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I feel I was getting too negative, so let's have a post about the wonderful positive things about not having kids. I'll start.

To have a close, one-on-one relationship with your partner that no one comes between.

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Sleeping in on weekends. Being able to travel.

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Heh. I was going to say "sleeping in on weekend" but I have four greyhounds. LOL

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Originally Posted By: kass
I feel I was getting too negative, so let's have a post about the wonderful positive things about not having kids. I'll start.

To have a close, one-on-one relationship with your partner that no one comes between.


Reading in peace.

Getting a couple extra winks before having to get up.

Not having to worry.

Doing hobbies I always wanted.

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Not to have any more bills than we need every month.

Not having lame kid's shows on all the time because all kids seem to want to do is watch Yo Gabba Gabba and other [censored] these days.

Riding more than one ride at the amusement park.

Being able to sleep all the way through the night.

Enjoying a healthy, unwavering relationship with David.

No fights regarding how to discipline, how to parent or how to provide for someone who probably won't appreciate what you do anyway.

No one talks back to you.

Avoiding the years when that infant grows into a teenager, starts dating, wanting to have sex, wanting to get tatoos and any number of other things.

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Here's one for the nerd in us all,

being able to quietly play my video games without having to be bothered to tend to the children

reading a good comic book and laughing out loud without having to wake the baby.

Being able to stay up late on days off, very late.

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more moeny. being able to do things that i couldnt do in front of kids. travel long distances without unnecessay bathrooom stops. not having to deal with school issues or problems. not raising a replicant of myself.(that i would not like). camping without kids real nice. being able to enjoy life without having to set an example for a kid who likely wont care.

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Really good thing about living a blissfully child-free life: I won't become like my older sister who has proclaimed herself a "Stay at home mom" and does nothing but yell at her little 4 year old and infant.

Example: The other day I had checked my Facebook page, which is something I only ever do once or twice in a month. She had posted some thing about how children are so spoiled these days because this generation has computers, cell phones, microwaves and car seats. Well, excuse the world for becoming more technologically advanced while you were living under your rock sissy!

So, I replied back with this: Well everyone writing here has to have Facebook, which means they must have the Internet, which leads to my point that right now, you're all no more or less "spoiled" than I am. Though I won't argue with the fact that little kids these days are spoiled. Though it's not because things are more technologically advanced, it's because parents have become soft and give into their children's demands. Example: if mom and dad took me into a public place where I started throwing a fit and crying and screaming, I'd be taken home and punished. But parents today will continue their shopping, letting the child carry on and on, bothering and disrupting everyone else's shopping and even buy them a toy or candy to get them to be quiet. However, all that teaches the child is that if he/ she misbehaves or throws a fit, they get a toy or candy or something else. That's what I call spoiled, not having powerful research/networking tools like the Internet or smart phones. Besides, I used to have to stand out in the -10 degree PA weather for up to 45 minutes at a clip waiting for a bus that we didn't know would come. If anyone thinks, that's a lie, just ask Shannon (my other sister), because she was there too. Of and just FYI, when I heat things up, I DO use the stove XD besides, don't complain about amenities like a car seat or a computer if you use them yourself, it just proves how spoiled we ALL are.

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Having the freedom to travel: either on short notice or long term...(summer abroad anyone?) Having the freedom and money to always get to pursue MY interests and hobbies Never treating my beloved pets like second class citizens because a baby has arrived Three words: QUIET QUIET QUIET ahhhhh!

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Not going to prison for eating my kids !

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