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re: What are your thoughts on people who never have children?
Posted on 10/1/21 at 7:41 am to wileyjones
Posted on 10/1/21 at 7:41 am to wileyjones
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Occasionally jealous
Sometimes contempt
Mostly however I think it’s potentially lonely.
FIFY
Some folks know that they don’t need to be parents. I can envy that self honesty.
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Posted on 10/1/21 at 7:55 am to PassingThrough
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Just because I don't have to make it home at a certain time doesn't mean I want to be at work at 8 PM, dealing with an increased load due to other's family leave.
I've never had a problem with this. I see it as being a team player (and not just at the office - it's better for society to support families).
This post was edited on 10/1/21 at 7:57 am
Posted on 10/1/21 at 8:21 am to Bestbank Tiger
I get people not being able to have kids. My sis in law struggled to get pregnant for 5 years. Now she has twins. 
What this thread shows me is what I posted earlier is accurate. There’s a lot of “me and I” in the posts from the never having kids crowd. That’s not how we are supposed to be as a species. It’s a level of evolution that no one could’ve seen coming. People are just way too into themselves these days. And you can’t explain to someone that doesn’t have kids what it’s like. All they know is parents can’t go drinks after work every night. Or just pick up and go at the drop of a hat. They don’t know how your life changes for the better with kids. You can’t explain that a little snuggle with your 3yr old is better than literally anything else you’ve ever done in your life.
So the childless people that say shite like that just goes in one ear and out of the other because they don’t know what they don’t know. It’s an ignorance that you can’t get rid of because there’s no way to replicate the feeling.
I know you’re not supposed to tell people how to live but we are supposed to find a partner and raise a family. It’s how history is made. It’s how traditions continue. It’s how human beings evolve. Instead, we’re going to have a bunch of angry, lonely old fricks walking around in 30-50 years begging to have someone to talk to or get their groceries or take them to the doctor, etc.
What this thread shows me is what I posted earlier is accurate. There’s a lot of “me and I” in the posts from the never having kids crowd. That’s not how we are supposed to be as a species. It’s a level of evolution that no one could’ve seen coming. People are just way too into themselves these days. And you can’t explain to someone that doesn’t have kids what it’s like. All they know is parents can’t go drinks after work every night. Or just pick up and go at the drop of a hat. They don’t know how your life changes for the better with kids. You can’t explain that a little snuggle with your 3yr old is better than literally anything else you’ve ever done in your life.
So the childless people that say shite like that just goes in one ear and out of the other because they don’t know what they don’t know. It’s an ignorance that you can’t get rid of because there’s no way to replicate the feeling.
I know you’re not supposed to tell people how to live but we are supposed to find a partner and raise a family. It’s how history is made. It’s how traditions continue. It’s how human beings evolve. Instead, we’re going to have a bunch of angry, lonely old fricks walking around in 30-50 years begging to have someone to talk to or get their groceries or take them to the doctor, etc.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 8:22 am to lsunurse
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That’s such a lame point. Go to any nursing home and you will see plenty of people there that have kids….that never visit them.
I meant to add that point. That's just the way it is.
My parents are gone and never reached that point.
My wifes grand parents did and we visited them regularly.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 8:36 am to MightyYat
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I know you’re not supposed to tell people how to live but we are supposed to find a partner and raise a family. It’s how history is made. It’s how traditions continue. It’s how human beings evolve. Instead, we’re going to have a bunch of angry, lonely old fricks walking around in 30-50 years begging to have someone to talk to or get their groceries or take them to the doctor, etc.
You act as if someone that doesn’t have kids is completely lonely
I have plenty of family, cousins, a Godchild & friends
My life is what it is & I am at peace with it
Sometimes things don’t work out as we plan but I am not going to let not having kids consume me
This post was edited on 10/1/21 at 8:36 am
Posted on 10/1/21 at 8:43 am to LSUJML
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You act as if someone that doesn’t have kids is completely lonely
I have plenty of family, cousins, a Godchild & friends
My life is what it is & I am at peace with it
Sometimes things don’t work out as we plan but I am not going to let not having kids consume me
But look at what you just said. You listed family, cousins and godchildren. If people don’t have kids none of that exists. Families don’t just form out of thin air.
I’m not saying anything personal about people with no kids. I’m just saying it goes against everything that makes a society a society. Your comment proves my point.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 8:45 am to Odysseus32
I think it's their personal choice and journey. Some people also can't have kids or have physical barriers for a variety of reasons and I know both sets of above. It's not something worth wasting brain space on as I have better things to do than worry about other people's lives.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 8:46 am to MightyYat
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I’m just saying it goes against everything that makes a society a society.
society sucks
Posted on 10/1/21 at 8:46 am to MightyYat
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There’s a lot of “me and I” in the posts from the never having kids crowd. That’s not how we are supposed to be as a species. It’s a level of evolution that no one could’ve seen coming. People are just way too into themselves these days. And you can’t explain to someone that doesn’t have kids what it’s like. All they know is parents can’t go drinks after work every night. Or just pick up and go at the drop of a hat.
One of the creepiest rabbit holes you can find is r/childfree
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Instead, we’re going to have a bunch of angry, lonely old fricks walking around in 30-50 years begging to have someone to talk to or get their groceries or take them to the doctor, etc.
And they'll have a bunch of material possessions they can't take with them or leave to anyone.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 9:11 am to Odysseus32
Times is changed. Government social and tax policy is geared towards discouraging couples from having children. Raising and providing for children is an enormously expensive ordeal (by design). The IRS tax exemption for children in no way compensates couples for the expense of raising children. Especially in the cities and suburbs. I love children but given the burdensome tax, monetary, and environmental policies of this government I can understand why couples choose not to have children.
There was a time when government and industry was focused towards supporting the traditional family model (a man, a woman, bound together in a covenant relationship, with children). Now that model has been effectively destroyed. Last time I checked the traditional family (dad works, mom stays home to care for kids) accounted for only 13% of families in America, and that was twenty years ago.
I'll say it. Realistically this nation is doomed. Even as I write the democrat-funded killing machine (Planned Parenthood) is busy killing off another generation of Americans. By my estimation, they will kill another 900 babies before sunset today.
Sad. The traditional family. Done in by burdensome confiscatory taxes, inflationary monetary policy, Hollywood, the birth control pill, and abortion.
There was a time when government and industry was focused towards supporting the traditional family model (a man, a woman, bound together in a covenant relationship, with children). Now that model has been effectively destroyed. Last time I checked the traditional family (dad works, mom stays home to care for kids) accounted for only 13% of families in America, and that was twenty years ago.
I'll say it. Realistically this nation is doomed. Even as I write the democrat-funded killing machine (Planned Parenthood) is busy killing off another generation of Americans. By my estimation, they will kill another 900 babies before sunset today.
Sad. The traditional family. Done in by burdensome confiscatory taxes, inflationary monetary policy, Hollywood, the birth control pill, and abortion.
This post was edited on 10/2/21 at 9:05 am
Posted on 10/1/21 at 9:24 am to Odysseus32
If they don't want kids, then good on them.
If they want them and can't have them for some reason, feel sorry for them.
If they don't want them and have them and treat them like shite, like they ruined their life. HATE THEM.
If they want them and can't have them for some reason, feel sorry for them.
If they don't want them and have them and treat them like shite, like they ruined their life. HATE THEM.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 9:24 am to tiggerthetooth
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You can learn this without kids but you're right, a lot of people are about themselves until they have kids.
shite.
Having worked in schools for about 15 years now, there’s a lot of people STILL all about themselves with kids.
Let’s be real frank here. Having kids isn’t going to magically turn some person into a great, unselfish person. That capacity was always there before kids. I’d argue there’s as many shitty parents out there as there are people who don’t want kids for selfish reasons. Our foster system and an overwhelmed CHFS system is a big reflection of that.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 9:26 am to CrappyPants
Not having kids is similar to being transgender
It’s your choice and hurts nobody else, but it’s going against basic human biology. But good for trans people and kidless adults for living their truth
It’s your choice and hurts nobody else, but it’s going against basic human biology. But good for trans people and kidless adults for living their truth
Posted on 10/1/21 at 9:29 am to kywildcatfanone
quote:That's unfortunate. I'm not the last one, but my only cousin with my family name is a nearly 40 year old cosplaying man-child who lives at home and has no relationship prospects, so I am effectively the last hope for the name. Just got married a few weeks ago, need to get to work.
I'm the last male in my family so name dies with me.
Also realized recently that the family name, a lineage of mostly Irish/English with some Polish, will be half Chinese going forward.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 10:46 am to Odysseus32
People without kids have no idea how they would feel if they actually had kids. It is just a wild guess on their part. Like guessing if you would like to be a billionaire or not. You don’t know. Only people with kids can truly answer this question. Having kids completely changes you and your outlook on life. Having pets, nephews, or nieces do not come close to having your own child.
I did not like kids at all….until I had my own. Now I love my kids and kind of like kids. My life is much better now than when I was single doing whatever I wanted.
I did not like kids at all….until I had my own. Now I love my kids and kind of like kids. My life is much better now than when I was single doing whatever I wanted.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 10:56 am to Odysseus32
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No kids
I'll probably end getting kids down the road, maybe at 35 or something, but I'm completely happy not having kids right now. Being an independent, free-spirited person is making me happy right now.
No kids
I'll probably end getting kids down the road, maybe at 35 or something, but I'm completely happy not having kids right now. Being an independent, free-spirited person is making me happy right now.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 10:57 am to Odysseus32
Maybe they can't have kids. Anyway, I don't see how this is any of your business in the first place.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 10:58 am to Odysseus32
Not everyone is meant to be a parent. Not my business. And maybe they’d love to be, but haven’t been successful.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 11:45 am to Dudley Humptyfrats
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wonder what they do with all that free time and disposable income
Before Covid we travel...hang out at Twin Peaks and Hooters. We ride out to False River and bar hop.
Annual trip to Destin with about 30 people.
But most of the time we are planning our next trip.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 12:18 pm to Odysseus32
Not everyone is suited for children.
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