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Well, do you?

(Poll coming)

I have none.

No, but definately want some

i have none...i would like children at some point, but its never going to happen

Have none, don't want any.

Have none, don't want any.

Same here. Unfortunately, my g.f. does. :(

Would like to, but will lack the opportunity to have any.

I have no children, and I am sterile.

I wouldnt mind having kids im not gonna try for them *course i dont try not to* lol

Same here. Unfortunately, my g.f. does. :(

Does she know your not sterile? You can always claim your sterile!

I have three children (all married) and I am passed the stage that I would want any more.

Four or none. None might be a bit of a problem for me… unless I rebel. ;)

I'm 20 and I know I want children when I'm about 30 but at the moment am not convinced it will happen as I haven't come close to finding anyone I'd want to marry/have children with. I feel I am running out of time to fit them into the life plan!

I have none, and definitely do not want any.

I'm 20 and I know I want children when I'm about 30 but at the moment am not convinced it will happen as I haven't come close to finding anyone I'd want to marry/have children with. I feel I am running out of time to fit them into the life plan!
10 years to go and you feel you're running out of time? Come on, now.

My wife and I have three. Aged 13, 11, and 6.

I have children I'm probably not even aware exist. I've sold sperm in the past and had my share of one night stands - and, no ladies, I've never made any pretense about telling her I'd call her; they always knew what they were getting into.

I have no children, and I am sterile.
You could always steal a baby.

Sometimes I think about having children when I start thinking things like "What would happen if you raised a child almost completely gender neutral?" or the like.

But then I remember that children aren't science experiments, and that I absolutely can't stand them.

yes, two, and barring a major life change, the kitchen is closed.

yes, two, and barring a major life change, the kitchen is closed.
You don't fancy a take-away, then?

As my friend Dr. Bob says, "I'd rather be one than have one."

None, I'm not even married... But maybe in the future.

I didn't vote for 'i'd love to have one'. Because now it's still too early in my life to have one. :D

You don't fancy a take-away, then?
LOL!

Actually, when my kids grow up, I would consider foster parenting.

LOL!

Actually, when my kids grow up, I would consider foster parenting.
A take-away with a trial period for sale or return. Very sensible.

I have no children, and I am sterile.
some people may say thats a good thing :D
Would like to, but will lack the opportunity to have any
theres always adoption for those situations.


i have none. i dont know if i want any. i am godmother to my sisters six kids though.

I have children I'm probably not even aware exist. I've sold sperm in the past and had my share of one night stands - and, no ladies, I've never made any pretense about telling her I'd call her; they always knew what they were getting into.
i would pay you for a donation.....

i would pay you for a donation.....

You can have it for free. :D

Can't... stand... children... *shudder*

A take-away with a trial period for sale or return. Very sensible.

Well, I think the ideal is to return with improvements. But sale would be okay, too.

Or a trade in for a more challenging model.

Can't... stand... children... *shudder*
thats because you have so many on the forum.

You can have it for free. :D
thanks for your generous, giving spirit. we should talk about this.

Can't... stand... children... *shudder*

They're not THAT bad.

thanks for your generous, giving spirit. we should talk about this.

Trying to imagine what a child of ours would look like .... :eek: :D :mad: :fluffle: :mad: :fluffle: :cool: :gundge:

Something like that, anyway.

I have three aged 18, 16 and 11. We would have had 8 but my wife miscarried 5.

Can't... stand... children... *shudder*

You'd like your own.

never had them and never will

although there was this girl that tricked me into thinking a kid of hers was mine, after she got pregenent she left me to go live with her mom and I didnt question it and did all I could for the kid, then she sent the state after me foer child support - and they were asking for more than I could afford plus I was doing all I could so I got mad and asked for a genetic test to see if I really was the father and it turned out I wasnt so she got moded!

poor kid though - the mom I heard went to jail soon after for check fraud and drugs I think

You'd like your own.

I'm a bit different

I liek them when they are other peoples - that way I know that the screaming and crying and hitting and obnoxiousness was only temporary.

getting snipped will probably be one of the happiest days of my life! lol

You'd like your own.

Not true for everyone -- in fact, there are some people who should never be parents because they are so opposed to it.

Can't... stand... children... *shudder*

Why?

Why?

Because they're are loud, intrusive, and sometimes smell funny?

Not to say they're all like that, but yeah.

Have two, one 16, one 3.

I say we are done, but the wife is of another thought.

When i told her I was going to get sniped, she flipped out.

go figure.

Because they're are loud, intrusive, and sometimes smell funny?

Not to say they're all like that, but yeah.

lol
Have you had a bad experience with children?

Because they're are loud, intrusive, and sometimes smell funny?

Not to say they're all like that, but yeah.


Someone once told me:


If you have to much money, tons of spare time, and lots of friends?

Have kids and all of that is gone.

My ex-wife and I have three, aged 10, 7, and 6.

Voluntary sterilisation may make future relationships... interesting. Or easier, I'm not sure which.

lol
Have you had a bad experience with children?

Nah. Most of them don't really bother me, as long as I don't have to interact for long periods of time with them. Though if a kid is screaming about a mall and pitching a fit and the parent isn't doing anything, I WILL glare at them.

They're not THAT bad.
Oh yes they bloody are! They use all their parents' resources, are generally ungrateful and even if not take more effort than is proportionate to their gratitude, they seem to constantly scream in public places, they insist on running everywhere, they have irritating high-pitched voices (that are usually unnecessarily loud), instead of contributing to household finances, they actually usurp them, they smell and dribble from the mouth and you have to clear up their shit, both literally and metaphorically. Yuk :headbang:

More importantly, however, they are not born with an immeadiate ability to engage in advanced speculative discourse upon intellectual topics, and instead trade on insultingly inadequate substitutes such as, "Mummy, I wet my nappy" ;)

I have two daughters. I want six kids in total. We'll conceive two more, and adopt two. Yay!

one perfect little boy and thats all I want :)

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More importantly, however, they are not born with an immeadiate ability to engage in advanced speculative discourse upon intellectual topics, and instead trade on insultingly inadequate substitutes such as, "Mummy, I wet my nappy" ;)
Hey, if you've got a kid that's young enough still to be in nappies and coherent and thoughtful enough to let you know when they need changing, you've got a result! (You've also got a a kid that doesn't need to be in nappies any more, but that's by the by.)

I don't want children or need children.

1. I am a lifetime bacholar. I've been in the dating game for 21 years and I've gotten nothing but bad results with women. Not to say I don't like women, I just don't see myself marrying anyone anytime soon.

2. I really really really really really really really like flying, and aviation is NOT a cheap hobby. I hope to own my own airplane someday and take weekend trips. This cannot be done with a child. Heck my Dad just now got started on his Hot Rod (real cars, not the toy ones) collection. Hes working on a Shelby Cobra right now.

3. A wise person once said "You can either have the world, or have children." Call me selfish, but I want the world!

I am one.

I am one.

that right there should be deterrent enough :p

Well, I'm only a teenager, so I don't want kids right now. In the future, I don't know. I might want them, but I'm not really good with kids.

However, the way my romantic life is going, I don't think I'll have the husband to get the kids.

Well, I'm only a teenager, so I don't want kids right now. In the future, I don't know. I might want them, but I'm not really good with kids.

However, the way my romantic life is going, I don't think I'll have the husband to get the kids.

You could always adopt.

Well, I think that children do best when they have both a mother and a father.

Well, I think that children do best when they have both a mother and a father.

I agree, but I got friends who were raised by their mothers, and most of them are find upstanding people who are very nice to women and their mothers. They got a back bone too, and they stand up for whats right.

I have triplet girls. That's enough. I would like a son, but there are no guarantees we would have one if we tried again. I'm too old and tired to take care of any more anyway.

I've got three, one's 24 and married, one's 19 and in the U.S. Air Force, and one's 16 and a straight A student.

As for the other stuff it's all a mute point. No longer married, got sipped a long time ago, and am not interested in raising any more, or somebody else's kids. Been there done that.

I don't want children, don't need them. Plus I really...dislike them, after working at Six Flags for 2 months.

I don't have kids, and I can't have children anyway. But I would never want children, I'm just not a "kid person"....

I don't have kids, and I can't have children anyway. But I would never want children, I'm just not a "kid person"....

same here!

same here!

I hear a lot of people say they aren't a kid person.

You just do not like kids or...???

As I am still a high school freshman, I do not have kids, nor do I intend to for quite a long time, and in fact I'm still a virgin. (Which is more of an accomplishment at my age than you might think, for my generation anyway) Unlike my mother, I'd like my early twenties to myself, thank you... but I do want kids eventually - at this point, I anticipate marriage at 26-27 and kids shortly after, definitely before I turn 30.

I don't have kids and I'm not sure if I ever will. I may not even be able to have kids. If I did have kids, I would only want one.

I hear a lot of people say they aren't a kid person.

You just do not like kids or...???

I just don't want to deal with children. I deal with kids almost daily whether at the hospital or elsewhere, and its not something I ever want to see myself doing.

I just don't want to deal with children. I deal with kids almost daily whether at the hospital or elsewhere, and its not something I ever want to see myself doing.

Thanks for saying - I just wondered.

I hear a lot of people say they aren't a kid person.

You just do not like kids or...???

I just don't see myself being able to manage a job, hobby, and kid. Plus when I get into something, I really get into it. That and that I spend too much time on the computer lol.

I dunno. On one hand, taking care of screaming, crapping, uppity little hellions isn't really how I like to spend my days. On the other hand, having my own little, receptive offspring to mold in my image and to keep my legacy of antisocial socialism is a very appealing idea...

Good thing I'm still a teenager.

I just don't see myself being able to manage a job, hobby, and kid. Plus when I get into something, I really get into it. That and that I spend too much time on the computer lol.

lol
Believe me, I understand because - if my children were younger and at home, I would never pay attention to them because of the computer. Knowing kids these days, they'd call it child abuse. lol

I just don't see myself being able to manage a job, hobby, and kid. Plus when I get into something, I really get into it. That and that I spend too much time on the computer lol.

I wouldn't even dream of having (adopting) a child as long as I'm in school, and I still have at least 2 years left. And 24 is way to young (for me) to even dream of starting a family. I also think that being a doctor, I'm not going to have time for children, they would just be raised by a nanny. I'm not a 'motherly' person really....

I'm still in highschool, so I certainly don't want kids for several years, but I do love them like crazy. I work in a day care and even though they get cranky and messy and sick they're just amazing.

I dunno. On one hand, taking care of screaming, crapping, uppity little hellions isn't really how I like to spend my days. On the other hand, having my own little, receptive offspring to mold in my image and to keep my legacy of antisocial socialism is a very appealing idea...

Good thing I'm still a teenager.

Remember though, they have their own minds. You don't own them whether you think so or not.

Me having kids?

Not.

A.

Chance.

In.

Hell.

I'm too impatient with them anyway.

Remember though, they have their own minds. You don't own them whether you think so or not.

Mayhap. As far as I'm concerned, though, they won't find out about that.

Id like them but somehow i doubt the Stork is going to be visiting me. :(