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re: Why are couples that choose not to have kids looked down upon?
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:23 pm to Jeff Boomhauer
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:23 pm to Jeff Boomhauer
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Why do couples that choose to have kids and move to the burbs look down on couples that choose to focus on their careers and have more disposable income? Is it jealousy of all the cool shite they can afford to do and all the free time they get?
Genetics
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Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:23 pm to BigPerm30
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I wouldn't get married if I didn't want kids. I'd rather play the field. The only reason to get married is to have kids.
Sort of disagree - if you can have two incomes under one roof, wouldn't that be better? You'd just have to find a woman that also doesn't want children
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:24 pm to Pettifogger
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I'll add to this mix that I think those of us who like the concept of having a family tend to view getting married and having children as an innate rather than learned condition.
I'm not sure what an anthropologist would say about it, but I think there is probably a pretty deeply held belief that not desiring those things is unnatural.
Procreating for the survival of the species is basically the #1 natural instinct of every animal.
Some people just overcome it. And yes that is more rare than people who succumb to it.
I can't wait to have kids, but I'm waiting for our lives to financially more stable and we're going to try and cut it off at 2. Sadly, people in my situation would need about 6 to keep up with the welfare state.
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:24 pm to Jeff Boomhauer
Pics?
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:25 pm to TheCaterpillar
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I can't wait to have kids
Sleep now bro
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:25 pm to TheCaterpillar
quote:yep, everyone knows we need more pricks like you.
I get pissed because we need more successful, intelligent people to procreate to stop the world from being overrun by Tammy Lynn and Billy Joe who have 11 kids in the trailer park.
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:27 pm to airfernando
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yep, everyone knows we need more pricks like you.
he's not that much of a prick
he went out of his way to use white names, so give him credit
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:28 pm to trident
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Because most people see this time and time again, the couple "focuses" on their career, get older with no one to care for them. It is reality that I think many/most of the ones that deliberately chose not to have kids don't think about.
How many people on here live far distances from their parents? Or have strained relationships? Even if I had children, I wouldn't want to burden them with caring for me as adults.
All adults, whether they have kids or not, need to make effort to continue to foster friendships & family bonds. Too many couples end up lost when their kids grow up & move out because they didn't do much to maintain friendships & lives outside of their children. Everyone should save for retirement/buy long term care insurance/whatever to care for themselves.
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:31 pm to Evil Little Thing
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How many people on here live far distances from their parents? Or have strained relationships? Even if I had children, I wouldn't want to burden them with caring for me as adults.
Yeah I find the "who will take care of you when you age" argument to be really odd. And you hear it a lot.
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:31 pm to Pettifogger
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Yeah I find the "who will take care of you when you age" argument to be really odd. And you hear it a lot.
Agreed. And what's more selfish sounding than that?
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:37 pm to Jeff Boomhauer
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Why do couples that choose to have kids and move to the burbs look down on couples that choose to focus on their careers and have more disposable income
They jelly
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:41 pm to Jeff Boomhauer
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Why are couples that choose not to have kids looked down upon?
I don't look down on them, but I know a few who made that choice and later on looked for pity claiming "they never got to experience children" bullshite!
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:42 pm to Pettifogger
If you don't have kids you should have a few extra $100,000 for a good nursing home
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:42 pm to Jeff Boomhauer
quote:never noticed this...however, if it is you who is being "looked down" upon,maybe it's your condescending prick-like attitude,and not the fact that you don't have kids.
Why do couples that choose to have kids and move to the burbs look down on couples that choose to focus on their careers and have more disposable income? Is it jealousy of all the cool shite they can afford to do and all the free time they get?
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:44 pm to Jeff Boomhauer
Because you're perpetual adolescents.
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:45 pm to airfernando
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yep, everyone knows we need more pricks like you.
A prick who works hard, pays taxes, and invests in the economy.
;)
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:45 pm to Rockbrc
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Envy
yep
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:46 pm to Jeff Boomhauer
Because they appear selfish?
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:47 pm to Jeff Boomhauer
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jealousy
Posted on 2/23/17 at 12:48 pm to tke857
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dont think they are looked down upon but why marry if you arent going to have kids?
Because I love my wife, enjoy the dual income, and the tax benefits.
Not to mention all the social stigmas that you can avoid
This post was edited on 2/23/17 at 12:51 pm
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