[–] sumguy 7 points 1 point 8 points (+8|-7) ago
Then they wouldn't be here. Your point?
You don't understand, and that's okay. If you're asking questions TO understand, that's good.. if you're making quips because it's just different and you can't imagine being "like that", then fuck you.
I'm child-free by choice, wife and I discussed that at length before getting married. I knew from my early teenage years that I NEVER wanted kids. This is a shit world, I'd never wish it upon another creature, be that human, dog or rat. Call me selfish, I am not the one who Must pass on my own genes, narcissism out of control right there. There are too many unwanted kids already on the planet, adopt/foster one (or more) of them.
There would have been no loss if my parents opted not to cave in to the pressure from Their parents (and they did cave to pressure). But hypothetical doesn't matter, in the least.
Someone doesn't want to have kids SHOULD be on the same level as "I don't smoke" or "I'm a vegetarian" ~ a personal life choice that has ZERO bearing on anyone else. Reply with "that's cool" and fucking move on already.
[–] ShinyVoater 2 points 3 points 5 points (+5|-2) ago
This is a shit world, I'd never wish it upon another creature, be that human, dog or rat. Call me selfish, I am not the one who Must pass on my own genes, narcissism out of control right there. There are too many unwanted kids already on the planet, adopt/foster one (or more) of them.
I see a lot of people give that as a reason for refusing to have kids, but they almost never adopt any to make the world a little less shitty. This is just an excuse.
[–] odplocki 2 points -1 points 1 point (+1|-2) ago (edited ago)
You imagined me all wrong. I'm perfectly OK with almost every life choice, and that's why I don't feel any restrain to coment on my thoughts about something. I don't do it because of some patriarhical/religious inhereted views. I hate those views.
Even if you don't want children, freeze some sperm and eggs just as backup. Maybe it's just me but changing attitudes towards something is only human.
If you don't want kids, you sure must not have kids. That's perfectly alright with me.
The shitty world argument is bullshit, thats like not giving some begging person change because he would spend it on booze. It;s for your own good. You shouldn't use that, it presents you like youre not sure about tour stance on the subject in matter.
The pressure is always present. Everyone has pressure put on him. If you think you have pressure about kids, have a kid and you'll see what pressure really looks like.
I agree with your last paragraph, but I want to add that if you are sure about your chice, you shouldn't be touchy at all when someone tells you how nice it is to have kids. Let me explain myself a little better with an analogy. You have a relative who you feel very warmly for, and he/she has some kind of celebration or a jubelee, and you buy him a car. You didn't know he was against cars and made decision never to drive one. He is very offended and tells you" fuck you , how can you by me a car with all this pollution and global warming and the polar bears, didn't you know I walk everywhere now" or something like that. I mean It's a nice thing,
Maybe not everyone wants kids, but eceryone who had kids, wants grandkids(TM me),Even it it is pressure, it comes in most cases from people who love you.That was my "drift" with my comment before.
[–] Totenglocke 3 points -1 points 2 points (+2|-3) ago
No one would care. Why do you feel the need to force people to have kids just because you think they piss gold and shit rainbows?
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[–] Totenglocke 3 points 1 point 4 points (+4|-3) ago
Even though I'm a libertarian, it's tempting to support breeding licenses. I'm not sure if humanity, or at least the developed world, can survive much longer without them.
[–] uberdoober 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It's sad that our system of news and (dis)information has successfully brainwashed women into believing that having a child and a family is too difficult. We live in a modern age where we have to do very little by hand compared to the people who lived a mere 100 years before us. Blame also falls upon the carbon mafia who has managed to convince half the population that there are too many people. The real problem is that there are too many stupid people on this planet and not enough smart ones.
[–] Caboose_Calloway 1 point 5 points 6 points (+6|-1) ago
Good for them. There are enough people on Earth as it is.
If we could only convince Africa and the Middle East to do the same.