What does settle down mean?

[manlymatt83]

People get married, and then they "settle down".

What's that mean? Stay in one place? Find a stable job?

Don't think this goes in L&R cause its very general...

 

[CrackRabbit]

All of the above.

 

[RallyMaster]

Find a stable job and reside there for perhaps a decade or more?

 

[paulney]

You don't buy airplane tickets to Zimbabwe on a whim and disappear for two weeks criss-crossing the country on a road trip.
Things take a little bit more planning.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: RallyMaster
Find a stable job and reside there for perhaps a decade or more?

A decade?

I think it just means being able to support yourself and/or the family, and plan for the future (kids usually).

 

[pyonir]

It means you have to have a family and stop having fun.

 

[db]

"Getting serious" and having no life.
Oh, and you will stop listening to current rock music and change to Easy Listening to sooth your nerves.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Settle down means:

a) married, house, kids, no money ever again
b) STFU and pay attention to what's going on

 

[vshah]

sex--

 

[effee]

Married life, house car..all the boring work and then you die stuff.

 

[invidia]

I'm not going to settle down. I'm planning to live life to the fullest and push it to the limit like Tony Montana.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Settle down...

 

[HammerCurl]

Eating fudge with a spoon

 

[BrokenVisage]

Simmah down-nah!

 

[lupi]

It's what happens when you knock Mosh up and her dad shows you his concealed weapon permit and then ask you're planning to have the wedding.

 

[squirrel dog]

having kids will settle you down . You no longer have a life , but become an actor in a stage drama . Every day will become a new three act play .

 

[IceBergSLiM]

The "nesting" stage

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: lupi
It's what happens when you knock Mosh up and her dad shows you his concealed weapon permit and then ask you're planning to have the wedding.

Experience is a tough teacher, eh?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: pyonir
It means you have to have a family and stop having fun.

No, having a family just means you have a different kind of fun. I love my life and wouldn't trade what I have for the single life...no way.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: pyonir
It means you have to have a family and stop having fun.

No, having a family just means you have a different kind of fun. I love my life and wouldn't trade what I have for the single life...no way.

Heh. Having kids means it's socially acceptable for an adult to play with legos and other toys again.

 

[Xavier434]

It holds a different definition for everyone. For me, I'd say that anyone who goes from a life where big changes are frequent to one that is more consistent and stable for many years to come has "settled down".

 

[lupi]

burps

 

[Tiamat]

it means you take on a lifestyle filled with boredom and despair.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: squirrel dog
having kids will settle you down . You no longer have a life , but become an actor in a stage drama . Every day will become a new three act play .

lol

 

[GenHoth]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: pyonir
It means you have to have a family and stop having fun.

No, having a family just means you have a different kind of fun. I love my life and wouldn't trade what I have for the single life...no way.

Heh. Having kids means it's socially acceptable for an adult to play with legos and other toys again.

Hell yeah!