why do some peoplel insist you'll want children?

[Bat Vader]

I have no idea why people are like that. It is like they think they know you better than you know yourself.

I do not want to have children at all. Children annoy me a great deal. There are some kids out there that are more mature than what their actual age is but I doubt I will have kids like that. So, I choose to not have kids.

 

[Bladecatcher]

Because her mind doesn't have the capacity to think beyond eating and breeding, and is in all likelihood a Mormon.

 

[Housebroken Lunatic]

Because most people between the ages of 15-30 don't really want kids but most change their mind at some point. I know right now I don't want any I also know that human biology will push me to want some at some point.

Not really. Biology can't really cause you to think of such abstract thoughts. What biology does to hopefully motivate you into procreation is to make you horny whenever you find an attractive potential mate of the opposite sex.

Biology can't cause you to think "Gee I really should get some kids right now".This because humans are pretty stupid on a biological level. In fact so stupid that it can't even cause you to think "must fuck now!", you just FEEL that you have to have sex.

What causes panic in regards to having children and pressure people into getting them has more to do with existential and abstract thoughts than biology. In other words, it's more of a psychological thing than a biological one.

As for myself, I don't really care what people will think. I find this world to be a horrible and disgusting place as it is, and im not going to be so selfish as to subject my own flesh and blood to this world. Especially not since the world is already grossly over-populated as it is.

My genes will most likely die with me, and that's the end of it...

 

[Eleuthera]

Its simple, if you don't want to have children, you don't want to pass on your culture. And by your culture, I mean your values or essentially whatever you would want a child of your own to know.
Here are a few questions:
Do I like society? Would I want my child to live in this world?
Do I like myself? Would my child ever like me?
Do I like my ethnic culture? Would I want my child to be a part of it or share it's history?
Is the world worth living in? Is life worth living and therefore passing on?

No. Not really.
No. I doubt it.
No. Part of it? No. History? Maybe.
Hardly. Not really.

So, going by those questions/answers I guess I'm not going to change my mind. (I'm 32 btw, changing my mind becomes less and less likely)

I agree with the OP and some of the others in this thread, if you want to have a kid go right ahead, but don't expect me to want or have one because you do.

 

[Cody211282]

Because most people between the ages of 15-30 don't really want kids but most change their mind at some point. I know right now I don't want any I also know that human biology will push me to want some at some point.

Not really. Biology can't really cause you to think of such abstract thoughts. What biology does to hopefully motivate you into procreation is to make you horny whenever you find an attractive potential mate of the opposite sex.

Biology can't cause you to think "Gee I really should get some kids right now".This because humans are pretty stupid on a biological level. In fact so stupid that it can't even cause you to think "must fuck now!", you just FEEL that you have to have sex.

What causes panic in regards to having children and pressure people into getting them has more to do with existential and abstract thoughts than biology. In other words, it's more of a psychological thing than a biological one.

As for myself, I don't really care what people will think. I find this world to be a horrible and disgusting place as it is, and im not going to be so selfish as to subject my own flesh and blood to this world. Especially not since the world is already grossly over-populated as it is.

My genes will most likely die with me, and that's the end of it...

Eh it's one of those things were we evolved to like kids so we don't just ignore and they die. Sure this world can be evil but that's up to people to fix it, and part of that is raising offspring to do that when your gone.

 

[Radelaide]

Because children are what humans are all about. They continue the genetic line and continues the species.

 

[Dark Knifer]

Welll it is human instinct to breed and raise a family, so it is perfectly reasonable for someone you've never met to assume you'll have children. If it is someone who knows you then they are just stupid.

 

[Bernzz]

Some people see it as an achievement to squeeze out a baby.

Now there's impetus to respawn.

"Achievement Unlocked! My Life is Over - 100G.
You successfully passed on your genetic material."

WIN.

OT: From a male viewpoint, I can see myself as a father of a kid or two. Not four, and not like 13 like my grandmother was. I'm not partaking in the making (and the faking and the taking) of a fucking litter.

Whoever my current girlfriend ends up with, whether it be moi or someone else, I doubt they'll be having children. She's completely dead set against it.

 

[heyheysg]

You know what I want, I want to kill, pillage and rape, I want to jump of a building and not die, I want to dance naked in the streets and sing Lady Gaga.

But I don't, because human beings have something called Self Control, Willpower, etc etc.

Just because you want something, doesn't mean you have to do it.

On the other hand, you can bluff yourself into thinking you want it, then that's another issue

 

[Biosophilogical]

I'm sixteen, so I don't have those people, but I can honestly say that unless I suffer severe head trauma, I will not be knowingly conceiving anytime in the next lifetime.

 

[Zannah]

It may just be me, but centering your life on the sole purpose of reproduction, of just and simple "existing", seems fairly pathetic to me... that aside, I hat kids... their not cute, their stupid, noisy and tend to get on my nerves (Though to answer your question - yes I've encountered such persons. Including my mother <.<)

 

[A Raging Emo]

Of course people should have kids! They're delicious!

On Topic: I have encountered people like you have mentioned, OP; mainly various Nurses, Teachers and/or Parents.

Strangely enough, I have never encountered a man who told me that I would want children eventually.

 

[Srdjan]

Well it's natural thing to have children and I think the feeling is beautiful to, how end product can be bad if making proces is soooo good.

 

[Riobux]

To be honest, it's understandable but I still don't get it. If my partner ends up wanting a kid, fine by me but I'm not really over-joyed about the idea of having kids just because I hate kids with a passion. If they want to get up every few hours to attempt to quieten down the kid's screaming and if they want to go out and get embarrassed by the screaming child, fine by me, I'd rather not be dragged into it.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

Dammit, I hate it when people get like that.
I will never have children. EVER. Full-stop.
Not gonna change. I will never have children.
I don't want to, and I can't.
Someone has told me that I will one day have children...
Feth them. I don't want them, and I can't.
So glad I'm nonsexual... keeps things simple...

 

[Stoic raptor]

Almost everyone posting here dosnt want children.

If the generation before use didnt want children, we wouldnt be here. If everyone dosnt want children in this generation, that would dramaticly change things. Not saying that everyone dosnt want children. But this mindset is growing.

 

[Schlagwerk]

I have three siblings. By my standards, I'd say we turned out alright and my mum's happy to have us here.

As long as it's a stable situation, I could see myself slip off the condom once or twice before I'm 30.

Excuse my blanket assumption, but I imagine that people who don't want kids consider this world infeasible.

 

[knhirt]

There are already too many people in this wretched world. I don't see the appeal in bringing more people into it, to be honest.