Gabrielle💕👸🏾

Unpopular opinion: most people who don’t have kids never fully grow up. The reason is simple: you can’t be fully mature if there’s nobody in your life who truly matters more than you, someone you’d be brave for because your love for them transcends your survival instinct.

This is exactly what everyone getting older without kids says and it is truly sad to hear because I know in my soul it is just not true. I lived many years of my life without having a child and now 6 years of my life with a child. I can definitively say that my life is full of exponentially more joy, purpose and fun now with Quin in our life. It is nearly impossible to try and explain the feeling you get when you look into your child's face as they laugh at a joke or say they love you and give you a big hug after coming home from work. This is something people like Seth will never get to experience and I honestly feel bad for him. One additional note, I have been fortunate enough to make enough money to afford all the toys. We have very nice cars, a beautiful house, the watches and all the other "things". All of those material things are really cool and exciting for a small period of time and then quickly become just another thing. This does not happen with children and I would never in a million years trade having a kid for being able to have another exotic car or a bigger house, which is the argument I see a lot of older people without kids make.

Sasha Grey was 18 on her first day on a porn set. Her co-star was 50, one of the biggest names in the industry, and before the cameras rolled she asked him to punch her in the stomach. He was so shocked he refused. 8 months later she had filmed over 80 adult movies, including one scene with 15 men, and sat on national TV describing it all like a summer job. Tyra Banks had to stop the show to pull herself together. In the video below, she sits on Tyra's couch and doesn't flinch once. She says porn was never a stranger to her. She'd seen it for years before she ever stepped on set. And she noticed the industry only showed one kind of woman. Her instinct told her: I could do this. Within 8 months, more than 80 films. She calls herself loud, aggressive, dominant and submissive at the same time. She expected to make up to $150,000 that year, minus the days she had to take off for infections. She says the work makes her feel empowered. She doesn't represent the industry. She represents herself. That first scene, she was nervous all day, terrified she'd freeze up. Once the cameras rolled, she says she felt completely in her element. Tyra asks where she draws the line. Her answer is short. Nothing involving children. Nothing involving animals. Everything else is on the table. Then the hardest conversation. Two weeks after moving to LA, her mom and sister came to visit. She showed them around Hollywood, took them to dinner, and spent the whole night trying to find the words. "I can't expect to get respect from you unless I have the respect to tell you." Her mom said her body was a temple. Her sister laughed, the scared kind of laugh. Tyra admits on air that this interview is really hard for her. Sasha talks about all of it so lightly. What happened next is the twist nobody saw coming. A few years later, she walked away from porn completely. Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh cast her as the lead in a movie. She landed a role on HBO's Entourage. She wrote novels, became a DJ and built a huge following as a gamer and streamer. Everyone on that TV set thought they were watching a girl throw her life away. She was the only one who already had a plan. Some lessons are written in other people's mistakes. Watch it once. Remember it forever.

Mans got married got majority custody and stalled out the predator 💯

My husband makes 500k-750k. We own our house outright. We have no debt. My kids college funds are done. I still work. I have never had any desire not to, though I have worked from home for the entirety of my kids lives. I don’t like early childcare. It’s very tedious, isolating, frustrating, boring. I simply have no desire to do it for more than 6 hours a day. After every weekend, I am glad Monday is coming because I don’t have to mind small kids for the entire day. I would quit my job to homeschool my children age 5+, but I do not want to deal with them all day every day when they are 4 and under.

Michael Blackson traveling with his son Michael Blackson Jr 👶🏽

My take on this is that after a while, you HAVE to be self-sufficient bc living in someone ELSE'S house, parents or not, completely bill free is crazy af to me for someone over 25 years of age...

I can’t believe my generation. This is nothing to be proud of aunty.

This is really sad. The Bride that will Never Be. The fact she still hasn’t moved on tells me what I need to know. He didn’t fumble her. He dodged a bullet.

Josh Jacobs explained his celebration after his first TD tonight when he put his hands behind his back. He said it was an ode to the gospel song, “Break Every Chain.” He said the TV cameras didn’t get the whole thing.