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re: Regretting motherhood: What have I done to my life?

Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:00 am to
Posted by NIH
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Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:00 am to
Anecdotal evidence is anecdotal evidence

The average white collar worker will be remembered with cake and a card. Sorry.
Posted by ElRoos
Member since Nov 2017
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Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:01 am to
As one poster alluded to, her mentality is “what did I miss out on?” regardless of the situation. Even without kids she would probably be complaining that she hasn’t settled down with kids yet. Can’t fix idiots like that.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:01 am to
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Alexander Fleming.

Almost resulted in the death of my father

They gave him penicillin as an infant and he was highly allergic and damn near didnt make it
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:01 am to
The guy cutting his dick off to be a woman is denying what his chromosomes say.

I think the biological urge isn’t to have babies, it’s to have sex. Obviously the baby is the result of sex, but when a guy goes to a bar and sees an attractive woman with huge boobs, he doesn’t look at those boobs and think of his son/daughter nursing from them.
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
83035 posts
Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:02 am to
I totally understand what you’re saying and I know you’re just playing devils advocate.

My counter to that would be that being in a monogamous relationship goes against biological traits, yet we do it. Working for a human being for currency as a means of survival goes against biological survival traits, yet we do it. Pretty much everything we do as a civilized society (wearing clothing, social politeness, Hell- not killing each other when we are angry) goes against biology. Why should having children be treated differently?
Posted by Slagathor
Makin' jokes about your teeny tiny
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:02 am to
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Someone not wanting kids does not mean they have a mental issue.


My ability to logically evaluate the decision to have kids or not has really been flaring up lately.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
111521 posts
Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:03 am to
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I think the biological urge isn’t to have babies, it’s to have sex. Obviously the baby is the result of sex, but when a guy goes to a bar and sees an attractive woman with huge boobs, he doesn’t look at those boobs and think of his son/daughter nursing from them
The reason you get a hard dick when you see boobs is because your chromosomes and everything in your body is hardwired to procreate

Yes you want to have sex, and you likely in your mind dont want to make a baby, but little soldier is at attention because his biology is there to make more humans
This post was edited on 6/28/18 at 10:03 am
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129146 posts
Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:03 am to
I would imagine there were several people (men and women) hundreds of years ago that never wanted children.


They just had them because society demanded it from them.
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
83035 posts
Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:04 am to
Well my career serves poverty stricken children who would otherwise not receive what we provide so I’d argue that my career does in fact matter.

And you can laugh at my career as much as I laugh at your feeling of reward over your kid doing something. But the difference is I don’t laugh at that. And you shouldn’t laugh at others either.

Nobody made you the authority on what makes someone fulfilled in life. Plenty of people DO die having had a career others care about and also.. plenty of people produce kids that nobody but themselves care about.

Weak argument.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
111521 posts
Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:05 am to
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My counter to that would be that being in a monogamous relationship goes against biological traits
Does it though?

I have seen arguments we are biologically driven towards monogamy because human babies are so fragile they need two caregivers


But it doesnt matter. I agree with you society has changed us to go against natural biology in many ways



Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
172004 posts
Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:05 am to
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No one will care about your career or the work you did when you retire. Absolutely no one. Probably one of the most short sighted reasons for not having kids.


The kids who didn’t grow up in poverty and on welfare will probably care.
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
49072 posts
Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:10 am to
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Strongly disagree. Pretty sure all of mankind is thankful for the work of Alexander Fleming long after his death.

Psst....he was the first to discover penicillin.


They don't know shite about him or care about him, just that "whatever that old dude made can fix my burning pee hole."
This post was edited on 6/28/18 at 10:11 am
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
33051 posts
Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:12 am to
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I think the biological urge isn’t to have babies, it’s to have sex. Obviously the baby is the result of sex, but when a guy goes to a bar and sees an attractive woman with huge boobs, he doesn’t look at those boobs and think of his son/daughter nursing from them.

Disagree, he biological imperative is to procreate. Evolution made sex feel good to promote it.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
477219 posts
Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:16 am to
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My counter to that would be that being in a monogamous relationship goes against biological traits, yet we do it. Working for a human being for currency as a means of survival goes against biological survival traits, yet we do it. Pretty much everything we do as a civilized society (wearing clothing, social politeness, Hell- not killing each other when we are angry) goes against biology. Why should having children be treated differently?

the issue is that yes, we don't just go with basic biology. we have developed society that has removed the necessities that lead to evolution. however, within society we have an understanding of rules that make society function more efficiently, leading to advances in society. people of higher culture having children is required for progress or our society will be left with a mass of the underclass attempting to run things, which leads to collapse of society (and all that progress)
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
33051 posts
Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:18 am to
Bingo
Posted by BananaHammock
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:20 am to
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Posted by BananaHammock
Member since Aug 2011
13150 posts
Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:22 am to
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Pecker
You truly are an insufferable narcissist.
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long, leisurely lovemaking sessions with their husbands
They are fantasizing about getting fricked by a stranger - someone in better shape and with a much bigger dick.
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
83035 posts
Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:33 am to
Hey - who’s to say Pecker or myself wouldn’t birth complete shite bags?
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
122900 posts
Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:35 am to
I'm not laughing at your career

I'm saying if not for you someone else would do it. No one goes to their death bed regretting the lack of hours they worked.

I'd also say that it's probably a safe assumption that those who are the most adamant against having kids also had a messed up or abnormal home life growing up.
This post was edited on 6/28/18 at 10:36 am
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
477219 posts
Posted on 6/28/18 at 10:36 am to
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Hey - who’s to say Pecker or myself wouldn’t birth complete shite bags?

nothing, but you're using single examples to discuss public policies over hundreds of millions of people

life is about making the correct decision. sometimes the results don't reflect this, but you can't be results-oriented
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