Would you rather have more …

by mayberry on October 6, 2009

children or money?

time or space?

laughter or peace?

work or play?

travel or luxury at home?

connection or simplicity?

faith or facts?

coffee or tea?

Let’s hear your answers. Or your questions.

{ 18 comments… read them below or add one }

Jennifer October 6, 2009 at 1:36 pm

money
time
laughter
play
luxury at home
connection
faith
COFFEE

singing or silence?
books or music?

Nancy October 6, 2009 at 6:23 pm

money
time
laughter
play
travel
simplicity
facts
coffee

and to answer Jennifer’s questions:
silence
books

here are mine:
chips or chocolate?
wine or beer?
hot weather or cold weather?
puppies or kittens?

motherofbun October 6, 2009 at 7:30 pm

Good questions! And LOVE the new digs. So pretty and fresh and bright.

Am torn on first one. Would like one more child but hubby’s job is wierd so security money buys would be awesome. As for the others: time, peace, play, luxury at home (I get migraines when I travel) connection, facts, tea.

Nancy’s questions are good ones too!

magpie October 7, 2009 at 7:45 am

money
time
laughter
play for me, work for husband
travel (requires time and money, see above)
connection
facts
coffee in the morning, tea at night
kittens

jeans or high heels?
health or happiness?
take-out pizza or homemade spaghetti?

jen October 7, 2009 at 8:42 am

On the children or $ question: Before I got married and had children I remember saying that I wanted to have as many children as I could financially afford to have. Now I wonder how much money I’m “saving” by only having two! A friend of mine said she named her daughter “Alexus” because that’s what she’d be driving if she hadn’t had her.

Maureen October 7, 2009 at 9:53 am

children
time
peace
play
luxury at home
simplicity
faith
coffee (LOTS, LOTS more coffee )

Maureen October 7, 2009 at 9:55 am

oh, and…

summer or winter
good hair or small hips
baby snuggles or toddler hugs

Leslie October 7, 2009 at 12:08 pm

children, time, laughter, play, travel, simplicity, facts, tea.

What good, fun, serious, smart questions. Time vs. space is a bit of a catch-22 in my life right now, as we’re trying to add the space we need with the time and money we’re scrambling together (and also need). But it was helpful to see that when it comes right down to it, I still want children (plural) over the ease of more $$ – more time over the comfort of enough space. Thank you.

Binkytowne October 7, 2009 at 1:42 pm

money
time
laughter
play
travel
connection
facts
tea

French fries or mashed potatoes?
Hugh Jackman or Daniel Craig?

Fourth Breakfast October 7, 2009 at 2:15 pm

Hugh Jackman for dinner and dancing. Daniel Craig for breakfast. ;)

Julie @ The Mom Slant October 7, 2009 at 6:12 pm

Love all these questions!

money (because if I had another child, I’d be out of bedrooms)
time
peace
play
travel
simplicity
facts
coffee
silence
books
chocolate
wine
hot weather
puppies (but only if I can give them back after a few hours)
high heels
health
take-out pizza
summer
good hair
toddler hugs
mashed potatoes
neither – Christian Slater, please

Lady M October 7, 2009 at 8:33 pm

money
time
laughter
play
luxury at home and travel – hard to pick
connection
facts
neither – hot chocolate
Hugh Jackman

Episodes IV-VI or Episodes I-III? (Star Wars, of course)

Leighann October 8, 2009 at 7:28 am

Those questions aren’t mutually exclusive! Each affects the next.

I think at any given moment I could choose one over the other. Except for the kids part. I would definitely choose my kids over money.

children
time
laughter (but peace and quiet is nice too!)
play
travel
simplicity
facts
decaf coffee (but today it’s hot tea)

And if we are talking hot men from other lands, I vote for Ralph Feinnes!

Here’s my question: Spring or Fall?

I like spring because it feels like a new beginning each year.

patois October 8, 2009 at 11:08 am

Oh, your first one stumps me because if I had started earlier, I would have had more children, world resources be damned! Sadly, I am too old for more, so…Without further ado.
Money
Time
Laughter
Play
Travel
Simplicity
Faith
Diet Coke

Book or Movie?
Letterman (whether you sleep with him or not) or Leno?

wendy October 9, 2009 at 3:43 pm

children, time, laughter, play, travel, connection, facts, tea, silence, books, chocolate, wine, cold weather, kittens, jeans, happiness, spaghetti, winter, small hips, toddler hugs, *roasted* potatoes * (ick on the fried or mashed), too old for Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig, or anything after the FIRST (i.e. 3rd?) Star Wars, Fall if it’s Summer, Spring if it’s Winter, and Letterman despite his flaws.

teen or tween?

jennifer, playgroups are no place for children October 11, 2009 at 11:52 am

This is sort of hard! There are so many “buts” and “ifs!”

I’ll go with my immediate gut answer:

Money
Time
Laughter
Play
Travel
Connection
Facts
Tea

Silence
Books

Chips
Beer
Hot weather
Puppies

Summer
Good Hair
Toddler Hugs

French Fries
Josh Duhamel

Spring

Book
NEITHER!

Toddler!

Heather October 11, 2009 at 10:08 pm

I wanted more children, so we had #3. Now I’m not supposed to have any more, so I guess I can choose money!

The rest it depends on the time and day you ask me!

slouchy October 13, 2009 at 9:47 am

children
time
peace
work
travel
connection
facts
coffee

i don’t totally understand the connection vs. simplicity dichotomy.

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