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Yeah, live in that fucking rotten world is not a gift...
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Yes. I want to have a kid someday because I will have my seed planted and also because I'm curious as to what attributes the child would take from me. I'm thinking of having two at the most.
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I think I would if I found the right woman to make them with and had a more stable future than how it appears it will be. Keep on the family name, pass on my knowledge, etc.
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Sometimes. There are also plenty of people who raise their children selfishly, in total instability, in neglect, in abuse, and worse. Some people grow up because they have kids, but it's usually a much better plan to grow up first. I have a son due in March actually. I'm looking forward to it, and it was planned. I wouldn't agree to it until I had a decent job and owned a home. That meant putting it off for many years, but my wife and I are ready now. I look forward to hauling the baby to the radio station every Saturday to do my show. I'm pretty certain we're only going to have one, because I think that if every two breeders had one child rather than more the world wouldn't be so deathly over-populated. Plus, I was an only child and liked it. I used to work in a place with some blocks out for the kids to play with and the ones by themselves always created really interesting stuff, while the ones with siblings always fought over the blocks. |
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When I think of the possibility of adoption, it always involves me as a single person. I never really even consider the possibility of finding a man who would also prefer to adopt, because it seems that is extremely rare. I don't know why it's so rare, but mostly I don't think they understand why a woman would want to adopt, and so they go about assuming that whatever woman they end up with will want to have children, no questions asked. But mostly it's like this: If I do someday have a long-term partner, the way I see it now is that I would not want a kid in that situation. Because I'm selfish, and I would not like compromising the life I have with my partner just to raise a child. I don't even like kids (well not being around them constantly at least), so I don't know why I'm writing this. |
what the hell is with all you guys and this over-populated shite? honestly. al gore isnt right all the time. there is plenty of land in australia...i took a 13 hour bus ride, i know.
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fuck no.
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i dont know what people have answered here but yes. at this point in my life finally, yes. i think i can spew forth my seed and not raise some kind of fuckups. actually it should be fun. we're currently practicing with a cat; a small ape should multiply the fun. plus i have these cool as shit nephews. oh yes, i'm spawning.
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are you people talking about adopting non-caucasian unamerican non-babies? because white american babies aren't exactly easy to come by. you gotta wait a long time......and pay a lot of fucking money. if you are talking about non-caucasian unamerican non-babies... then that's really fantastic and amazing.
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unfortunately i can't argue with that. |
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there are just so many americans who want healthy white infants... that it's not really a matter of helping in that case. now adopting a non-caucasion (for lack of a better term) 5 year old... probably a different story.
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Not really no, I don't exactly trust myself with children. I have a short temper. Maybe someday that will change and I'll shoot out a billion of them but for the time being, I say nooo. The world is turning into a giant hell hole anyways.
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that's very admirable! but probably a lot more difficult than not dropping a baby. lot of emotional issues to deal with and stuff. |
I would adopt maybe a 3-5 year old, but as I stated as more days go by I don't think I want a child.
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Frankly, though I love my kids, I think most young couples these days who are having babies are terribly short-sighted (I'll stop short of "selfish") and aren't thinking about long-term effects on the global environment, natural resources, and so on.
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No, I do not want kids in any shape or size or to any degree. Bringing a child into this shitty world? No thanks. I don't even really like kids very much and I wouldn't be qualified enough as a father to shield them from all the bullshit that they'd inevitably be forced to deal with. After all the shit I had to go through growing up -- I mean, I had the most loving mom and grandparents in the world, but that didn't stop me from, at some point, being abused... I mean, how the fuck could I deal with my child being put through hell? I couldn't. I can't fight all their battles, I can't hide them from the injustices of the world -- as much as I'd love to, it'd be impossible. So, fuck it. I'm not going to create something beautiful that will be corrupted by this wasteland. And I also wish I hadn't been born either.
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That' s a good argument.
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i have 2, love em but dont want anymore. in fact the appointment for the "snip" is in the thought process at the moment. all i have to do is pluck up the balls (if u excuse the expresion) to go in to the docs and do te deed!
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It takes 15 minutes; they do it all outside the body now, and the holes are so tiny that they don't even have to stitch you up.
It's really not all that bad. I watched them do mine; it was pretty interesting. You definitely can't do any heavy lifting for a week or two afterward, but it's not all that agonizing. |
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man i like yr selling point! |
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wow. :( |
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darwin's progeny are still around. |
and all you laides out there, trust me, when you hit 30 years old yr body starts pumping itself and yr brain full of certain chemicals that will make you drool with desire the moment you see/hear/feel a baby child near you. It is yr body telling you "you better have the kids now because soon it will be too late!"
a woman's fertility peaks at age 17-23. after that it drops 15-20% every 5 years, and by the time you are 32 yr fertility is about 45% of what it was at yr peak. I know all this stuff cuz me and the ex-wife tried for years and years to hage children, read all about it, research, etc. and when it did not happen (she was 31-32 at the time) we got tested and I found out I am nearly infertile. we tried for 3 years for nothing. it was rough. It is for the best because our marriage was slowly crumbling and children would have made the divorcee so much more painful. there, I've said enough! |
No offence intended for those of you guys that said "no", but ain't that just a bit selfish not to want to raise a child? I mean, I'm just thinking about it like that at the present moment. Like "no, this world is a shithole anyway, I don't want my kids to grow up in a place like that"
...hmmmm, here in my country we have a saying "I am here and behind me comes the flood" - you know? It seems like you don't care what happens when you pass away, when you're just gone. You're over and that's it. I don't think so. I think it's sort of (in a twisted way maybe, I admit) my responsibility to have a child and just let the family carry on. but again, I ain't blinded by any beliefs or anything, I'm just thinking about it. |
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a child is a child if i'm going to adopt, race would have nothing to do with it |
children are the only real shot anyone has at immortality
Your genes live on, your DNA lives on, your mitochondria live on. they go into the gene pool of humanity and add to it. not having children is not an easy chouice, just like having children is not an easy choice. the thing being that maybe half of all children born were "surprises/accidents" |
I don't know if you remember but my parents have been in the process of adopting a little girl
I think she arrives next week So excited |
that's wonderful crypto! you will have a new sister.
teach her right from wrong and steer her towards good music |
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I remember you saying that a while ago, but I had no idea when it would actually happen. That's great! How old is she? |
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Your point being what exactly? Yes, it's selfish, but I'm not going to take on the World's Biggest Commitment just so someone doesn't accuse me of a type of selfishness I'm perfectly willing to admit. And I have no problem with living a barren, sterile existence that ends when I die. |
she's one and a half, i believe
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no, i'm totally fine with being "the cool aunt"
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organ harvesting is big in texas |
funniest thing i've heard all day
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