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I had an interesting conversation with a co-worker this week. For the billionth time, this co-worker asked if I had children and for the billionth time I said no. This time, though, he followed up with asking if I planned on having any. I said I wasn't. He then asks why. I give him some of the reasons. His response: "I think the only reason we're put here on Earth is to have children". Wow. So I say, "Really? What about all of the people out there that can't have children? What is their purpose? And what about the people who abuse their kids? Was their real purpose to have children just to abuse them?" His answer: "I don't know." I then tell him that I think I have lots of other good reasons for being here and that kids aren't one of those reasons. He then asks the typical: "Who is going to take care of you when you're old?" I tell him that hopefully my husband and I will have saved enough money over the years to take care of ourselves and besides I don't think it's right to bring a child into the world just to give it the job of taking care of me. He then says, "What are you going to do over the holidays when you don't have kids who come home to visit?" I told that my husband and I have had to spend occasional holidays alone together already and that we've already realized that holidays alone can be a lot of fun. That seemed to boggle his mind. All in all, a weird conversation.