Children

[Manny]

I used to want them, but after living with my little sisters for six months... I have seriously reconsidered my desire to reproduce.

I can't even stand having a needy dog, let alone a couple of crotch droppings clinging to me like little spiders, wanting things, pestering me, asking endless questions.

Am I terrible person? Maybe. Will I ever be cured of this condition? Doubtful.

Do I hate children? No. I don't have violent thoughts about them, nor do I think they should be exterminated. (Not all of them anyway...) I just have come to realize that I can't even commit to keeping a pet. Babies are out of the question.

Your thoughts about children?

[Clo]

I didn't want children before, but observing my godson grow up has made me never, ever want children, as much as I love him. He's a year and a half now, and the son of a childhood friend of mine. He is her life. She works all day, comes home, and he owns every second until her mother or his father takes him away from her. He's dirty, with the whole snot-running, pooping thing, he's needy, he cries about everything, he needs to be constantly watched.

The idea of something dominating my life like that is horrifying to me.

Plus, after wiping snot from their nose, they'll just grow up to call you a bitch.

If I want something to love me and for me to look after and care, I can get a wide variety of pets. Which won't live as long or need insurance!

[Raistlin]

How the hell can you be considered a terrible person for not wanting kids? You shouldn't have kids unless you want to have kids. And even then, it's far more wrong and self-absorbed to have kids because you want to, but without the financial means and ability to raise them.

I don't want kids, ever. I never have, and more than likely never will. Even though I like kids and have been told constantly that I am great with them, I don't want my life taken over by them. It is truly a life-altering decision, and I'd rather live my own life. I think too many people are of the mind-set that everyone should have kids (or at least should want to), based on the number of people who are utterly shocked and disbelieving when I say I don't want to have children.

[Peegee]

I think it's more likely I'll get a wife and a kid instead of just a kid. I would love to have a mixed kid, preferably a daughter. It will be awesome and she will be spoiled rotten and I'd love her

I don't have anything nearly as romantic for a woman. They tend to just irritate me and I don't think a lot of the people I know would be good mothers.

[Jessweeee♪]

Never! When you have a child, you cease to exist. It is all about the child. Unless you're negligent of course. I want to have a life of my own. And I don't want to be a baby factory

[Bunny]

I want six kids. I will make them all in my image.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I want kids, not for a long Goddamned time from now though.

I want six kids. I will make them all in my image.

Father of the year. All years.

[~*~Celes~*~]

i love kids and can't wait till i can have my own <3

[Remon]

I want to have kids. I want 3 actually. Two boys and a girl. This desire has it's roots from my childhood when i was the only one in the neighborhood who had no siblings. I used to feel so alone. My children will not have to feel lonely though .
But yeah i want to live my life first. So children will have to wait till the 30s.

[Chris]

I'm not having any kids either. Not because I thoroughly dislike children, but because I just don't feel like it. Also, having even one kid is grossly expensive, so the thought of having more than that is just daunting.

[Parker]

I'm not having kids because I am ugly

[Shlup]

I want children. Now. But I will also have a lot of help caring for them. Ashley doesn't want her own kids, so we're going to share mine.

[Shiny]

I'm not ready to have children anytime soon. I'm way too self-absorbed at the moment like most of the other people in here. Right now trying to focus on getting a stable career and gaining more independence before thinking about impregnate. To be quite honest, I only really like a few children. My niece and nephew who are little s sometimes, some random baby I met on the train, and my sister when she's not being a little . That's about it so far.

EDIT: Oh, and that girl from Kick Ass and Let Me In seems cool.

[Peegee]

I want children. Now. But I will also have a lot of help caring for them. Ashley doesn't want her own kids, so we're going to share mine.

Kids need lots of parental figures. I approve of this news 100%

[Manny]

I didn't want children before, but observing my godson grow up has made me never, ever want children, as much as I love him. He's a year and a half now, and the son of a childhood friend of mine. He is her life. She works all day, comes home, and he owns every second until her mother or his father takes him away from her. He's dirty, with the whole snot-running, pooping thing, he's needy, he cries about everything, he needs to be constantly watched.

The idea of something dominating my life like that is horrifying to me.

Plus, after wiping snot from their nose, they'll just grow up to call you a bitch.

If I want something to love me and for me to look after and care, I can get a wide variety of pets. Which won't live as long or need insurance!

My thoughts are more or less identical. "Horrifying" is an aptly used term. It makes me shudder. I love my little sisters. They're sweet, cute kids, but I don't think a lot of people realize what they're getting themselves into. I've been living here for six months and have spent hours and hours watching them whine at their mother, cling to her, beg her, claw at her for her attention every second of every day. When you're a child it's hard to see that your mother is an entire person, not just someone at your beck and call but I sure as hell am not going to squeeze one out just to be its slave for eighteen years and then spend at least another decade being resented by it for smurfing it up in some way. I practically die inside when I'm left alone with the kids for when my dad and step-mom both have to work. Again, it's not that they're brats. They're both adorable. But they're so goddamn NEEDY. I can barely take care of myself send stay sane. Taking care of another person and facing the responsibility of helping them became something resembling an interesting, mildly decent human is just too much.

And the snot wiping thing? Yeah.