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I was wondering what were some of weirdest reasons people have given you for having kids?

My bestfriend, who went through IVF at 45 to conceive,told me that her and her husband have too many toys and too much time on their hands and thought that a child would keep them from fighting so often. Didn't work. They fought so much after the child arrived that they are separated???????? Talk about denial.

When I went to see her for Thanksgiving her little boy was entering the Terrible Two stage and was really getting out of hand. She looked at me sadly and said, "I was so amazed that I was able to conceive him, that I din't realize that the hardest part is raising him." Guess she should have thought about that before she spent $20,000 trying to conceive.

The implication in this one is hard to miss:

I was telling a friend that my fiance and I were in the early stages of planning to ditch the apartment lifestyle and buy a house. She responded, "Why do you need a house if you aren't planning on having kids?"

Side note: Why do people always phrase it that way? They never say, "Since you aren't going to have kids..." They always say "planning." Are they hoping for an Oops?

To make the marriage stronger ... haa haaaa ha

A friend of mine was going through her 3rd break-up with her boyfriend of 9 years. He moved out for one month to "think about things..."
Her solution?
She stopped taking the pill, and planned a romantic Valentine's Day visit.
Result?
She got pregnant (then had the nerve to tell me that she never got off the pill at all! As if I didn't remember and now they are raising their 2 yr old together.
Future prediction?
Any bets, ladies and gentlemen???
How sad and pathetic...

Oh, this is my favorite .... post partum depression! My brother in law's ex-wife: with Guy#1 she had her first baby at 19 or 20 (not married). A couple years later, married Guy #2, had Baby #2. No2 was a couple MONTHS old and she started dating BIL (aka Guy#3 - and was not yet divorced from #2). Got divorced, married BIL, had Baby #3. No3 was a couple mos. old, she started CHEATING on BIL with Guy#4. She and BIL got divorced, and now she has Baby #4 (not married to Guy #4). And (the best part).... she is not even 30. She has YEARS of babymaking left -- woohoo!

That is just too, too, sad...I have no respect for women like that. She gives our gender a bad name. How pathetic. That just underscores how men need to look after their own B.C. responsibilities and not depend on women to do it, especially in a situation like that, where the woman is desperately trying to hold onto the relationship.

Cindy

How is this girl taking care of her babies when she's out making more babies all the time? Geez!!! See my last post about how men need to also take BC responsibility, especially with ones like these!!!!

Cindy

Truly horrifying!!!

"Because that's what people are supposed to do!" (Nothing like people being sheeple.)

"I want to have someone to take care of me when I'm old." (Nothing selfish about that! As if having kids is an insurance policy.)

"It's time for me to do it. My childbearing years are coming to an end!" (Let the panic decide for you.)

"I want a baby!" (Uh, they are only babies for a couple of years.)

"Kids are so cute!" (Ditto.)

Honestly, I can't think of any good reasons! But then, that's probably why I'm childfree!

Don't say (or allow it to stand when they say) "I'm not planning on having kids". Say "I'm planning on not having kids".

Slight word order difference...big difference in meaning.

Elise