Me too. I run into these types all the time in nearby Big Sky, MT. They're "ski bums" in the winter or live for fishing/mountain biking/rafting in the summer. They look at me in utter disbelief/confusion when they meet my college age boys. I've actually had some wonder why I "wasted" my prime years with raising a family instead of having fun.
They just don't get it.
“I’ve actually had some wonder why I “wasted” my prime years with raising a family instead of having fun.”
I’m 39 and envy my similarly-aged friends who have families. Granted, they’re both separated or divorced and carrying back-breaking child-support loads, but still they have kids that love them, and they seem to get a lot from that. If I’d gotten married and had kids when I was 20 they’d be done, or almost done, high school by now and I could still be doing a lot of the “fun” things (motorcycles, skiing, RC planes) that I’m currently in to.