Why do people want kids?

No. I want a different kind of role play. Call me mommy. Just this once. We'll try it on for size.... daughter.
 
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I never ever wanted to have kids because i knew "live would be over" when I would have them, it's a normal thing. You want to enjoy the most of your life, explore and try out.
Then comes the day that you actually think about settling because you see something passing by that makes you wanna :love-smi:. She wants it as well and ...

Let me tell you, it doesn't end here. It starts actually there, because the situations you are now in, is only preparation for what comes then...

You start realizing why your parents said that and did that, it actually all makes sense to you and you actually start appreciating them more (if your childhood was normal, I'm not talking if you were molested or beaten ...).
IF you are at this point, you actually become a parent.

Raising kids with beating, cursing, neglecting, manhandling, and so on, shows your selfcenterd and selfish ...

In short ... it's fun to make them, it's a pain to see them grow, but if you look back (at the end of each day) you realise it's worth it...
Actually, I'm quite happy with my three coming in my life, they behave (still now), we (me and the wife) have to clean up the mess they leave for us ...
You get used to it, it's a extra episode to your life. It's your decision if you wanna have or not, but trust me ... it looks bad, but it comes as fun afterwards.

:2 cents:
 
Why do people want kids? Two words: Tax Breaks :tongue:

Personally, I'm still on the fence about whether or not I want kids. My parents got divorced when I was about twelve and it seriously fucked me up for a long time after and I would never want to put any child of mine through that. Plus, I'm not exactly in the best position finacially to take care of a kid and probably won't be for a few more years.

But I also sometimes think it would be cool to be a Dad and do all the things Dads do. Like teaching my kids things about life and the world, playing catch and stuff, and watching them grow up and become successful.

So I don't know about that yet. I do know that I'm not ready at this point in my life. And I know that if it does happen I will be the best father I could possibly be. But if it doesn't happen, I'm not gonna cry about it.
 

ApolloBalboa

Was King of the Board for a Day
Why do people want kids? Two words: Tax Breaks :tongue:

Personally, I'm still on the fence about whether or not I want kids. My parents got divorced when I was about twelve and it seriously fucked me up for a long time after and I would never want to put any child of mine through that. Plus, I'm not exactly in the best position finacially to take care of a kid and probably won't be for a few more years.

But I also sometimes think it would be cool to be a Dad and do all the things Dads do. Like teaching my kids things about life and the world, playing catch and stuff, and watching them grow up and become successful.

So I don't know about that yet. I do know that I'm not ready at this point in my life. And I know that if it does happen I will be the best father I could possibly be. But if it doesn't happen, I'm not gonna cry about it.

That's a lot like how I feel. My parents first divorced when I was twelve, and then again from their new spouses when I was about 16. It's very disillusioning to think that not only can somebody's original marriage last, but that they can't even stick the second one out either.

Needless to say, it has me worried about marriage, but I can say safely that I don't plan on having a kid(s) until I get married. My dad had one with one of his girlfriends who he thought he was going to get married to, but didn't, and now pays dearly up the ass to this bitch for child support, visiting rights, and many others that I don't even know about I'm sure.

Regardless, I do want kids someday, I just want to bring them into what I know is a stable and lifelong marriage, I don't want to have to put them through what I went through. I want to be to spend as much time as I can encouraging them to grow, explore, experience, etc. I want to be the best dad I can be to my kid(s), whenever it happens. I have no plans for it to happen now, but maybe within a few years.
 

Supafly

Retired Mod
Bronze Member
Well, looking at me, I wonder why my parents wanted another child after my birth :1orglaugh

Well, my younger sis became a lawyer - like my dad.

Crazy world
 
Well, looking at me, I wonder why my parents wanted another child after my birth :1orglaugh

Well, my younger sis became a lawyer - like my dad.

Crazy world

Yeah. But can your sister say she is a SUPADUPAFLY!?

What I thought. Bring that up and rub it in her face next family reunion, my man! :tongue: :1orglaugh
 

Rey C.

Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
So people know that I'm not gay. :D

You're not foolin' us, Doogie Howser. :elaugh:

I've often thought how great it would be to have a son. But then I realize that he might be just like me. My boy was just like me. Then I start humming that annoying song


and go buy a pack of condoms.
 
Perhaps it's a matter of attitude.I found having a family the most enjoyable and rewarding experience ; true there were times when not everything came up roses but I don't regret for a second having it .Certainly it placed restrictions both on finances and time but the gains heavily outweighed any losses.
Now I'm a grandad and it's great.The little ones have given me a new lease of life, I end up doing things I never thought I'd be doing at my age and loving it.
To those who don't want kids because they would interfere with their lifestyle or career-I pity them for their shallow lives.

I think thats pretty wrong for you to judge people who wouldn't want kids because they feel that it would interfere with their personal lives and call them shallow. I don't see anything wrong with a lawyer who is always buisy and has dreams that will never come true if she takes a break to rahave kids, or an astronaut that has finally achieved their dream and can't afford to take time off because of their dreams. The things that you value aren't the same for everybody. The things that people value is restricted to the individual.
 
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