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re: People who choose to not have kids
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:13 pm to Jon Ham
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:13 pm to Jon Ham
I enjoy leaving whenever the frick I want to for a long Saints/LSU weekend, I enjoy going on last minute overnight fishing trips without having to worry about who is watching a kid, I enjoy traveling, I enjoy sleeping in sometimes, and I enjoy having money in my bank account. Kids would frick up everything above. Hell a dog is enough of a pain in the arse and all we have to do for him is leave enough food and water out. Everyone I know with kids has to pull off a minor miracle to get away from them for a trip, no thanks.
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Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:13 pm to Jon Ham
I know a couple who would brag about not having kids because it would have prevented them from the activities they enjoyed. They were big travelers and would brag about their frequent fairly extravagant trips. Once they reached their mid-40s I guess it caught up with them as when they saw their friends all leading different kinds of lives and having families to "brag" about. Soon though, they changed their story to one of pity claiming that they could not have children. Most people I knew didn't buy it and they got pretty annoying about bringing it up anytime people mentioned their kids.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:13 pm to Jon Ham
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People who say they aren't having kids are basically saying everything their ancestors went through and ovecame to allow their existence were so that they could enjoy ~80 easy years watching Netflix, going to Whole Foods, and keeping up with what their friends are doing on Facebook.
I'm supposed to have a kid because of Netflix and grocery stores? Holy shite. Never felt better about being childless if this is really your reasoning.
If you have kids, good for you, but stop trying to bring the rest of us down.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:14 pm to OweO
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What about people who decide to remain single and never have kids?
Well you are certainly doing your part to ensure the future is brighter
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:14 pm to tgrbaitn08
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I'm not familiar with this issue, is this really a widespread problem? Maybe you have have shitty friends.
Most of my friends who had kids fairly young are old enough to have kids heading off for college. And they're starting to realize now that the kids have moved away that the years of neglect has caught up to them.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:14 pm to cj35
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Some people realize they would not be good parents and love their future kids enough to not have them.
I think this is true but most that I have met that choose to not have kids are pretty self centered people. I think this is the main reason they shun kids.
When you have your own children you learn pretty quick your own needs are not that important.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:16 pm to Jon Ham
I have two very good friends who are married in their late 30s and have great jobs. Neither wants kids, nor do their spouses.
They would be the first to tell you that they are selfish MFers who enjoy nice things and a lot of travel. Having kids crimps their style and they do no want that.
Do I agree with that? I don't want people who don't want to have kids... to feel like they are forced to have kids.
They would be the first to tell you that they are selfish MFers who enjoy nice things and a lot of travel. Having kids crimps their style and they do no want that.
Do I agree with that? I don't want people who don't want to have kids... to feel like they are forced to have kids.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:17 pm to Ponchy Tiger
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On the other hand sometimes life just works out to where you don't have kids and has nothing to do with a desire not to have any. It was just the way that persons life worked out.
Soooo true.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:17 pm to TexasTiger89
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I think this is true but most that I have met that choose to not have kids are pretty self centered people. I think this is the main reason they shun kids.
Then why would we want them to have kids if they don't truly want kids? That's a quick highway to adults resenting their children. And that's never a good thing.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:18 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Most of my friends who had kids fairly young are old enough to have kids heading off for college.
I have a ton of friends like this and honestly I'm kind of jealous......
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And they're starting to realize now that the kids have moved away that the years of neglect has caught up to them.
what neglect? shite, when your go off to college it's party time for mom and dad
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:19 pm to tgrbaitn08
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what neglect? shite, when your go off to college it's party time for mom and dad
I take it you've never met one of those crazy soccer moms who doesn't know what to do with herself when she doesn't have kids to control?
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:19 pm to Jon Ham
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First let me say I don't think there's anything morally wrong or unethical about choosing to not have kids. However, something just seems "off" when a healthy, young adult espouses that they definitely aren't going to have kids and have no desire to have kids.
We all got here through a miraculous sequence of events. The elements of the universe lined up just right to allow the creation of our species. Our ancestors overcame famine, wars, disease, etc in order to pass the torch from generation to generation.
People who say they aren't having kids are basically saying everything their ancestors went through and ovecame to allow their existence were so that they could enjoy ~80 easy years watching Netflix, going to Whole Foods, and keeping up with what their friends are doing on Facebook. Thats what this whole thing we call reality has been about - its culmination is your weak little coddled life where you get to be happy and content without any responsibility but to make sure you stay happy and content. Your ancestors traversed oceans, survived the Black Plague, and killed others so you could watch Gilmore Girls and eat ice cream straight from the box.
90% of all children born are accidents. You messed up on your birth control or chose not to use birth control. This was not some planned decision.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:20 pm to BluegrassBelle
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I take it you've never met one of those crazy soccer moms who doesn't know what to do with herself when she doesn't have kids to control?
you seem to surround yourself with dysfunctional people
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:20 pm to CptBengal
quote:So you agree being transgender is not a mental defect then?
goddamn you're an imbecile.
actually, having intellect to make a decision based off all information OUTSIDE A BIOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE, is the height of mental acuity.
a truly cold, rational decision.
you have the defect, unable to make a decision based on logic.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:21 pm to lsupride87
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So you agree being transgender is not a mental defect then?
just a truly cold, rational decision to be who they truly are
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:21 pm to Jon Ham
Some people choose not to procreate because they have genetic abnormalities that are hereditary.
Science and shite.
They just tell you they don't intend to have kids because the educated decision was beyond your comprehension and frankly, none of you fricking business.
Don't let it stop you from judging them though.
Science and shite.
They just tell you they don't intend to have kids because the educated decision was beyond your comprehension and frankly, none of you fricking business.
Don't let it stop you from judging them though.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:22 pm to Salmon
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you seem to surround yourself with dysfunctional people
Or you surround yourself with people in denial. See, we can both make those blanket statements.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:22 pm to Jon Ham
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with not having kids at all. It’s their decision.
It disappoints me when a couple chooses not to though, because my little boy may be the best part of our life now. Totally worth everything you “sacrifice” for them.
If you can’t afford kids or can’t have kids, that’s totally different.
It disappoints me when a couple chooses not to though, because my little boy may be the best part of our life now. Totally worth everything you “sacrifice” for them.
If you can’t afford kids or can’t have kids, that’s totally different.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:23 pm to BluegrassBelle
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I take it you've never met one of those crazy soccer moms who doesn't know what to do with herself when she doesn't have kids to control?
um, yeah I'm seen quite a bit.....I know what you're talking about and hear what you're saying but those parents are the exception..not the norm
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:23 pm to lsupride87
Lot of straw men being put up in this thread. Overpopulation, hereditary diseases, people who aren't fit to be parents, the morality of the decision to not procreate...
I'm talking about physically and mentally healthy, young, and responsible adults who could be good parents and how odd their firm stance against having kids is in the context of history.
I'm talking about physically and mentally healthy, young, and responsible adults who could be good parents and how odd their firm stance against having kids is in the context of history.
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