Do You Want Kids? - Page 4

HECKLER SPRAY · 10.24.2007, 07:17 AM

That' s a good argument.

PAULYBEE2656 · 10.24.2007, 08:20 AM

i have 2, love em but dont want anymore. in fact the appointment for the "snip" is in the thought process at the moment. all i have to do is pluck up the balls (if u excuse the expresion) to go in to the docs and do te deed!

Savage Clone · 10.24.2007, 08:23 AM

It takes 15 minutes; they do it all outside the body now, and the holes are so tiny that they don't even have to stitch you up.
It's really not all that bad. I watched them do mine; it was pretty interesting.
You definitely can't do any heavy lifting for a week or two afterward, but it's not all that agonizing.

HairwayToSteven · 10.24.2007, 08:38 AM

PAULYBEE2656 · 10.24.2007, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

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You definitely can't do any heavy lifting for a week or two afterward......

man i like yr selling point!

girlgun · 10.24.2007, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

So, fuck it. I'm not going to create something beautiful that will be corrupted by this wasteland. And I also wish I hadn't been born either.

wow.

Rob Instigator · 10.24.2007, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex's Trip

And now Darwin is dead. What does that tell you?! Huh? HUH!?

darwin's progeny are still around.

Rob Instigator · 10.24.2007, 01:59 PM

and all you laides out there, trust me, when you hit 30 years old yr body starts pumping itself and yr brain full of certain chemicals that will make you drool with desire the moment you see/hear/feel a baby child near you. It is yr body telling you "you better have the kids now because soon it will be too late!"

a woman's fertility peaks at age 17-23. after that it drops 15-20% every 5 years, and by the time you are 32 yr fertility is about 45% of what it was at yr peak.

I know all this stuff cuz me and the ex-wife tried for years and years to hage children, read all about it, research, etc. and when it did not happen (she was 31-32 at the time) we got tested and I found out I am nearly infertile. we tried for 3 years for nothing. it was rough.

It is for the best because our marriage was slowly crumbling and children would have made the divorcee so much more painful.

there, I've said enough!

_slavo_ · 10.24.2007, 02:02 PM

No offence intended for those of you guys that said "no", but ain't that just a bit selfish not to want to raise a child? I mean, I'm just thinking about it like that at the present moment. Like "no, this world is a shithole anyway, I don't want my kids to grow up in a place like that"
...hmmmm, here in my country we have a saying "I am here and behind me comes the flood" - you know? It seems like you don't care what happens when you pass away, when you're just gone. You're over and that's it.

I don't think so. I think it's sort of (in a twisted way maybe, I admit) my responsibility to have a child and just let the family carry on.

but again, I ain't blinded by any beliefs or anything, I'm just thinking about it.

cryptowonderdruginvogue · 10.24.2007, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by girlgun

are you people talking about adopting non-caucasian unamerican non-babies? because white american babies aren't exactly easy to come by. you gotta wait a long time......and pay a lot of fucking money. if you are talking about non-caucasian unamerican non-babies... then that's really fantastic and amazing.

a child is a child
if i'm going to adopt, race would have nothing to do with it

Rob Instigator · 10.24.2007, 02:08 PM

children are the only real shot anyone has at immortality

Your genes live on, your DNA lives on, your mitochondria live on.

they go into the gene pool of humanity and add to it. not having children is not an easy chouice, just like having children is not an easy choice.

the thing being that maybe half of all children born were "surprises/accidents"

cryptowonderdruginvogue · 10.24.2007, 02:10 PM

I don't know if you remember but my parents have been in the process of adopting a little girl
I think she arrives next week
So excited

Rob Instigator · 10.24.2007, 02:16 PM

that's wonderful crypto! you will have a new sister.

teach her right from wrong and steer her towards good music

luxinterior · 10.24.2007, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by cryptowonderdruginvogue

I don't know if you remember but my parents have been in the process of adopting a little girl
I think she arrives next week
So excited

I remember you saying that a while ago, but I had no idea when it would actually happen. That's great! How old is she?

Savage Clone · 10.24.2007, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by _slavo_

No offence intended for those of you guys that said "no", but ain't that just a bit selfish not to want to raise a child?

Your point being what exactly?
Yes, it's selfish, but I'm not going to take on the World's Biggest Commitment just so someone doesn't accuse me of a type of selfishness I'm perfectly willing to admit.
And I have no problem with living a barren, sterile existence that ends when I die.

cryptowonderdruginvogue · 10.24.2007, 03:24 PM

she's one and a half, i believe

Anngella · 10.24.2007, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by girlgun

that's very admirable! but probably a lot more difficult than not dropping a baby. lot of emotional issues to deal with and stuff.

I've always been way better at listening/giving advise than with holding things, so I don't think it would be too bad.

Cantankerous · 10.26.2007, 12:47 AM

no, i'm totally fine with being "the cool aunt"
but if it happens it happens, i suppose

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she arrives next week

crypto did you guys order a kid in the mail?

!@#$%! · 10.26.2007, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

crypto did you guys order a kid in the mail?

organ harvesting is big in texas

Cantankerous · 10.26.2007, 01:31 AM

funniest thing i've heard all day

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10.24.2007, 07:17 AM	#61
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10.24.2007, 08:20 AM	#62
PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	i have 2, love em but dont want anymore. in fact the appointment for the "snip" is in the thought process at the moment. all i have to do is pluck up the balls (if u excuse the expresion) to go in to the docs and do te deed! __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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10.24.2007, 08:23 AM	#63
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,287	It takes 15 minutes; they do it all outside the body now, and the holes are so tiny that they don't even have to stitch you up. It's really not all that bad. I watched them do mine; it was pretty interesting. You definitely can't do any heavy lifting for a week or two afterward, but it's not all that agonizing.
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10.24.2007, 08:38 AM	#64
HairwayToSteven children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Iowa. Posts: 266	No.
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10.24.2007, 01:59 PM	#68
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,943	and all you laides out there, trust me, when you hit 30 years old yr body starts pumping itself and yr brain full of certain chemicals that will make you drool with desire the moment you see/hear/feel a baby child near you. It is yr body telling you "you better have the kids now because soon it will be too late!" a woman's fertility peaks at age 17-23. after that it drops 15-20% every 5 years, and by the time you are 32 yr fertility is about 45% of what it was at yr peak. I know all this stuff cuz me and the ex-wife tried for years and years to hage children, read all about it, research, etc. and when it did not happen (she was 31-32 at the time) we got tested and I found out I am nearly infertile. we tried for 3 years for nothing. it was rough. It is for the best because our marriage was slowly crumbling and children would have made the divorcee so much more painful. there, I've said enough! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.24.2007, 02:02 PM	#69
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,886	No offence intended for those of you guys that said "no", but ain't that just a bit selfish not to want to raise a child? I mean, I'm just thinking about it like that at the present moment. Like "no, this world is a shithole anyway, I don't want my kids to grow up in a place like that" ...hmmmm, here in my country we have a saying "I am here and behind me comes the flood" - you know? It seems like you don't care what happens when you pass away, when you're just gone. You're over and that's it. I don't think so. I think it's sort of (in a twisted way maybe, I admit) my responsibility to have a child and just let the family carry on. but again, I ain't blinded by any beliefs or anything, I'm just thinking about it. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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10.24.2007, 02:08 PM	#71
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,943	children are the only real shot anyone has at immortality Your genes live on, your DNA lives on, your mitochondria live on. they go into the gene pool of humanity and add to it. not having children is not an easy chouice, just like having children is not an easy choice. the thing being that maybe half of all children born were "surprises/accidents" __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.24.2007, 02:10 PM	#72
cryptowonderdruginvogue invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the party Posts: 10,281	I don't know if you remember but my parents have been in the process of adopting a little girl I think she arrives next week So excited
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10.24.2007, 02:16 PM	#73
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,943	that's wonderful crypto! you will have a new sister. teach her right from wrong and steer her towards good music __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.24.2007, 03:24 PM	#76
cryptowonderdruginvogue invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the party Posts: 10,281	she's one and a half, i believe
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10.26.2007, 01:31 AM	#80
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	funniest thing i've heard all day
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