If you don't have kids, are you planning to? Why or why not? If you're not, are there any concerns you have? I am 32, my husband 33 and we are not planning to have kids any time soon. We don't really have the interest and don't feel it is missing from our lives. I personally think that there are *way too many* people in the world to add to the overpopulation problem. What are your thoughts?
2007-10-31 05:40:44 · 7 answers · asked by veggurl21 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
I decided I have too many things on my 'Too Do' list to let raising children get in my way. I am 25, single with no children. I just had a vasectomy last week!
2007-11-01 08:08:39 · answer #1 · answered by Your Brother 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm 28, husband 32. He has a daughter, 10. THats all. We think we do want to have kids together but we won't decide for sure until another 1 or 2 years from now. Even then it may only be 1 child we have if any. It doesn't have anything to do with the population etc, only with my husbands and my own ideas on children and the time and energy they consume, and the place in our life financially we would like to be so that we can afford the best when we do decide to have them.
2007-10-31 12:55:53 · answer #2 · answered by Melissa C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
married 6 yrs and we dont want them.
i nannied a family with 8 kids so this whole child thing has no fascination for me. i know the ugly truth behind the smiles and finger paintings on the fridge.
motherhood is thankless and hard F-ing work! i want no part of it.
i do believe that the world is grossly overpopulated but besides that if you have no desire 2 b a parent and yo know this people should APPLAUD you for having the self-awareness to admit it and act upon that.
i have a arsenal of reasons for not wanting children - parents have yet to really present me with a good reason for having them.
there are far too many people in this world that have kids for aaaaaaaalllll the wrong reasons and then get sick of them and subsequently dont raise them. the kids just grow up and eventually become societies problems. IT DRIVES ME NUTS!!
i was a public school teacher i could go on all day!!
for support - see if you have a 'no kidding' group in your area. its a social group for adults who have no kids.
2007-11-01 02:10:31 · answer #3 · answered by tonibaloney 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I'm 33, engaged, and I'm having doubts too. I mean, I see a lot of negativity in the world and I'm not totally happy...so I wonder if it's a fair thing to do. The responsibilities are huge and it's a big financial cost as well. Maybe it could be worth it for what a child brings, but I don't know what that would be. And the worry he/she would put me through! Would they be content with what they have or would MTV and society make them feel underpriviledged? If I do, I hope my child has my fiance's personality and not mine. He's just naturally happy.
2007-10-31 12:49:51 · answer #4 · answered by lovebird 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't. (I'm 28.) The only "concern" that I have is how I will be viewed by other people (my family and friends). They all think that there is something "wrong" and that is why I do not want to have kids. No one understands my choice to opt out of this part of the American dream.
2007-10-31 12:50:26 · answer #5 · answered by rhiannon2797 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am 41, and my long-term girl-friend is 36. We have no children, and don't plan on having them.
We feel they are a waste of resources that are better spent on careers and travel.
Not having children is called "Child-free". It is not bad, or abnormal. One in Five Americans feel this way.
2007-11-01 10:27:21 · answer #6 · answered by Marvin 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am 29, getting married in 6 months. My fiance has 2 daughters already, we are going for custody of them, and we are planning on another one. First time marriage for both of us.
2007-10-31 12:55:21 · answer #7 · answered by Angela O 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋