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Sarah,
Tahiti! I LOVE it!! I am going to be on a Caribbean cruise while a friend of mine is going to be in labor! Poor thing!!
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"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful."
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca "the Younger," Roman stoic philosopher, writer, and politician (4-65).
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Them: You are selfish.
Me: Just one more reason for me not to have kids. Don't you think there is enough bad parenting in the world? Do you really want one more person having kids who is going to care more about themselves than their children?
If someone has already judged you with out knowing you it is pointless to try to argue, they have already made up their mind.
Kat1980: if only i had read this before the family reunions early in my marraige. I would love to have seen the look on my oldest sister's face.
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First of all, greetings from a single childfree man. Now as for the aforementioned "Why don't you have kids?"questions, here are some of my answers.(Though, I've never really had to deal much with people asking me these.)
When are you going to have children?
Never.
Why don't you have kids?
"Trust me, you don't want me to have kids. I'm a short Japanese monster and any kids I'd have would level your house and eat you and your family like Cheetos."
(Can ya'll tell I grew up on Toho movies.eheheh)
"What involves my wee wee is not of concern to you."
"You are asking me to discuss my sex life with you! Geez, are you a freakin' pervert?"
I'll answer that if you tell me if you take it up the [censored].
(Rolling on the floor and laughing till I thermonuclear detonate!)
Why don't you want children?
(Quoting Baby NOT On Board author)
"Why should I have kids when I can just have fun?"
I don't want to ruin my sex life
Because I don�t want them. Sometimes the simplest things are hard to comprehend, so I understand that you may be confused, but the reason I don�t want them really is just because I don�t.
It's sad so many people can't seem to comprehend the concept that you don't have to be a parent to be fulfilled.
You'll change your mind.
I have two little secrets I�m going to let you in on, okay? One is about me and one is about people in general. First, I am not changing my mind and I can say this because I have been inside my head living with myself and my thoughts and my reactions and my feelings for (39) years and you are just an outsider who would like to foolishly believe you are somehow superior to me when it comes to knowing myself and predicting my actions. Second, the more you tell someone they will do something they don�t want to do, be it getting married or changing jobs or taking out the trash or mowing the lawn or fixing the roof or cleaning the gutters or calling that person back or, gee, changing their mind on a choice that really makes them feel wonderful, the less inclined they are to do what you want. Contemplate that for a while, okay?
Men love a pregnant woman!
Yea, right, until they give birth and the man has to change sh*** diapers.
What if your mother/mother in law wants children?
It's my body not hers. I'm not a studhorse(My folks thankfully don't give me a hardtime about being childfree.)
So, when will you give me grandkids?
Never.
You are going against God!
"Izzat so? Jesus never had kids, and neither did the Apostle Paul."
You are selfish.
"And what if I am? What I do with my body and how I choose to live my life is none of your business."
Doesn't holding my baby/being around my kid make you want one?
No.
You're next!
"I don't F******* think so!"
Don't you feel like less of a man?
"Just cause I can get a woman pregnant, doesn't make me me a man anymore than eating Big Macs makes me Ronald MCDonald"
"Why have kids when I can just have fun?"
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These are excelent comebacks! I could have used some of those 9 years ago! LOL My mother-in-law asked me the the "when are you having kids" a week after we got married. She HAD to wait a week because we were on our honeymoon. LOL I told her "we will in 5 years" I think she almost about fainted.
Here's one:
"when are you having kids?"
Was I SUPPOSED to have kids??? Sheesh, talk about being the last to know!
:-)
Mary
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Men love a pregnant woman!
"That's what pregnant chick porn is for!"
Or,
"Yeah, until it gets so far along that they stop getting to have sex, and have to deal with her feeling [censored] and hormonal, and have to watch her push a bloody, ugly, yowling volleyball-sized object out through the hoo-ha they love so much and will never look at quite the same way again, and have to deal with her feeling [censored] from caring for the kid and spending less time with them. But you're right--they LOVE that!"
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Hello everybody - I'm new here. What a great message board.
Last year in my office we had a pregnancy epidemic....four women all got knocked up within a couple months of each other (I started drinking bottled water just to be safe). Because I'm in the same age group as these women I was frequently asked about my own reproductive goals and aspirations. I just told people that **I** am the center of **MY** universe and there's no room here for interlopers.
Mother always said that even when things seem bad there's someone else who's having a worse day. Like being stung by a bee or getting a splinter or being chained to the wall in someone's sex dungeon.
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That's an awesome response. Did it [censored] them off?
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Naaah - I think they're used to me. I occasionally get an eye roll after one of my comments, but that just encourages me. One of my friends at work is in the same situation as me - married, no kids, mid-30s. We like to list all the "reasons not to..." For instance, we had a police officer come to our work to discuss safety. He said if someone ever carjacks you, just jump out of the car and hand it over. One of the moms asked, "but what if you have your baby in the car?" And the officer said, "well, that complicates things." So I said, "Reason #172 not to have kids: complicates carjackings." That got a group eye roll. Or, (and this one was inspired by the movie 'Dawn of the Dead'): Reason #248: "Because the zombies always catch the pregnant chick."
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Them: Men love pregnant women
response: I think Scott Peterson/Laci Peterson missed that memo
(side note: not to mention all of the other women that are killed by their spouses or SO during pregnancy)
Them: you're going against God
response: Oh, I thought the little man that lives on my shoulder was telling me that I was God. That really clears up a lot of things....
Them: You'll change your mind when you meet Mr. Right
response: Mr. right for me will know that children are not right for me.
Them: You're selfish
response: don't forget "self-centered, self-absorbed,....."
Them: You'll make a good mother
response: No, but I do think I will give Joan Crawford/Mommy Dearest a good run for her money
Them: The bible says to be fruitful and multiply
response: the bible also says judge not less ye be judged and I don't think God would approve of __________ (fill in the blank with whatever this person has a thing for like pre-marital sex, gossiping, et cetera).
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