Do you want Children?
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Yes. Why? Because I grew up in a big family and I fucking love my parents. It'd be nice to have someone who felt like that towards me one day.
Not just now though, since I'm still in university and lack necessary funds to fully support myself right now, plus I'm not even in a relationship, so kids are years away at the bare minimum.
Not just now though, since I'm still in university and lack necessary funds to fully support myself right now, plus I'm not even in a relationship, so kids are years away at the bare minimum.
My genetics are terribly valuable, but I dunno if I'll ever be willing to give up the rest of my life watching over screaming crotch-spawn that could potentially be even worse than I was as a child.
I'm pretty sure I don't want any. A wouldn't mind a partner but I don't see myself as a father. I don't see myself as selfish - I would be just like my Dad and would be a poor father figure (that's not to say a bad person, just a poor father), this world has enough mouths to feed and I know this last point sounds more pessimistic that I mean it to be but the world we live in is not a great one and I don't want to make anyone else put up with it.
Right now? No, I've been thinking about it a lot, especially since my brother became a father almost a year ago now. The way I feel it is that my life is my own, and I want to be able to do with it as I please. A child makes that impossible. Or, in other words, I'm not 'mature' enough to settle down, declare 'the next 20 years of my life I'll have a dependable income, be a decent role-model and always be there for my children if they need me', because that's what I expect of a parent.
My own parents are awesome, far better than many others I've met (and I know I'm biased, thank you), and as long as I feel that I can't be as good as them, I won't do it. Either I'll do everything I can to make sure that my kids can have a happy childhood and grow up to live happy lives where they have all the opportunities I had when it comes to making choices, or I won't have any at all.
My own parents are awesome, far better than many others I've met (and I know I'm biased, thank you), and as long as I feel that I can't be as good as them, I won't do it. Either I'll do everything I can to make sure that my kids can have a happy childhood and grow up to live happy lives where they have all the opportunities I had when it comes to making choices, or I won't have any at all.
Silly answer: Yes, please. Lightly grilled, on a bun, with a side of fries.
More serious response: "I'm going to go ahead and assume that we can mostly agree that the world is ridiculously overpopulated right now." You go right on ahead and think that. It isn't true, but whatever. Humanity isn't too numerous, simply awful at managing itself. The better the conditions people are in, the less incentive they feel to have children. The worse off they are, the more cheap labor they feel the urge to produce. Most of the first world is starting to look at this as a serious problem. Only problem is, it doesn't fit with the eco-nutter doctrine that Humanity Is a Blight Upon the Earth.
More serious response: "I'm going to go ahead and assume that we can mostly agree that the world is ridiculously overpopulated right now." You go right on ahead and think that. It isn't true, but whatever. Humanity isn't too numerous, simply awful at managing itself. The better the conditions people are in, the less incentive they feel to have children. The worse off they are, the more cheap labor they feel the urge to produce. Most of the first world is starting to look at this as a serious problem. Only problem is, it doesn't fit with the eco-nutter doctrine that Humanity Is a Blight Upon the Earth.
I'd like a boy first, then a girl a year or two later.
I really want kids. I love the idea of being a father and cannot wait until I am one.
Most of all, I want to be an amazing Dad for them.
I really want kids. I love the idea of being a father and cannot wait until I am one.
Most of all, I want to be an amazing Dad for them.
Not yet. First I need a place of own, a job that will help me stay alive, and someone to procreate with. 
I don't know. Part of me does, but another part of me can't stand them. In any case, I have other obstacles to overcome before I can worry about that.
Yes, well if you made .50 USD an hour you wouldn't spend money on condoms/birth control either.Jonluw said:
That said, yes, at some point I do hope to have kids. No time soon though. Fuck no to the near future, I'm not even remotely ready financially or emotionally to have kids. I at least want to get through most of my 20's without kids.