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re: People who get married and choose not to have kids
Posted on 1/24/26 at 12:47 am to GreenRockTiger
Posted on 1/24/26 at 12:47 am to GreenRockTiger
Much respect
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Posted on 1/24/26 at 12:49 am to TigerJack8
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You’re going to get downvoted into oblivion, but you’re right. This is the fundamental premise of marriage. Matrimony comes from “mater” from Latin, meaning mother. Therefore; the fundamental purpose is child bearing, and marriage is the backbone of the family.
Those that cannot have children for whatever reason, this is the exception, and this is not the reason why we have a startling decrease in birth rates in our country and Europe
Finances, dipshit.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 1:13 am to AlonsoWDC
Yet, you can afford to get married with same “finances”?
This post was edited on 1/24/26 at 1:14 am
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:12 am to Who_Dat_Tiger
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same boat. It does suck when every single one of our siblings have young children when you wanted a family of your own. We aren’t the same spirited people we used to be looking forward to holiday get togethers anymore. It’s been tough
who_dat_tiger, I feel for you bigly. This response of yours is a bull's eye to our situation as well
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:19 am to TigersHuskers
Some choose not to.
Some have no choice.
Did the math once, just to get through high school we'd have at least an additional $500k if we didn't have our two (and that's not considering the appreciation in value/interest if even half of it had been invested). Was worth it.
Some have no choice.
Did the math once, just to get through high school we'd have at least an additional $500k if we didn't have our two (and that's not considering the appreciation in value/interest if even half of it had been invested). Was worth it.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:23 am to TexasTiger33
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I'd say those folks are living the life.
Ennui would set in before 10 years was up.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:50 am to TigersHuskers
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I really dont get the point in this, isnt the whole point of marriage to start a family? . Like you pretty much become roommates where someone, usually the man, still gets assfricked in the inevitable divorce.
You’ ve been raised in a society where the accepted social mores were that young adults are expected to marry and have children. Those two things are mutually exclusive. Some people simply aren’t suited for marriage and some aren’t suited for parenting. I have a friend that has been divorced 3 times. He’s 65 now with a 16 year old son from his 3rd marriage and a has a longtime girlfriend. I have another friend who’s 65, happily married and never wanted kids.
I also have a brother in law who started dating a divorced girl with a young son. 25 years later, they are still together and now have 3 great kids of their own. They never felt the need to be married to have kids and if they weren’t still together I’m sure my BIL would be paying through the nose in child support.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:58 am to TigersHuskers
I feel like many people had or have kids because they feel like it’s what they’re supposed to do. Not necessarily what they wanted to do.
Many were afraid to buck the norm and take a different path.
Many were afraid to buck the norm and take a different path.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 8:06 am to FearTheFish
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But to say reproduction is the whole point of marriage, in my opinion, cheapens the bond that is forged through marriage and reduces children to mere widgets produced from the marriage machine.
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This place is fricking retarded
Posted on 1/24/26 at 10:17 am to EastWestConnection
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...But I am 100% uninterested in any of the shite my friends have to do for their kids: sports practices, school functions, sleepovers. Never in a million years would I want to do that stuff. I dont have the patience for it and I am too selfish to put up with children and I have known that fact for a long time.
Having kids teaches you a lot about love and patience and selflessness.
College me would have hated coaching or watching little league stuff. Dad me loved it. Some of my favorite memories. A nurse led me to a room where she said someone wanted to meet me. Given that my wife had just been rushed in for an emergency c-section, and we were a month early, I didn't know what was about to happen. Another nurse handed college me a very tiny baby who wrapped her whole hand around my little finger and I was changed instantly into dad me, and blessed forever.
I know and respect other's decisions, but my only regret is that we were not able to have more and I feel sorry for those who never experienced the joy that came with it.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 10:22 am to TigersHuskers
Maybe they tried to have kids and couldn’t
Posted on 1/24/26 at 10:24 am to TigersHuskers
Your logic makes sense if you get married in your 20s or early 30s. A lot of folks get married in their late 40s or 50s now, after spending a long time together beforehand. I'm not saying that is a good thing. I think folks should get married earlier.
A lot of younger people have also embraced the idea that you don't have kids until you are financially secure. They think this is being responsible. It's often way too late before they realize that you don't need to earned the bulk of your earning potential before you have your first kid
A lot of younger people have also embraced the idea that you don't have kids until you are financially secure. They think this is being responsible. It's often way too late before they realize that you don't need to earned the bulk of your earning potential before you have your first kid
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:30 pm to TigersHuskers
I had a buddy from work who gleefully claimed that he and his wife made an agreement to be Double Income - No Kids. They drove nice cars and took great trips.
They liked the lifestyle, but that choice would not work for me.
They liked the lifestyle, but that choice would not work for me.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:33 pm to Rabby
I really feel sorry for people like this.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 7:44 pm to TigersHuskers
Some of the happiest couples i know have been married 25 plus years but don’t have kids. Their actual marriages/relationships with each other are good, and they do a lot of fun things. I’ve never asked the couples why they didn’t have kids.
Posted on 1/24/26 at 8:40 pm to TigersHuskers
Like previously mentioned some people try years to have kids and no luck. Wife and I tried two years are were blessed with a sweet little boy. He will be two in April
Posted on 1/24/26 at 8:54 pm to TigersHuskers
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People who get married and choose not to have kids
I'll take "the gays" for 300 Alex
Posted on 1/24/26 at 9:48 pm to TigersHuskers
People are like don't you ever get sad and depressed and I'm like yeah and they're like don't you ever get lonely and I'm like yeah in no situation I've never said hey having a child would make this situation better. - some comedian
Posted on 1/25/26 at 5:02 am to TigersHuskers
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really dont get the point in this, isnt the whole point of marriage to start a family?
Yes. The eyebrow raising is fair. It is a little odd.
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roommates where someone, usually the man, still gets assfricked in the inevitable divorce.
Well that's a bit of a jump.
Posted on 1/25/26 at 7:46 am to MorbidTheClown
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Not all people are fit to be parents.
I totally agree. It has been my observation, however, that plenty who this applies to have kids, even multiples.
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