The "Do you want kids?" Thread

Do you want kids?

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I do not want kids, but if I ever become well-adjusted enough to want them, I am definetly ADOPTING. I see no need to put my hubby though all of that pain when there are equally good children who are in need of a nie home.

In fact I'd like to adopt one of those older childern, no younger than 5. That way you don't have to change diapers.
 
Most likely, no way in hell. From what I've seen they take up a crap load of time and pretty much kill your ambitions in life. My parents have very few hobbies to do in their spare time besides things like stocks and watching the news. I don't want that crap happening to me. (I know it's possible to be successful in life and have lots of great hobbies and still have kids, but they make it harder).

Plus I don't want to have to deal with teaching them good morals and such. Wouldn't feel like lying to them about things like Santa Clause, or having angry parents call me because my kid told their kid he doesn't exist. All in all the only way I'd ever have kids is if I married a women who really wanted them, but I don't plan on getting married either, so I don't think it's gonna happen.
 
Well, I guess technically I would like to raise a kid, but I voted "no", mainly because kids are so goddamn expensive and require such an enormous sacrifice of your time and independence.

It seems like way too many people fall into that 'wouldn't it be nice to have kids' trap without really thinking about the consequences. Why not just live your life for yourself? Right now the idea of passing on my genes is nowhere near as appealing as the idea of being able to live comfortably, travel at my leisure, and not be tied down to my house for 20 years of my life with only a yearly 'family vacation' to look forward to.
 
Well, I was pro-kids for a long time, until maybe a year or two ago. I agree that it would be awesome to teach a kid, and I know I would put a lot of thought and effort into cultivating their intellect, creativity, and ambitions. But a lot of that is just my dream of creating a 'superkid', and realistically I can't expect that my kid will come out any 'better' than the rest. Parents can only exert a certain amount of influence on kids, and at some point the kid is going to want very little to do with his/her parent (besides college money).

Besides the idea of 'creating a better version of myself', though, I don't see anything great about having a kid. They're not necessarily going to love you, or want to spend time with you once they grow up.
 
That sounds kind of sad. I guess I am just optimistic because I have such great parents, but I look forward to doing that. I also have worked a lot with younger (11-14) kids recently in Scouting, and I enjoyed that.
 
:lol: I didn't mean to sound depressing or anything. But I think it's pretty true that kids usually love their parents less than their parents love them. And I think it's also safe to say that most parents go into parenting with overly optimistic expectations about how their kids will turn out.
 
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