Do you plan on having children?
This is a question that seems to come up alot whenever I'm with my friends, so I thought I'd post it up here. I honestly don't plan on having kids anytime soon, if at all. The reason I don't plan on it basically comes down to: I don't really like kids to begin with. Shocking, seeing as how everyone else does. I'm good with kids, but that's because at the end of the day I can just go home, whereas the parents have to live with the little monsters. I've always looked at having kids as something you do when you are content knowing that you've done everything you wanted to with your life. That point probably won't come for me anytime soon. The funny part about me not wanting kids is that when I say that, people get genuinely furious, and for the life of me I don't know why. What about you?
Re: Do you plan on having children?
I have a lot of opinions on this...
Alright, so I want kids, and my spouse & I are financially & emotionally ready... except now after over a year of trying... nothing. We won't adopt, either, because doing so would be too much of a consolation prize for me. I feel depressed but also pissed off.
Back in junior high, teachers in my health classes brainwashed me to think "one time is enough;" they forgot to add that "over a hunded times also may not be enough."
At work, I've been harassed by coworkers who call us "d.i.n.k.s" (double income, no kids). What the hell is with these people that it hadn't crossed their minds to think that perhaps we have been trying but with no success?
With relatives, I get asked by my in-laws if we have any news for them yet. Of course, they'd be among the first ones to know if we were lucky. They tell my spouse to pray daily. Why!? Conception is pure developmental biology. Praying will not overcome infertility if that's the culprit.
So now, because I agree with this...
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Originally posted by Lordmrw
I've always looked at having kids as something you do when you are content knowing that you've done everything you wanted to with your life.
...where am I left? Run out the remaining 50-60 years of my life? :(