the appearance of children affect their personal relationships? A frank conversation on these topics will help you understand what the appearance of children really means to you.
10. Learn better your soul mate and enjoy communication with each other.
Focusing on caring for each other for several years will allow you to create a solid foundation for passing the period of children's appearance, when relationships tend to become more difficult.
11. Get an education.
Although it is possible to combine the education and upbringing of children, this is not so simple! In addition to the fact that you need to get an education, you must financially support the family and be someone's mom or dad. If you have the opportunity to finish your studies right now, and not later, do it.
12. Go to restaurants.
With the advent of children, you can eat out of the house exclusively in family cafes, and with only a few exceptions you can go to the posh restaurants, but with the added inconveniences and expenses for a nanny, so be sure to visit these establishments today!
13. Have fun the fullest.
"Because we love parties."
You probably heard complaints from some parents that they did not have time to be young and have fun. After you have a child, you will automatically acquire the status of a responsible adult. So do not rush if you still feel the thirst for fun.
14. Make the most of the career ladder.
"Like a boss".
As we have already noted, raising children is not an expensive pleasure. Therefore, the most reasonable to advance as much as possible on the career ladder, in order to create favorable conditions for their subsequent education.
15. Learn everything you have always wanted to learn.
This will not only bring you self-satisfaction, but also relieve obsessive thoughts over the next 20 years: "When these children finally grow up, I will have time to learn how to play the guitar!"
16. Have fun all night long.
"I drank three cocktails and a cup of coffee."
You have many long sleepless nights ahead of you, especially when the children are small, but it will not be at your will. That is why try to live years before the appearance of children so that the only reason for wakefulness until 4 in the morning was unrestrained fun.
17. Take spontaneous decisions.
"In Vegas, baby, in Vegas."
The life of parents goes against the adoption of spontaneous decisions. Therefore, when you do not have children, and there is a fleeting opportunity, for example, to climb Mount Everest, you must do it.
18. Be selfish.
"This party is in my honor!"
When you have children, you almost always have to put their needs above their own. So catch the moment and do not forget to pamper yourself sometimes if possible.
19. Achieve harmony.
If you have unresolved complexes from childhood, insecurity that weighs on you, or any other problems that need to be resolved, it is now time to take care of them. You can not bring up a successful personality in children, being unsure of your own.