linny 0 #26 September 2, 2004 QuoteQuote One thing is for sure, I would rather adopt and help out an existing child who needs to be loved and nurtured, before I would have children of my own. There are so many children out there who need a family. That's exactly how I feel. Well put! There are WAYYYY too many family-less children out there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites metalslug 31 #27 September 2, 2004 I dont have kids. I have lost faith in the future of my country and dont have the resources to emigrate to a better place, more suitable for raising children. I've also often thought that planned pregnancies are somewhat 'selfish'. After all, parents have children in order to enrich their own lives, they are not doing the child any great favor by bringing them into the world. As such, I had decided that if I cannot offer my child every oppertunity for a better life than I have had, then I have no business in having a child at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhillyKev 0 #28 September 2, 2004 Humans for Voluntary Extinction Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FlyingJ 0 #29 September 2, 2004 QuoteI want 2 kids. One boy, one girl. Boy first ( hopefully ). Careful...my mom said the same thing and kept trying until she got a girl, 4 kids later.Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tbrown 26 #30 September 2, 2004 We have two. No more (I'm fixed). They're teenagers now, good kids and two of the best things that ever happened (Thing One & Thing Two...). But if I can't ever point to anything else I've ever done with my life, I can point to them and really mean it. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Sheenster303 0 #31 September 2, 2004 I'm thinking 3 is a nice round number. I would love to have a boy first though. You know, have that big brother deal going on. My family has three with the oldest being a boy and he is the picture perfect big brother. That's what I want for my children someday.I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites metalslug 31 #32 September 2, 2004 QuoteHumans for Voluntary Extinction Pretty funny stuff. Rather organize me a Green Card and some citizenship, dammit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Luv2Fall 0 #33 September 2, 2004 Have two teenagers.....the 18 year old one is out the house and the 16 year old remains.........no more.................I've done my thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites adamjenner 0 #34 September 2, 2004 i'm not a big fan of children. i mean no offense but they just....annoy me so much "look at me, look at me, i'm a kid, i pooped myself" and so on....i guess I just want a kid who's potty trained and knows when he or she should be quiet and not talk (weddings, funerals, all the time...etc) i'm just not a big fan of kids Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jeth 0 #35 September 2, 2004 QuoteQuoteWhy do so many people just think "well its the normal thing to do, guess I'll have some"? Thats crazy!! I can only speak for myself when I say that I genuinely want a family with a husband and kids. Not just because it's the 'normal' thing to do. Well, if thats the case then thats wonderful. I have a few friends like that, who truely just wanted to be mothers. But I know far more people who just had kids cuz they thought once they married thats what they were supposed to do. Or worse - their kids were "accidents"! (Thats a very big oops! ) I can certainly appreciate the joy some people get out of their children, and thats a beautiful thing. But its just not for me and I get sick of people telling me it is. I hope you enjoy many happy moments with your future kids! "At 13,000 feet nothing else matters." PFRX!!!!! Team Funnel #174, Sunshine kisspass #109 My Jump Site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Shotgun 1 #36 September 2, 2004 I am a total nutcase. There should be some sort of law to prevent people like me from breeding. Not that I want to anyway... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 259 #37 September 3, 2004 None. Oh, wait I already have one. Okay, I'll answer "one." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cloudseeker2001 0 #38 September 3, 2004 I have been thinking about another Boxer pup....maybe a female this time! "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Squeak 17 #39 September 3, 2004 Well I'm posting this at 10:05am Friday the 3rd of September, by 5:oopm today I will be recovering from a vasectomy. I currently have no kids, Guess how many I WANTYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites quade 3 #40 September 3, 2004 If you're going to recover from it, then why get it? quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Eiley 0 #41 September 3, 2004 [replyI can certainly appreciate the joy some people get out of their children, and thats a beautiful thing. But its just not for me and I get sick of people telling me it is. I hear you there! We need a support group for people who really truly don't want kids (no, really, I don't want them - just because I complimented your baby doesn't mean I want my own; no, I'm not childfree only because I'm single; yes, I have contemplated growing 'old alone' - I STILL DON'T WANT 'EM!). A few years ago, my city was split down the middle when a high-class restaurant implemented a no-children policy. Hard-core parents seemed shocked that some people didn't want their $200 meal 'enhanced' by the oh-so-cute (please note: nobody thinks your kid is as cute as you do, okay?) chatterings of their rugrats. nothing to see here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metalslug 31 #27 September 2, 2004 I dont have kids. I have lost faith in the future of my country and dont have the resources to emigrate to a better place, more suitable for raising children. I've also often thought that planned pregnancies are somewhat 'selfish'. After all, parents have children in order to enrich their own lives, they are not doing the child any great favor by bringing them into the world. As such, I had decided that if I cannot offer my child every oppertunity for a better life than I have had, then I have no business in having a child at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #28 September 2, 2004 Humans for Voluntary Extinction Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #29 September 2, 2004 QuoteI want 2 kids. One boy, one girl. Boy first ( hopefully ). Careful...my mom said the same thing and kept trying until she got a girl, 4 kids later.Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #30 September 2, 2004 We have two. No more (I'm fixed). They're teenagers now, good kids and two of the best things that ever happened (Thing One & Thing Two...). But if I can't ever point to anything else I've ever done with my life, I can point to them and really mean it. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #31 September 2, 2004 I'm thinking 3 is a nice round number. I would love to have a boy first though. You know, have that big brother deal going on. My family has three with the oldest being a boy and he is the picture perfect big brother. That's what I want for my children someday.I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metalslug 31 #32 September 2, 2004 QuoteHumans for Voluntary Extinction Pretty funny stuff. Rather organize me a Green Card and some citizenship, dammit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luv2Fall 0 #33 September 2, 2004 Have two teenagers.....the 18 year old one is out the house and the 16 year old remains.........no more.................I've done my thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamjenner 0 #34 September 2, 2004 i'm not a big fan of children. i mean no offense but they just....annoy me so much "look at me, look at me, i'm a kid, i pooped myself" and so on....i guess I just want a kid who's potty trained and knows when he or she should be quiet and not talk (weddings, funerals, all the time...etc) i'm just not a big fan of kids Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeth 0 #35 September 2, 2004 QuoteQuoteWhy do so many people just think "well its the normal thing to do, guess I'll have some"? Thats crazy!! I can only speak for myself when I say that I genuinely want a family with a husband and kids. Not just because it's the 'normal' thing to do. Well, if thats the case then thats wonderful. I have a few friends like that, who truely just wanted to be mothers. But I know far more people who just had kids cuz they thought once they married thats what they were supposed to do. Or worse - their kids were "accidents"! (Thats a very big oops! ) I can certainly appreciate the joy some people get out of their children, and thats a beautiful thing. But its just not for me and I get sick of people telling me it is. I hope you enjoy many happy moments with your future kids! "At 13,000 feet nothing else matters." PFRX!!!!! Team Funnel #174, Sunshine kisspass #109 My Jump Site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #36 September 2, 2004 I am a total nutcase. There should be some sort of law to prevent people like me from breeding. Not that I want to anyway... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 259 #37 September 3, 2004 None. Oh, wait I already have one. Okay, I'll answer "one." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #38 September 3, 2004 I have been thinking about another Boxer pup....maybe a female this time! "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #39 September 3, 2004 Well I'm posting this at 10:05am Friday the 3rd of September, by 5:oopm today I will be recovering from a vasectomy. I currently have no kids, Guess how many I WANTYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #40 September 3, 2004 If you're going to recover from it, then why get it? quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eiley 0 #41 September 3, 2004 [replyI can certainly appreciate the joy some people get out of their children, and thats a beautiful thing. But its just not for me and I get sick of people telling me it is. I hear you there! We need a support group for people who really truly don't want kids (no, really, I don't want them - just because I complimented your baby doesn't mean I want my own; no, I'm not childfree only because I'm single; yes, I have contemplated growing 'old alone' - I STILL DON'T WANT 'EM!). A few years ago, my city was split down the middle when a high-class restaurant implemented a no-children policy. Hard-core parents seemed shocked that some people didn't want their $200 meal 'enhanced' by the oh-so-cute (please note: nobody thinks your kid is as cute as you do, okay?) chatterings of their rugrats. nothing to see here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srg 0 #42 September 3, 2004 QuoteI can only speak for myself when I say that I genuinely want a family with a husband and kids. Not just because it's the 'normal' thing to do. Yep. I've been "borrowing" kids for years, but I'd really like some of my own. There's something about the permanence of it all that changes the experience. You really have to find someone who wants that, though. Talking someone into having kids is a baaaaad idea. "Be braver -- you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #43 September 3, 2004 Quote Because when I have a little girl ( if I do ) I want her to have an older brother to watch out for her. Maybe it's silly but that's just the way I want it to be. Really? Most of the guys I knew at school were pimping for their sisters (at worst) or simply telling all their friends when she was most emotionally vulnerable and could easily be taken advantage of.. tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #44 September 3, 2004 We have no kids and on Sept 10th, my wife is having me fixed just to make sure.I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #45 September 3, 2004 QuoteQuote Because when I have a little girl ( if I do ) I want her to have an older brother to watch out for her. Maybe it's silly but that's just the way I want it to be. Really? Most of the guys I knew at school were pimping for their sisters (at worst) or simply telling all their friends when she was most emotionally vulnerable and could easily be taken advantage of.. t I'll kick my boys ass if he's says that about his little sister. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeth 0 #46 September 3, 2004 Yup, similiar things have happened to me. At our wedding we made it no-kids cuz I'd seen too many weddings spoiled by some baby crying or kids running around the reception hall. Some people weren't too happy about that and said they couldn't come w/o their kids. But the nice thing was that was all the people we didn't really care about anyway. All our friends and family that know us knew we don't like kids so they respectfully left them at home. BTW, I am definitely one of those people that hate seeing kids in a fine-dining restaurant. I was out once where this kid was lying on the floor of this beautiful restaurant, in the way of the waiters, and his parents didn't do a damn thing!! Quote[replyI can certainly appreciate the joy some people get out of their children, and thats a beautiful thing. But its just not for me and I get sick of people telling me it is. I hear you there! A few years ago, my city was split down the middle when a high-class restaurant implemented a no-children policy. Hard-core parents seemed shocked that some people didn't want their $200 meal 'enhanced' by the oh-so-cute (please note: nobody thinks your kid is as cute as you do, okay?) chatterings of their rugrats."At 13,000 feet nothing else matters." PFRX!!!!! Team Funnel #174, Sunshine kisspass #109 My Jump Site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
