I'm 57, wife is 58 - been married 30 years. Love our cat dearly, never had any kids nor wanted any. Other than to reply to threads like this on various forums, I never think about children at all.
Yet you feel the need to mention that you love your cat.
Kids are pure hell. Glad I live in CA with a hot wife and zero kids. Maybe you miserable suckers in Ohio need something to do. I work in a nursing home and most residents have kids living nearby who never come to visit. Bad enough they dump their mom/dad in a nursing home just to die alone. Screw kids. One resident has family that come often, though. The grandkid is going through a “gender change” and it’s just a weird little mutant teenager. The family hates that kid. Well, who wouldn’t? Imagine raising some unemployed little a$$weed that thinks he’s a girl. No way. We will enjoy our running and traveling and CA paradise. You miserable parents better start saving more $$$ to blow on your monsters for Xmas. Ewwww kids are just nasty. No thanks.
I'm 57, wife is 58 - been married 30 years. Love our cat dearly, never had any kids nor wanted any. Other than to reply to threads like this on various forums, I never think about children at all.
A f'ing cat?! Wow, how empty your life must be to mention a cat when discussing having or not having children. Do you think your cat is a good stand-in for children?
Kids are pure hell. Glad I live in CA with a hot wife and zero kids. Maybe you miserable suckers in Ohio need something to do. I work in a nursing home and most residents have kids living nearby who never come to visit..
You’re a male nurse?? Hahaha that’s a woman’s job hate to break it to you.
Nothing, no experience or trip or expensive meal or beach vacation or party available to the childless couple couple can match the joy of love between a parent and their child.
I am sorry but its true. Sure childless couples can lead happy and meaningful lives, but they can never have this rich sense of deep commitment, love and sense of purpose that occurs between a parent and child. No amount of money can make up for that.
End of thread.
I'm glad you love your kids, but man.. you are freakin insufferable. Every post is a freakin Hallmark card gone too far.
Give it a rest buddy. You reproduced. Big Fin' deal. The "miracle of birth" takes place every second around the earth. Congrats.
Nothing, no experience or trip or expensive meal or beach vacation or party available to the childless couple couple can match the joy of love between a parent and their child.
I am sorry but its true. Sure childless couples can lead happy and meaningful lives, but they can never have this rich sense of deep commitment, love and sense of purpose that occurs between a parent and child. No amount of money can make up for that.
End of thread.
I'm glad you love your kids, but man.. you are freakin insufferable. Every post is a freakin Hallmark card gone too far.
Give it a rest buddy. You reproduced. Big Fin' deal. The "miracle of birth" takes place every second around the earth. Congrats.
After millions of years of life propagating itself, countless generations of your ancestors carrying forward the torch of life, it stops with you. The light goes out on your lineage. As sexually reproducing animals, reproduction IS the most meaningful thing you can do. There are countless sexually reproducing animals who are willing to give their lives just for a chance at reproduction. People like you are willing to give that up so they can have more free time to pursue leisure or travel more.
My longtime girlfriend and I had a few discussions over the last year about whether we should have kids. We're rapidly reaching the age where it won't be possible (and maybe we're already there).
Well we found out yesterday that she has stage IV lung cancer. So she's somewhat thankful she doesn't have to worry about the kids.
My longtime girlfriend and I had a few discussions over the last year about whether we should have kids. We're rapidly reaching the age where it won't be possible (and maybe we're already there).
Well we found out yesterday that she has stage IV lung cancer. So she's somewhat thankful she doesn't have to worry about the kids.
Just came back to this thread and wondered how she's doing.
There are plenty of instincts we override. Tribalism, war, and violence are on the decline over the past few centuries, but there's certainly something in the human condition that pulls us toward this. Homosexuality was largely thought as unnatural in the 20th century, but we've as a society altered that stance
No, we haven't. You little sub-culture might have embraced it, but in another 30 years it won't matter, Europe will be under Sharia law, and the USA will have rejected sodomy again. I bet you couldn't imagine Roe V Wade being overturned, but since conservatives have children and Leftists don't, only matter of time before sodomite acceptance bites the bullet too.
I'm 57, wife is 58 - been married 30 years. Love our cat dearly, never had any kids nor wanted any. Other than to reply to threads like this on various forums, I never think about children at all.
Yet you feel the need to mention that you love your cat.
In keeping with the spirit of the thread, if you haven’t had a truly great cat you can’t possibly know what you’re missing.
Kids are pure hell. Glad I live in CA with a hot wife and zero kids. Maybe you miserable suckers in Ohio need something to do. I work in a nursing home and most residents have kids living nearby who never come to visit..
You’re a male nurse?? Hahaha that’s a woman’s job hate to break it to you.
Hahahaahahaa! Strike 1 ! Not a nurse and make more than you 🖕🖕🖕
I’m 36, married with 2 kids. Wife and I disagree a bit and discuss divorce. But it’s all worth it for my kids to jump in my arms at the end of a long day at work. Even was one a business trip and met a girl at the hotel bar. Blasted inside her raw dog. Like someone above said, there’s a natural urge/instinct to leave your seed and plant a legacy on this rock of ours we only get one spin on.
I’m 36, married with 2 kids. Wife and I disagree a bit and discuss divorce. But it’s all worth it for my kids to jump in my arms at the end of a long day at work. Even was one a business trip and met a girl at the hotel bar. Blasted inside her raw dog. Like someone above said, there’s a natural urge/instinct to leave your seed and plant a legacy on this rock of ours we only get one spin on.
No, we haven't. You little sub-culture might have embraced it, but in another 30 years it won't matter, Europe will be under Sharia law, and the USA will have rejected sodomy again. I bet you couldn't imagine Roe V Wade being overturned, but since conservatives have children and Leftists don't, only matter of time before sodomite acceptance bites the bullet too.
We have a birthday party every month with our kids and grand kids, always something going on. We enjoy being involved in their lives sure beats just the two of us, think that would totally suck.
Soon it will be the holidays what are the holidays with no family, that would also suck.
Why anyone would prefer to not have a family maks no sense to me that should be what life is all about.....family.
Out in my Fortress of Solitude/man cave is a painting of Robert Johnson and another of Jimi Hendrix that my son had painted for me by an artist friend of his, he loves his dad. Also a drawing of Lighthin' Hopkins one of my grand daughters drew for me, she loves grandpa.
The wife already talking about Christmas gifts and who needs what. No family for the holidays......why?
I'm 57, wife is 58 - been married 30 years. Love our cat dearly, never had any kids nor wanted any. Other than to reply to threads like this on various forums, I never think about children at all.
Yet you feel the need to mention that you love your cat.
I'm 57, wife is 58 - been married 30 years. Love our cat dearly, never had any kids nor wanted any. Other than to reply to threads like this on various forums, I never think about children at all.
A f'ing cat?! Wow, how empty your life must be to mention a cat when discussing having or not having children. Do you think your cat is a good stand-in for children?
Yet you feel the need to mention that you love your cat.
In keeping with the spirit of the thread, if you haven’t had a truly great cat you can’t possibly know what you’re missing.
I love this! It's so true. I don't pretend to know what being a parent is like. I understand that there are biological changes to a person (male & female) when they have children that creates that incredible bond. Thing is, as I've never experienced parenthood I cannot say I miss it as I don't understand it. I also never felt like there was any pull in that direction or anything, I never really thought about it and therefore I hit 57 with no kids.
I do think about being old and having no one to take care of me, but I feel I'm reconciled with that. I'm too poor for a long term home situation and assume that if I hit senior years it'll all take care of itself. My life experience has taught me that there is no safety net.
When our old friends get together and we all have kids except one couple, that couple seems to be lacking something. Sure things were easy for them in their 30's and 40's but now they are missing out. I can't imagine life without my kids.
I have to wonder if they regret their decision.
Sadly, I know two couples, one early 60's, the other late 50's, who deeply regret HAVING kids. I've known them most of their lives and all are (to my eye anyway) wonderful people and appeared to be good parents. Both had kids who were nightmares of drug/alcohol addiction, mental health issues, and in one case prison. One of the guys told me unequivocally having kids was life ruining; destroyed his marriage, as well as his physical, emotional, and financial health. Sometimes it's just a lottery and if you lose, you lose big. Tragedy for all concerned.