why wait?

I Heard that Kid Rock song about summer time on the radio today. It really got me thinking about all the summers of my twenties and how great they were. We weren't "smokin funny things" but we were free for the whole day long and who knew where that would end up. It was a great time...but it was a waste of time. About halfway through that song I looked in my rearview mirror and saw my son. I'm one of those people who waited until I was older to have kids. What a waste. Those were great days but those were some pretty lonely days too. Friends wouldn't be going out EVERY night. I wish I'd had my son sooner. What would I have missed? I think I would have been more driven and less indulgent. I made a rough estimate of the amount of money I spent indulging in hedonism over the course of 5 yrs I came up with an estimated $50,000.00 and that's being very forgiving. People say, "kids are expensive wait til you can afford them to have them." Well if I could afford to go out almost every night of the summer I could have afforded a kid, and it'da been way more meaningful, and a much more worthwhile investment. What I'm saying is I wish I would have had my son earlier. All those years could have been filled with love and wonder at a new life.