Having Children

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Kids

  • Yes, I'm a pregger fetishist and i hate money

    Votes: 26 44.1%

  • No, I want a succession of flesh dolls for companionship

    Votes: 11 18.6%

  • Idk, just let me get lubes for this fence

    Votes: 22 37.3%
  • Total voters
    59
Cynically Insane said:
I totally get that. But if all the bright, aware people decide to do their part and help control the population, we are fucked. We can't just let the idiots breed while we don't. Haven't you seen Idiocracy? Or Louisiana?
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I really want to believe that there are enough breeders that know what they are doing to keep that from happening. Shower me in rainbows.
 
No way. Pregnancy is terrifying and I’d be a batshit insane parent. I’ll stick to my animals.
 
Yeah, I want some kids too bro. I want a nice girl tho.
 
After I graduated college I devoted myself to job after job, never with a real goal in mind and just working and going home. Once I had my kid, my sense of direction changed. I want so much better for us and I want to go back to school for my masters. It hasn't been the easiest journey and I have done a lot of it alone, but I am proud of what I have made. I am content with the choices that I have made. I am not sure I would have the driving force that I currently have if I had not had my child. I feel kinda bad I brought him into a shit world, but that is on my shoulders to bear. It was worth it to me, but I would encourage baby sitting some kids in the family to push your limits.

Kids are messy. They are unpredictable. One day life is going great and the next second a tooth is busted through the lip and you are heading to the ER. One day your 2 year old rips through half a fridge in one sitting and the next they are so sick all they can do is cuddle you and barely drink water. If you are used to your life being perfect and organized and planned...children do not fit well in that lifestyle. You can have some form of structure, but there is always the unpredictable. There is always a wild card, and some people aren't meant to deal the hand.
 
Yes. The plan is in motion..

If you make it long enough in life and you're childless, you'll find out how vapid and boring life is without em. Grats on getting that promotion and buying some more shit for yourself and all, but..what are you gonna do after that? Play another video game? Travel for the umpteenth time and realize that you're not getting the same rush from it like you used to? Buy a bigger house for..no real reason? Material wealth is some pretty fleeting shit after a certain point. What are you working towards beyond your own base desires? What's the point?

That shiny new boat isn't gonna help you pour a new spot on your driveway to park it, or fish with you when you go out on it, or need to be taught how to back it into a boating ramp. That fucking "furbaby" you're using as a surrogate child is never gonna want you to read it a story, or teach it piano, or walk it down the aisle, or help it achieve anything meaningful. Not to mention it's gonna fucking die in 10-15 years and you'll have absolutely nothing to show for it aside from an urn full of ashes and regret.

Nah, I want a family - and I haven't heard a single excuse from anyone else on the subject (barring actual medical issues or being the big gay) that isn't "WAAAAHH BUT THAT WOULD BE WORK" or "WAAAAH I'M SCARED" as though anything in life worth doing is ever fucking comfortable at first.
 
Fek said:
Yes. The plan is in motion..

If you make it long enough in life and you're childless, you'll find out how vapid and boring life is without em. Grats on getting that promotion and buying some more shit for yourself and all, but..what are you gonna do after that? Play another video game? Travel for the umpteenth time and realize that you're not getting the same rush from it like you used to? Buy a bigger house for..no real reason? Material wealth is some pretty fleeting shit after a certain point. What are you working towards beyond your own base desires? What's the point?

That shiny new boat isn't gonna help you pour a new spot on your driveway to park it, or fish with you when you go out on it, or need to be taught how to back it into a boating ramp. That fucking "furbaby" you're using as a surrogate child is never gonna want you to read it a story, or teach it piano, or walk it down the aisle, or help it achieve anything meaningful. Not to mention it's gonna fucking die in 10-15 years and you'll have absolutely nothing to show for it aside from an urn full of ashes and regret.

Nah, I want a family - and I haven't heard a single excuse from anyone else on the subject (barring actual medical issues or being the big gay) that isn't "WAAAAHH BUT THAT WOULD BE WORK" or "WAAAAH I'M SCARED" as though anything in life worth doing is ever fucking comfortable at first.
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I have heard many people admit that they would not be decent parents so they abstain from procreation. I can respect that.
 
I don't know, but if I do, it won't be anytime soon. I truly believe that if you're a man, it's best to wait until later in life before choosing to settle down and start a family. It's different for women, for the obvious biological reasons, but for us guys, I think it's a very good idea to take advantage of the extra time we've got to get our lives in order first.

Personally, I see myself being a much better father at 50 than I ever could be at 30.
 
Someday yes. I've been married almost 2 years but I want to wait at least 5 years of marriage before thinking about having children. In my brain I want to be at least 30 before my first child. Also I want to have a stable (and better) long term job for both of us and a house in a good school district.

I don't really like kids, and I think babies are fugly, but my mom told me that it's different when it's your own child. So, I'm hoping that will be the case with mine as well. I just don't want to be old and have no family left...that would be extremely depressing. Kids will expand your family astronomically, because they marry and have kids, so you'll always have your own blood to fall back on.
 
That's pretty much my dream. Find a nice woman, settle down and have kids to pass down my values and morals.

As you get older, you really start to appreciate all the little things you took for granted as a kid. You really start to realize why your parents have you go out and try to experience as much as possible, and in my case, I want to do the same for my (hypothetical) kids as well. Seeing so many people just hand their toddlers an ipad and have them ignore the world around them all the time is just going to stunt them later in life.

I'm not sure how well I'll do or how successful I'll be, but hell, you only live once and nothing good comes easy.
 
Overcast said:
That's pretty much my dream. Find a nice woman, settle down and have kids to pass down my values and morals.

As you get older, you really start to appreciate all the little things you took for granted as a kid. You really start to realize why your parents have you go out and try to experience as much as possible, and in my case, I want to do the same for my (hypothetical) kids as well. Seeing so many people just hand their toddlers an ipad and have them ignore the world around them all the time is just going to stunt them later in life.

I'm not sure how well I'll do or how successful I'll be, but hell, you only live once and nothing good comes easy.
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I am not sure if this counts, but one decade ago my nephew was ten, and I introduced him to Japanese restaurants, Kung fu movies, anime that was not DBZ, Monty Python, 70s prog rock, and recently now that he is in his 20s he decided to thank me for all of that. I may not be parent material, but I am ok with being the cool uncle.
 
Hellbound Hellhound said:
I don't know, but if I do, it won't be anytime soon. I truly believe that if you're a man, it's best to wait until later in life before choosing to settle down and start a family. It's different for women, for the obvious biological reasons, but for us guys, I think it's a very good idea to take advantage of the extra time we've got to get our lives in order first.

Personally, I see myself being a much better father at 50 than I ever could be at 30.
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Biologically, the risk of autism increases with the age of the father. So you can't wait too long, or you'll crank out the next Chris-chan by mistake.
 
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