07-29-2003, 06:48 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Do yo want kids?
As the title says. Do you?
I used to swear that I did not want kids till I was almost 30. Now I am 24 now and I am wanting kids. I have friends that have kids and I actualy envy them. Even worse is that I am now single so it is really not even an option. Oh well. Guess that is how the cookie crubles for me. How about hte rest of you guys and gals?
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07-29-2003, 08:22 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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nope not really. who knows tho, maybe in the future, that could change. my recently married friend who HATES kids just told me that she thinks life isn't complete until you become a parent. scary.
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07-29-2003, 08:41 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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I think I'd make a good parent, but at the same time the thought is far too scary to seriously debate. What I hope happens is I find someone I can love and cherish, and together we'd end up unleashing our spawn across the Earth.
Okay, more like raising a couple of amazing kids, but "unleashed spawn" just sounds a helluva lot cooler.
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07-29-2003, 09:30 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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I really do not know what I want to do with my life, but I do know that I want to be a mother. I'd like to raise three children--maybe not have children, I would like to adopt or foster. Granted, none of this will happen in the immediate future, since I'm a 19-year-old college student with plans of going to law school. But, definetly something I want to do in the future.
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07-29-2003, 09:57 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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The only reason I would ever want a kid(s) is to show my parents how they should have raised me. I don't think that is a reason good enough to have a kid. I also have a lot of emotional baggage and was raised poorly. It's very difficult to break the cycle and so I choose not to repeat it.
<hr> Pet animals are close enough to children for me.
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07-29-2003, 10:28 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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Location: West Coast, USA
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I was certain for as long as I can remember that I wanted kids. I got married and we had one - now I'm not as certain. Don't get me wrong, I love him in a way I didn't think was possible. But all my preconceived notions about parenthood didn't even come close to the real thing.
It's the most challenging and most rewarding thing I've ever done. And that's coming from a man who's done some pretty amazing things in his short life. So, yeah. It's a bitch. But it can be breathtaking as well. Go for it. |
07-30-2003, 04:20 AM | #17 (permalink) |
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I am 25 years old, and live with my girlfriend of 10 years. We both have excellent jobs and college degrees and make about 100k a year together. Neither of us want children. I plan to go to law school next year, and my girlfriend is starting medical school. Sometimes I feel selfish for not wanting children. I am the last chance for my family to have someone carry on my family name. I know that my father would love to have someone to carry on the name. I just don't think I'm that person. Maybe when I'm older I will have children, but right now I enjoy spending my money on myself.
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07-30-2003, 04:50 AM | #18 (permalink) |
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Location: RI
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I know that I want 2 kids. I have known since I was in my mid teens. My fiancee at first NEVER wanted kids, but with my constant questioning, and her and I getting more and more commited to each other, she has finally warmed up to the idea. She's already gone out and looked for names for our kids, hopefully they'll be a boy and a girl. Our daughters name will be Arianna Eve and our sons will be Bowen Andrew. The initials of our daughter would match my fiancee and our sons would match mine also. Fun stuff.
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07-30-2003, 05:39 AM | #20 (permalink) |
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I've said no kids ever since I started having sex. Heck i almost considered storing some of the baby-batter and getting a vasectomy at 21. Try to find a urologist who'll do that.
But anyways - Now i'm 23. I think that someday I may want to have kids, but I just don't think the woman that i'm in a long term relationship is the one for it. Between her health issues, family issues and workaholic nature, I really don't think I'd be fair to my future, if any, children. Tough situation because I've been with her for quite a while, i know she wants to have children eventually, and I just keep saying no. |
07-30-2003, 06:05 AM | #21 (permalink) |
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I don't think I want kids, but who knows how things might change. I just don't have that maternal urge, and I really like my life the way it is now. I also have some genetic stuff I'm concerned about passing on. But I think I'll go start a thread about wtf is up with the insane drive for grandchildren - my in-laws are trying not to push but they're doing a very bad job. Lately it seems like every discussion includes "so when are you going to stop fooling around and have some kids already." Not in those words, exactly, but I get the point.
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07-30-2003, 06:20 AM | #22 (permalink) |
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related thread http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=17683
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07-30-2003, 12:12 PM | #28 (permalink) | |
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Anyhoo, kids scare the bejesus outta me. All I can think of is a little me running around, pulling advanced versions of the pranks I performed, with the same malicious disregard that I had when I was a bit younger. Chilling. My girlfriend wants children, and brings it up constantly. I respond with "Not 'til I'm 30." Her bottom lip quivers every time, so we'll see how long I can hold out.
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07-30-2003, 12:40 PM | #29 (permalink) |
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Location: Canada
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NO kids. My gf wants some someday however. Married by 26 and possibly think about kids around 28. And then I would only want ONE!! Call me what you want (selfish is the term used most often) but I would rather have a nice boat, acouple dogs, a beach house and enjoy it with my wife. Thanx.
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07-30-2003, 12:48 PM | #30 (permalink) |
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Pushing 30 myself now, I find myself thinking about having kids more and more. We are simply waiting to finally have our living arrangements finalized before we start having kids. That should come in a year or so and then. Until then, we both anxiously await the day.
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07-30-2003, 01:25 PM | #33 (permalink) | |
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07-30-2003, 06:22 PM | #37 (permalink) |
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YES!
I'm only 18 and in college so now is DEFINATLY not the time. Even though I know children at this age would in no way work, I am still baby/kid crazy. It has even started to scare me (I'd hate to know what my bf really thought as I stopped to smile and play with the millionth baby I saw that day! ) |
07-30-2003, 06:32 PM | #38 (permalink) |
Who You Crappin?
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
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I'm 28 and just had my first kid (well the wife had it, but you know what I mean). Perfect age to start having a family. Long enough out of college/grad school to start a career, but before 30 when women can start having complications during pregnancy...
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