Poll: Do you want children?

[2xDouble]

Maybe, eventually. A lot of things need to happen in the meantime (not the least of which is finding a girlfriend). I'm very active in my nieces' lives and they're just so darn cute.

On the other hand, I've also worked in retail, education, and other service oriented jobs... Nothing makes you hate children more than having to deal with random people's screaming brats... every damn day.

 

[JoJo]

Look at my avatar, take a guess. Not for a while though, probably not another decade at-least, still enjoying being free before I take on responsibility.

 

[SirDeadly]

Yes I do. I want a son and a daughter. I believe I would make a really good father, I will be starting a course to become a teacher if I get the required grades so looking after children will be a daily occurrence for me anyway.

 

[Vault101]

generally it seems that most people who say they wont have kids...eventually do

anyway in my case, Im not maternal, I dont want them (right now), I think its slightly taboo not having kids, especially if you are a woman

and not to mention in the womans case the "ticking biological clock" experts do say that generally its just better to have kids earlyer, from a heath standpoint, which makes sense but if you think about it, it clashes with our modern society,

as less men and women are willing to make such a comitment earlyer

if I get to a certain age and havnt had children...and then cant, I hope Ill be content enough to be fine with that...as somone here said its not just kids..its a lifestyle

 

[The Dutchess]

When I see a well behaved child I think - hmm maybe it would be pretty cool to be a parent. Then I see a screaming bratty child and my ovaries tie themselves in knots. The bratty ones are the ones I see 95% of the time with their parents sourly yanking them along or growling into their faces.
Becoming a parent is this huge change ... you're no longer the protagonist in your own life, you're now just the parent to your child. I'm not a fan of responsibility even though I'm fairly responsible anyway. At the moment it really doesn't appeal to me, it just seems like that thing people do when they get married or reach a certain age. Oh it's "time to start a family".
If I'm with a guy who doesn't want children, that's fine by me. If he's not sure also fine. If he really wants children then he can find some other fertile woman - I don't need that kind of pressure!

 

[Vault101]

Yes. Yes I do. But not any time soon. I wouldn't want to have kids until I was in my thirties.

I think I have some decent genes and values to pass on to the next generation, even if no one else agrees with me

Honestly though, biologically speaking, if you don't have progeny you have failed at life (note: biologically speaking).

see this is one of my deep fears

I dont want children...yet worry that if I never had them then I would be some kind of failure...or the Idea of "passing on a part of me so that there will be somthing left when I die".....its a scary thourght

 

[bluepilot]

Nooooo

The thought of having children makes me want to pour concrete into my womb.

Getting fat, the tearing during birth, the expense, by gods the expense, the sleepless nights and having to spend several years of my life without adult conversation.

I'm a selfish horrible person so no kids for me

 

[TurkeyXIII]

I don't ever intend to have kids. I fact, I'm quite vehement [http://www.vhemt.org] about it.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

I wouldn't want a child of my own, I guess, but I'll happily adopt a child if/when the time comes.
Then I'll have a child of my own, and I get to skip all the difficult/annoying bits. Like changing nappies/etc.
And I can raise (probably her) to be the heir to my insane plans.
Excellent...

 

[Colour Scientist]

Yes but not for another 8-10 years or something along those lines (I'm twenty).
Whether or not I'll actually be able to have children at that age is another story but if it can't happen naturally I'll adopt.

I only want one child though, maybe two, I'll see how I feel after the stress of the first one.

 

[Powereaver]

if i can get through the early years of nappy changes,lack of sleep,burping,tantrums and stuff.. should be a breeze after that (cross fingers) altho teenagers are supposedly to be parenting hell

 

[Heroic One]

Yeah, I plan on having ~5. Working on #1!

 

[Dalek Caan]

Yes one boy and one girl. A boy so that my family name can be passed on(yeah old fashioned) and a girl so that when she brings back her boyfriend/girlfriend one day we can both sit in the living room and I can glare at him/her until they leave.

 

[Whyso]

i just really don't like kids, i wouldn't be able to stand for 2 days

 

[BlackSaint09]

Depends whether or not i can actually become someone who can take care of those kids.

 

[Gaiseric]

I suppose it depends on if I find the right person and whether or not I feel it's a good idea when I do.

 

[flyhawk]

I wanna teach my kids to be assassins(and name them some cool name like MEGATRON) but I would prob need to find a girl wanting to live with me....

yeah hopefully 1 day?

 

[Hisshiss]

I'm gonna follow my parents example and have one kid, then getting my cable cut, so to speak. I feel like the more you have, the less good you can really do them in the end, and the less of a life you yourself have left.

Both my mom and dad have enough time and money to still enjoy themselves even while they were raising me, and I had a good upbringing.

 

[Korak the Mad]

This question is for the people that don't have children. Do you want to have children later in your life? why or why not?

Me and my current Girlfriend, decided that we don't want any children. My girlfriend thinks she is too selfish to have kids. She is also impatient, and wouldn't be able to handle crying babies/toddlers.I personally can't stand kids, i am patient but easily annoyed, and children can get very annoying very fast.I also don't think i would make a very good father,because i didn't have a very good example from my parents during my childhood.

Your Turn

I'm similiar to you on that I'm incredibly patient, but I can get annoyed real fast, and screaming children go right through me, that and any other loud piercing noise.

I do want to have kids, but only when I'm in my late twenties to early thirties, because that is when I'm old enough to actually be able to raise a child. I'm twenty now, so I have a few more years to ready myself.

 

[Custard_Angel]

Like many people here, I'm really bad with kids and at present have no plans on getting better with them.

My girlfriend is much the same but is a little bit better than me. She'll actually hold a baby in her arms, whereas I will not.