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Tilted Cat Head
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
We of course know a number of childless couples, they have done their best to overthink their way out of having children, and I feel sorry for them. One of my best friends is one of these people, and its pathetic and sad seeing his wife treat their dog like a child and not being aware of the substitution.
The biological clock ticking is more than a cliche, its a truth for women, they only get so many years where they can have children, and the longer you wait the bigger the chance of problems.
There are a great number of parents who should not be parents, you can see them on any episode of cops. These people still have children because what makes them bad parents is not thinking of consequences before action. On the other hand the people not having kids ARE the ones thinking about consequences, and ironically they would be the best parents but they talk them self out of it, paralyzed by their own fears.
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Childless implies that one cannot have children, one is "barren" or "poor swimmers." There are some like my wife and I who have made a conscious decision to be childfree. A decision to not have children because it doesn't fit our lifestyle choices.
While we treat our cats child like sometimes, we cannot however do what we do with the cats to children, such as leave them completely unsupervised for 8+ hours M-F.
We cannot leave them from 3 weeks and have someone just come over and add food and water to the bowl and clean the litter.
If we could then maybe we could be parents...
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- The thought of NOT doing it, of missing that particular opportunity to grow and to have that sweet experience, makes me very sad.
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but that's the consequences of decisions... learning to live the with the fact you made a decision. Sure, I'm sad that I didn't get to see Dances With Wolves on the big screen, supposedly it is so much more moving. Focusing on the negative well, then you forsake the positives which you should go all in for gratitude.
Childfree wiki re: overpopulation...I'd counter that someone needs to be brought up with the idea that there needs to be some conservation of resourses. If you don't procreate and pass on your thoughts, then the thought just dies out with you.
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Belief that it is a generous act not to bring more people into the world
Belief that one can make a greater contribution to humanity through one's work than through having children.
The world is full of suffering, and one cannot ensure that any given person will have a good life.
Concern regarding environmental factors and/or overpopulation.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 06-27-2006 at 07:15 AM..
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