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How many children do you have?
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Two. A daughter, 19, and a son, 16. That's quite enough for me. Though I'm now single, I've absolutely no plans for more. Chasing after toddlers and sleeping 2 to 3 hrs at a stretch with newborns was an activity best suited for my twenties.
Best way to scare them: Buy a 10 gauge shotgun, and started cleaning it about 10 minutes before he comes to pick her up. He'll either be scared ******** or ask if he can use it.iSaint said:
None yet... still gotta, you know, get married.
And I always wonder about people who say "I am NEVER having kids". I respect that position, but I gotta wonder if their genes are screaming out (on the inside) "damn you, I wanna keep going!".
And I always wonder about people who say "I am NEVER having kids". I respect that position, but I gotta wonder if their genes are screaming out (on the inside) "damn you, I wanna keep going!".
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clayj said:
It's funny you say that. I'm mixed on the whole kids thing. I'm definitely getting biological urges, but (to cut a long and complicated story short) I want to be a kickass graphic designer in an agency for the forseeable future, but if I did have kids, I would want to be at home with them until they went to school. So, at the moment, it's incompatible, and rationally, I don't think I'm so into them as some people are.
My boyfriend is totally adamant he doesn't want kids. Not a problem for me, due to the above. He is awesome with kids though, which is very sweet, and in a way I've always been surprised he doesn't want them, because he's so good with them. But he's been this way since we met, and all is fine. I really do want this career more than I want kids (at the moment) as well.
The other day, we were having a conversation about the pill, and he said "Well, maybe I should get a vasectomy". I said, "Well, fine, if you really are 100% sure you don't want kids", knowing he has always said that, and if he is that sure, it would be a no brainer, right? In a way, it's been good for me always knowing he thinks that, because I think from what I want to do in a career and lifestyle way, not having kids works best. But he said "Well, you never know. Who knows how we'll both feel in 5 years?" So who knows! Even that determined chap changes his mind.
As far as I'm concerned, it's like being offered two great (but different) careers. If it comes to it, I'll have to decide. I think whichever I choose, I'll look back at it when I'm 50 and have regrets, but also I think I'll be happy whichever I choose. Who knows?! We'll see where I am in 5-10 years....
well i wouldnt mind having kids......in the next 20 years or so....not ready as yet i can barely take care of myselve (i always get my mother upset when i tell her i dont want any)
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no kids. don't know if it will ever happen actually. adoption possibly.
if i were to have kids, it wouldn't be until at least ten more years have passed.
if i were to have kids, it wouldn't be until at least ten more years have passed.
I don't have any now (not married, only 21) but I'm the oldest of 6 kids. I do plan to have kids eventually. Don't know how many, but I've always thought I want a big family. Of course, around here, big families are a lot more common than most places. Six kids is not at all unusual.
I always wondered whether or not I was the parenting type - pretty much thought I was against the whole kid thing. I changed my mind later in life, and after having two of them, I can't imagine life without them. May even go for a third...clayj said: