Poll: Do you want children?

[Don Savik]

Gotta say, I am genuinely fascinated as to why people would overcome such a strong natural desire to procreate. I also find the way you have these completely different views to me quite interesting too. Thanks for enriching my evening all!

Hey buddy, your thinking of a sex drive, not a babymaking drive. Theres nothing hardwired into my head telling me that I must make a baby. Men get horny, they don't have procreation urges.

 

[Blow_Pop]

OT; No. I don't.

Partially because I am selfish, but also because I am-or would be- a terrible father. I have quite a great many faults, none of which belong in child-rearing. That, and as my father was essentially non-existant for a long time in my life, I don't want to have a kid, only for a potentially messy break-up wityh the mother to happen a year or so later.

I guess what I'm saying is I'd only have a kid if I was 100% sure I was going to be with that woman for the rest of my life.

why is it that your answer to this question differs slightly every time you're asked?


OT: I kind of agree with some of the above points. Honestly though I don't want to go through 9 months of pain to squeeze something the size of a watermelon out of something the size of a lemon and have them turn out like me. The world only needs one of me.........

 

[idodo35]

to eat? sure!
now seriously im kind of to young to decide yet it realy depends on who ill end up with

 

[keosegg]

Not really. Children have always... confused me, I never know what to do with them. Are you supposed to allow them to catch your scent before you approach them? Display your dominance by urinating on your land before they arrive? Sacrifice a goat to appease their gods?

Also, I've always believed that a person's life is theirs to do with as they will (within reason, of course). However, when you have kids, you're taking away one of the most important choices away from them, the choice to live or die. Additionally, you're doing it for what is, ultimately, selfish reasons (you don't want to expand the gene pool, you want kids). All of that combined just adds up to one huge headache that I don't want to deal with.

At this point I would like to point out that everything I just said is my opinion on the general topic of HAVING kids and nothing else.

 

[Ham_authority95]

Having kids doesn't sound very fun to me. Adulthood is about freedom to do pretty much whatever I want, and children would ruin that. After working all day at my job or whatever, coming home to yet another commitment in my life would drive me to suicide after a while. I'll make sure that any girlfriend I have in the future will NOT want any.

I'm 16, abortion and birth control are available,so why should I even think about those snot-nosed brats yet?

 

[S-Unleashed]

If my wife wants one then yeah sure.

 

[Davih]

I want one child, a daughter. I'd call her Amy.

 

[Wolfhowl the shadow lurker]

no i dont think i would be a good dad

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

I'm a 'maybe' and almost a borderline 'no'.

I'm not completely sure to be honest, some days I think it might be cool to have one, and then there are days where I hate kids and wish to be left alone.

Perhaps in a few years I'll change my mind.