"To sum it up:
- I like having my time and money to myself. Fancy sitting in bed late, drinking beer and ordering takeout? I can do that. Going out with friends at the drop of a hat with no worries? That too.
- My mental & physical health. Some issues are genetic in my family and I'd never wish that upon a child.
- This frankly isn't a world that I'd like to bring anybody into.
- I'm frankly quite selfish (I'd never, ever neglect a child however). I'd prefer the new clothes and games that I bought recently to a nappy / diaper bill.
I've just become an uncle so I totally understand how people can want a child, it's just mot for me personally."
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Dalton 3 year s ago
AMEN! Married 32 years. Wife didn't want the little bastards, I didn't want the little bastards. Lots of traveling, money and fun. I love the response of parents, when they say "Oh I wouldn't do it again, but I love my kids". Not I love my kids first. Watched friends and siblings raise these little monsters. Just watching them in the teenage years was more than enough validation for us.
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Limited 3 year s ago
Dalton,Good for you! Sounds like you made the right decision. For them.
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Aaron 3 year s ago
I "decided" for a childless life because my ex-wife lied to me about having children. Now I'm divorced and not sure if I will ever have the oppurtunity again. 
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Tony 3 year s ago
Life is hard enough without ! 
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Phillip 3 year s ago
Its always about themselves and not the future
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Conny 3 year s ago
Some comments are true and sincere, but others are just a mix of misconceptions and personal problems, probably caused by bad parents. But ... this is life... In the end if you are not into it, this is the best choice.
Put a child in the world and not give then love to transform then in a real pearson would be a crime.
Put a child in the world and not give then love to transform then in a real pearson would be a crime.
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Predator 3 year s ago
Have fun with no one you can truly trust to take care of you when you are too old to do it for yourself.
Kids are a lot of work, and a lot of people are clearly too weak and fragile to handle it, but when you aren't a terrible parent it's amazing how great having a family an be.
Kids are a lot of work, and a lot of people are clearly too weak and fragile to handle it, but when you aren't a terrible parent it's amazing how great having a family an be.
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Dalton 3 year s ago
Predator, Well, if you're having kids to take of you when you older, you're a selfish pos. I know of many parents, many that their kids have long disowned them, and screwed them over. To bring a kid into this over populated messed up world is delusional and the ultimate selfish act. GTFU
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Golden 3 year s ago
Dalton,No. It's just a side benefit. Did you read the, "...but if you aren't terrible parents..." part? I don't think that comment deserved such vitriol.
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Mackenzie 3 year s ago
Not one example of an incel being the reason they chosen not to have kids or well had it trust upon them because not one member of the female gender would want to have sex with them.
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Dalton 3 year s ago
Mackenzie,
Yah, what a women would say when a man rejects them for not kissing @$$ and doing their bidding.
Yah, what a women would say when a man rejects them for not kissing @$$ and doing their bidding.
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Offer 3 year s ago
I was selfish and wanted my life to be for and about me. Now I'm middle-aged, divorced, childless and alone. Hooray for me.
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Hal 3 year s ago
lots of these sound like confused right wingers with liberal ideology
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Sal 3 year s ago
Here's the secret: Men, if you can, put off kids until you are in you early/mid 40's. That's what I did. I was financially secure, no longer wanting to party excessively, and had a much better understanding of the world and of people. Along came my daughter for whom I had all the time in the world and it has been an absolute blast. Being a great dad is incredibly easy when the time is right and you realise that nothing compares to the only unconditional two way love that exists.
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Si 3 year s ago
Sal,
You got me there fam. Same here. Mid 40s, enough money, time and a bit wisdom for two wonderful girls...
You got me there fam. Same here. Mid 40s, enough money, time and a bit wisdom for two wonderful girls...
Put a child in the world and not give then love to transform then in a real pearson would be a crime.
Kids are a lot of work, and a lot of people are clearly too weak and fragile to handle it, but when you aren't a terrible parent it's amazing how great having a family an be.
Yah, what a women would say when a man rejects them for not kissing @$$ and doing their bidding.
You got me there fam. Same here. Mid 40s, enough money, time and a bit wisdom for two wonderful girls...