Should You Really Have Kids?

b743k

Many people often just assume that they'll have kids or feel pressure to have them but I can think of many people who really should not have. Money aside for now, should you really have kids?

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-should-you-really-have-kids-test

Kojak

Sure kids are good for ordering around for no good reason....

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Most kids that I know haven't been planned but have never been regretted
F*ck tests like that, or personality types, the most natural thing in the world is to have a ride and kids are a result and if the cavemen could do it then maybe 21st century soft fools like us could manage it

af_thefragile

Well if our parents asked the same question, we might not be here... ya know...

hondasam

I failed, how do I give them back.

charlemont

I have one son but I'll never plan to have anymore unless I'm settled in another country.

starbelgrade

If people didn't have kids, the world would be a very lonely place indeed.

Just think - you post on Boards. Then ten minutes later, you have to reply to your own response... and quote it.

Then again. You could post what you want without fear or reprisal from the Mods & thanks whore till your heart's content, so as an argument, it's a bit of a grey area!

Dotrel

I don't even have enough commitment to finish that test (quit when I saw there was a page 2). I'm fairly sure I couldn't take care of kid for 18 years then.

hondasam

starbelgrade wrote: »

If people didn't have kids, the world would be a very lonely place indeed.

Just think - you post on Boards. Then ten minutes later, you have to reply to your own response... and quote it.

Then again. You could post what you want without fear or reprisal from the Mods & thanks whore till your heart's content, so as an argument, it's a bit of a grey area!

You on the sherry star?

b743k

Well obviously most people are good parents, I just wondered how many people thought about it and decided that they wouldn't be and decided not to.

af_thefragile

starbelgrade wrote: »

If people didn't have kids, the world would be a very lonely place indeed.

Just think - you post on Boards. Then ten minutes later, you have to reply to your own response... and quote it.

Then again. You could post what you want without fear or reprisal from the Mods & thanks whore till your heart's content, so as an argument, it's a bit of a grey area!

Imagine having the whole world to yourself... Like just yourself!!
It'ld be awesome! I can go anywhere I want, do anything I want!
I would have a pet cheetah who'ld be my companion and we'ld hunt together, roam around the wilderness together, play together and have lots of fun!!

starbelgrade

hondasam wrote: »

You on the sherry star?

The finest sherry known to mankind, my dear!

DeVore

Kids are at least an 18 year project, unless you are prepared to commit to that amount of work, then you need to really carefully consider it imho.

I know that while I'd love to have a son (sorry ladies, I wont lie, I'd love a daughter dearly but when I think about it, its always a son I imagine) I am not prepared or even in the situation to make that kind of compromise....


DeV.

hondasam

DeVore wrote: »

Kids are at least an 18 year project, unless you are prepared to commit to that amount of work, then you need to really carefully consider it imho.

I know that while I'd love to have a son (sorry ladies, I wont lie, I'd love a daughter dearly but when I think about it, its always a son I imagine) I am not prepared or even in the situation to make that kind of compromise....


DeV.

For that you will have seven daughters. keep this post.

DEFTLEFTHAND

At the moment I'd say it would be a disaster if I was to have a child as I'm no way fit to be a proper father yet. I would love to have at least one though, preferably in my late thirties.

Ronin247

Someone should have asked David Norris's ex this question...

hondasam

starbelgrade wrote: »

The finest sherry known to mankind, my dear!

It's time for bed, that post made no sense to you I would say.we have no chance.:p

starbelgrade

DeVore wrote: »

I know that while I'd love to have a son ,I am not prepared or even in the situation to make that kind of compromise....


DeV.

Low sperm count.

That's a bummer dude.

- Star

EGAR

I didn't keep the receipt so I am fecked either way.

willmunny1990

No, there c*nts:pac:

Bride2012

Seeing the cruel amount of child abuse and neglect that I see in my job in this country far more people should be asking themselves this question!

starbelgrade

But kids are the future!

epgc3fyqirnbsx

#kids are pretty ****e for a long time but once they can make a cup of tea and put on the fire they're a good investment

cofy

b743k wrote: »

Well obviously most people are good parents, I just wondered how many people thought about it and decided that they wouldn't be and decided not to.

And so many people were not afforded the choice, either they can't have children or became parents without intending to.

Bride2012

cofy wrote: »

b743k wrote: »

Well obviously most people are good parents, I just wondered how many people thought about it and decided that they wouldn't be and decided not to.

And so many people were not afforded the choice, either they can't have children or became parents without intending to.

I assume that this isn't about people who can't have kids but opening a debate on whether people think logically through the aspects to make a decision or just head along into it.

PeterIanStaker

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Saila

78% :eek:

but not really --> :eek:

more :cool:

Overheal

Apparently I would make a loving father.

Well I already knew that. My own father is a bit of a c*nt, so I learned everything I shouldn't do from him :pac:

Jesus Wept

af_thefragile wrote: »

Well if our parents asked the same question, we might not be here... ya know...

So?

Saila

The-Rigger wrote: »

So?

I find this more than ironic the mod of sunshine lollipops and rainbows saying this

stovelid

Stop being predicable boring teenage cunts and go to bed.

efb

23% No. Woot!

Bride2012

It's not for everyone and with improvements in contraception it is becoming a choice not to. People should accept people's decision not to if that's what they want. I know of a couple who get all sorts of questions and stupid remarks from virtual strangers because they made the decision to focus on their careers, travel and generally enjoy their lives together.

ascanbe

DeVore wrote: »

Kids are at least an 18 year project, unless you are prepared to commit to that amount of work, then you need to really carefully consider it imho.

I know that while I'd love to have a son (sorry ladies, I wont lie, I'd love a daughter dearly but when I think about it, its always a son I imagine) I am not prepared or even in the situation to make that kind of compromise....


DeV.

This fella's getting too big for his britches.

strobe

Easy solution. Just have loads of kids but have nothing to do with them. That's the best of both worlds.*


*Obviously that is meant satirically.

Saila

stovelid wrote: »

get off my lawn!

fyp.

stovelid

Saila wrote: »

fyp.

The tired gag is actually get orrf my lawn

Little Acorn

I don't really want children but did the test. I got exactly 50%.

Saila

stovelid wrote: »

The tired gag is actually get orrf my lawn

its actually made so much better by having cantankerous geebag

<<<<<<<<<<<< over there ^

bronte

No

cofy

b743k wrote: »

Many people often just assume that they'll have kids

Bride2012 wrote: »

I assume that this isn't about people who can't have kids but opening a debate on whether people think logically through the aspects to make a decision or just head along into it.

When I was pregnant with my first child (having been told that I could not have children) the attending nurse told me that 95% of first pregnancies were not planned, therefore for the majority of people its not about logical thinking or making a decision. But this is just my opinion. I was not intending to open a new debate. I'm just trying to point out that there are numerous situations that people find themselves in.

Run_to_da_hills

Having kids is just like like putting a sidecar on a motorbike.

Pherekydes

DeVore wrote: »

Kids are at least an 18 year project, unless you are prepared to commit to that amount of work, then you need to really carefully consider it imho.

Bull****! Kids should be independent by the time they're 8. We should feck them out in the wilds, the way the Spartans used to do. That way, they won't become insufferable teenagers by the time they're 14, thinking they know everything. They'll either know everything (worth knowing) or be dead. Win, Win.

Tazio

After years and years of disliking everyone.elses kids in the past.. Im sitting here typing this post on my phone in the Cork maternity hospital just watching our latest addition to the family.....

Kids are the best thing ever! Way better than cars imo.

So OP, the answer is yes.

whydoibother?

I got

"should think it over
you are 40% parent material".:D

Irish Guitarist

I was trying to score as low as possible but I answered the one about whether I thought children should be hit or not honestly and said no. I also made the mistake of saying that if a child is sad the best way to handle the situation is to ask what's wrong. I ended up getting 23%. That's way too high.

bnt

I took the quiz (38% = No), and was interested to see some of the questions were on the selfish reasons people say they have kids e.g. "to look after me in my old age". I hope anyone saying Yes to those questions was marked negatively: the idea of having kids just to solve one of my possible problems is horrendous - yet I have heard people say things like that in general terms. "If we don't all have kids, who will pay our pensions?" You cannot be serious, right?

I decided at a fairly young age that the population of the world was too high, and I wasn't going to make things worse. I now know it's not quite that simple, but the basic idea remains valid. We may have dodged the Malthusian bullet several times, but the mathematical logic is implacable. In this age of mass migration, we can't ignore what's happening in Asia and especially Africa, where populations are still rising quickly. Globally, we're heading for a wall, like a scene from one of those Final Destination films: It's not If, it's When.

Novella

I would absolutely hate to have a child at this point in my life but I think it's something I'd like to do down the line. Right now, I wouldn't be prepared to give up my freedom... And I really like sleeping!

volvoman480

Tazio wrote: »

After years and years of disliking everyone.elses kids in the past.. Im sitting here typing this post on my phone in the Cork maternity hospital just watching our latest addition to the family.....

Kids are the best thing ever! Way better than cars imo.

So OP, the answer is yes.

Congratulations... All going well I hope...

pragmatic1

Nah. After looking after my nieces and nephews for a few hours its definitely not something that I want to do full time.

Killer Pigeon

Personally, I don't understand why people want to have kids. Don't people realise that humanity is a plague to this earth and needs to be eradicated once and for all. The only way to do this in a way that wouldn't amount to mass genocide is simple to chemically sterilise everyone through the air and water supply. It would take ~80-90 years for humanity to just die off.