Poll: No children: a turn-off?
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THIS.NightmareLuna said:
I have to put up with my sister's twins often enough and they are not even mine.
OT: Susan Arendt said in a recent podcast about Skyrim's child killing mod, that no one actively hates children and they only wanted the mod simply to gain attention. This is not true, whereas I have no interest in killing children either in real life or in a game, I have no liking for them either. I do not get on with them, they annoy me to no end and I simply cannot stand being around them. Come back and talk to me once you're in your twenties and have a more defined personality, brats.
had to go with Oranges. but on a slightly more serious note: some people are so awesome that children are not required for a fulfilling relationship... and some people are that special type of bat shit-crazy where having kids makes them utterly impossible to be around... thus, i went with Oranges.
I really want kids in the future, so eventually yes, it would be a deal-breaker. Right now, I'm not looking for anything serious so it's not an issue. However if it became serious, then either they'd have to change or I'd have to end it.
Unfortunately I may very well not be able to have any anyway so I guess it's a moot point.
Unfortunately I may very well not be able to have any anyway so I guess it's a moot point.
Hard to say on my side. I honestly hate kids, but they make me smile when they smile at me, and they can be kinda fun when they're behaving, but every other moment I'm near one I'm repeating in my head "shut up shut up shut up oh for the love of God shut up" So... Idk. Probably would say yes to having a kid with a girl many years down the road, but right now, not a chance.
I don't particularly want kids in the first place so them not wanting kids would be a plus. Though now I look at the full poll I wish I had answered "Oranges".
I'm guessing because the average age is reasonably young. Few teenagers with their head screwed on right want kids (or even believe they'll want them in the future), because all the reasons against (the loss of freedom, the nappy changing, etc.) are very understandable at that age, whereas the reasons for having kids are quite difficult to comprehend.iRevanchist said:
I was a mad child-hater up to the age of about twenty. Since then I've been progressively sliding into the not-sure-maybe-someday camp. My mother is confident that by the time I reach thirty I'll have decided that I want them. Much as that annoys me, statistics are on her side!
Nope. I hate children. They are loud, disgusting, expensive and take up far too much of my time. After work I want to go home and relax, not deal with children. Besides, I have one life to live and I'm not going to spend 20 years of it raising a child.
Indeed. My ex wanted kids and so I figured if I stayed with him 4eva+eva as I wanted to, I'd compromise by adopting with him.Flight said:
Now that I'm with someone who hates kids as much as I do, it's such a relief. I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SCARY PLACE.
I think there should be an option for "I don't want kids either so yay for not having kids!" The poll paradoxically asks us to respond to a question about people not wanting kids while, itself, not allowing for such people. It's a world gone mad, is what I'm saying.
It matters to me.
I think that no matter what you shouldn't start a proper relationship with a girl if you know for a fact that it can't work out in the end because of something like this. I suppose there's always the "maybe she'll change her mind" excuse but seriously, you're basically going into a relationship with the idea of breaking up with them and finding someone else, eventually. That's very disrespectful.
I think that no matter what you shouldn't start a proper relationship with a girl if you know for a fact that it can't work out in the end because of something like this. I suppose there's always the "maybe she'll change her mind" excuse but seriously, you're basically going into a relationship with the idea of breaking up with them and finding someone else, eventually. That's very disrespectful.
Yeah. I was prepared for that.JoJoDeathunter said:Also while you've hinted at it in the OP, Jonluw, you've been here long enough to know what the average Escapist is like with kids so don't expect a response representative of the general population
I didn't think the results'd be of this magnitude though.
You sure you shouldn't have gone with the nonsensical option?red the fister said:
Good idea. Fixed.brownstudies said:
I want children. Not necessarily anytime soon, but I definitely do. So I just wouldn't date anyone who was adamant about never having any ever. It'd just cause problems down the road. Funnily enough, my ex is pretty determined that she's not gonna have kids, and she's dating a Mormon now.
Escapist users don't really like children though, so I gotta say the poll results are pretty unsurprising.
Escapist users don't really like children though, so I gotta say the poll results are pretty unsurprising.
I want kids (guy) so I'd say yes. If a woman didn't want children, I might still have a relationship, but it would be in full knowledge that it wouldn't last.
My fiancee keeps telling me that she wants eight kids. I really hope that she isn't serious, especially because the only reason she'll give me for wanting that number is 'It's symmetrical', but I do want a kid. Or two. Or even three. But that's it. And if it's three, I want an eldest daughter, then two identical male twins. (Neither of our families have twins, so fat chance of that happening, BUT IT'S WHAT I WANT, DAMMIT.)
There are those who wish for children in order to either continue down their name or bloodline, or for family company later in life.
Then there are those who wish NOT to spend their lives repeating the lives of their parents and their parents' parents spending all their time and money raising another individual in hopes that they will choose to follow their dreams instead. These are the people who can be considered selfish, but wake up in the morning needing to worry about only their own one path, one responsibility. I am one of these people.
Then there are those who wish NOT to spend their lives repeating the lives of their parents and their parents' parents spending all their time and money raising another individual in hopes that they will choose to follow their dreams instead. These are the people who can be considered selfish, but wake up in the morning needing to worry about only their own one path, one responsibility. I am one of these people.