PRIME time for a NEW year... NEW size... NEW gains! //GIVEAWAY//

**chedapalooza** · 12-31-2012 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by MidwestBeast

lol thanks, bro. As long as she gets a job quickly after finishing her student teaching in May, it shouldn't be bad. That's what I'm crossing my fingers for because we want to have a kid relatively soon and I told her we're not doing that until her debt is paid off.

Thanks, man!

Sounds eerily similar to my recent situation, but after 2.5 years she started acting like a fckin hormonal teenager. So I gVe her
Ample chances to redeem herself but she just dug in deeper .. Congrats on finding a legit *woman*

**cswalczakny** · 12-31-2012 03:28 AM

Originally Posted by mkretz

o ok gotcha, i live int he otehr direction so w are pretty far from each other, pretty wee tthough....we should meet up for a workout haha....go to the worlds in hamburg ever?

I put a nice setup together in my basement, never have to go anywhere!

Originally Posted by Piston Honda

I'm reppin' Niagara County bros!

No way! Lol funny finding people close on here

Originally Posted by mkretz

nice!!! we are all decently close to each other, pretty cool, what high schools ya'll go to

Went to Lancaster but I graduated 10 years ago.

Originally Posted by MidwestBeast

My number one resolution is to get married

I'll be popping the question within the next couple months, so a lot going on (ring shopping, locking down the venue for the proposal, planning a wedding to happen sometime this Summer or Fall and all the craziness that comes along with it).

Tied into that resolution is really working out our finances and paying off her student loans as quickly as possible. I lucked out in not having any, so I'm debt free and am not fondly looking forward to taking on 40k in debt lol.

It'll be a big year

Good luck MWB! Being married and having a kid is the most demanding/fulfilling thing you'll ever do. Just make sure you're both prepared for the work.

**BPjohn123** · 12-31-2012 06:38 AM

Originally Posted by MidwestBeast

My number one resolution is to get married

I'll be popping the question within the next couple months, so a lot going on (ring shopping, locking down the venue for the proposal, planning a wedding to happen sometime this Summer or Fall and all the craziness that comes along with it).

Tied into that resolution is really working out our finances and paying off her student loans as quickly as possible. I lucked out in not having any, so I'm debt free and am not fondly looking forward to taking on 40k in debt lol.

It'll be a big year

Can't wait, recoverbro wedding party?

**Punisher187** · 12-31-2012 07:59 AM

I'm looking to buy a house and lose bodyfat!

**MidwestBeast** · 12-31-2012 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by chedapalooza

Sounds eerily similar to my recent situation, but after 2.5 years she started acting like a fckin hormonal teenager. So I gVe her
Ample chances to redeem herself but she just dug in deeper .. Congrats on finding a legit *woman*

Thanks, bud. I'm only about 5 months older than her and this is her master's she is finishing, so it makes it a little bit easier to stomach the debt, because she was really smart about what she did (only has about $17k in debt from undergrad and the master's will be about $20k, which was the cheapest tuition in state by a longshot). The part that irks me is that her parents helped her younger sister out and paid her way and she also didn't even work (just graduated with her bachelor's a few weeks ago), whereas my girlfriend worked during both degrees, just like I did. That's another story, though

But I knew after a few months she is who I want to spend my life with. The only two things that initially slowed me down were the debt, which I got over pretty quickly and then she was raised Catholic and I go to a non-denominational church and really needed a wife who would be attending church with me and operating through marriage from the same viewpoint. After we talked about it, she's been coming with me ever since and the conversation actually made her rethink a lot of things, because she didn't even really enjoy her church, but it was habit for her. As soon as that part changed, I knew she was the one.

Originally Posted by cswalczakny

Good luck MWB! Being married and having a kid is the most demanding/fulfilling thing you'll ever do. Just make sure you're both prepared for the work.

Thanks, man!

It's funny you mention the work, because I was just talking to one of my best friends and his wife when we were back in our hometown, last week. They both have school debt and now have a daughter who is about 10 months old. They both have really well-paying jobs, but still have about 4-5 years to pay off their debt, they said. Initially, we were wanting to get pregnant almost immediately after the wedding, because both of us imagined/assumed we'd have been married and been parents several years prior, so both of us want that and don't want to wait too long, as I'm 27 and she'll turn 27 this month. But that discussion really helped me and also got me the balls to finally ask her what the debt amount was (I previously just didn't want to know as long as possible because I was afraid to know how much we'd have to pay off lol).

Anyway, all of this made me realize that almost nothing I do in life is because of the level of ease. Being a parent will not be easy for sure, but I've wanted to be a dad for a very long time. It would be incredibly easy (and fun, in its own sense) to just get married, not have the time demands or expenses tied to a child and just live our own lives, but I know it would ultimately feel empty. I'm taking classes now to go toward a second master's degree (this one in nutrition) and I'm definitely not looking forward to the extra time demands of anatomy and physiology on top of another class, and work, and planning the wedding, but I live life to accomplish/do/have what I want and generally speaking, the things that are worth doing, are often far from the easiest route.

Originally Posted by BPjohn123

Can't wait, recoverbro wedding party?

Haha, funny you should say that, but Justin and I had already discussed this. I would invite you if you would actually make the trip down.

**cswalczakny** · 12-31-2012 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by MidwestBeast

Thanks, bud. I'm only about 5 months older than her and this is her master's she is finishing, so it makes it a little bit easier to stomach the debt, because she was really smart about what she did (only has about $17k in debt from undergrad and the master's will be about $20k, which was the cheapest tuition in state by a longshot). The part that irks me is that her parents helped her younger sister out and paid her way and she also didn't even work (just graduated with her bachelor's a few weeks ago), whereas my girlfriend worked during both degrees, just like I did. That's another story, though

But I knew after a few months she is who I want to spend my life with. The only two things that initially slowed me down were the debt, which I got over pretty quickly and then she was raised Catholic and I go to a non-denominational church and really needed a wife who would be attending church with me and operating through marriage from the same viewpoint. After we talked about it, she's been coming with me ever since and the conversation actually made her rethink a lot of things, because she didn't even really enjoy her church, but it was habit for her. As soon as that part changed, I knew she was the one.

Thanks, man!

It's funny you mention the work, because I was just talking to one of my best friends and his wife when we were back in our hometown, last week. They both have school debt and now have a daughter who is about 10 months old. They both have really well-paying jobs, but still have about 4-5 years to pay off their debt, they said. Initially, we were wanting to get pregnant almost immediately after the wedding, because both of us imagined/assumed we'd have been married and been parents several years prior, so both of us want that and don't want to wait too long, as I'm 27 and she'll turn 27 this month. But that discussion really helped me and also got me the balls to finally ask her what the debt amount was (I previously just didn't want to know as long as possible because I was afraid to know how much we'd have to pay off lol).

Anyway, all of this made me realize that almost nothing I do in life is because of the level of ease. Being a parent will not be easy for sure, but I've wanted to be a dad for a very long time. It would be incredibly easy (and fun, in its own sense) to just get married, not have the time demands or expenses tied to a child and just live our own lives, but I know it would ultimately feel empty. I'm taking classes now to go toward a second master's degree (this one in nutrition) and I'm definitely not looking forward to the extra time demands of anatomy and physiology on top of another class, and work, and planning the wedding, but I live life to accomplish/do/have what I want and generally speaking, the things that are worth doing, are often far from the easiest route.

Haha, funny you should say that, but Justin and I had already discussed this. I would invite you if you would actually make the trip down.

you certainly have the right attitude man! keep that mindset and you guys will do great! congrats!

**AZMIDLYF** · 12-31-2012 10:56 AM

Bubba,I have a few more years than most on here and I can say with assurance that anything that comes from the heart is a piece of cake! Everything else takes effort and discipline.

**Distilled Water** · 12-31-2012 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by AZMIDLYF

Bubba,I have a few more years than most on here and I can say with assurance that anything that comes from the heart is a piece of cake! Everything else takes effort and discipline.

Greybush has spoken!

**chedapalooza** · 12-31-2012 11:15 AM

Great stuff MWB. so there will be an AM table at the wedding, yea?

**djbombsquad** · 12-31-2012 11:23 AM

Want to bench more on my incline.

**thisguyinny** · 12-31-2012 11:40 AM

My goal is to go up at least 50lbs in each of the big 3

**kbayne** · 12-31-2012 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by thisguyinny

My goal is to go up at least 50lbs in each of the big 3

That'd be crazy.

Would be amazing to do that though.

**djbombsquad** · 12-31-2012 12:16 PM

Also for new years I want to land my 11 store accounts. If I do it right that should land me 400 bucks a store.

**T-Bone** · 12-31-2012 12:41 PM

Marriage, where people are working out, blah blah blah. Just give me my damn prime and compound 20 and I'll be on my way...

**cswalczakny** · 12-31-2012 12:46 PM