Life is too short to have kids

All the power to you. To each their own.

I am 53, and going on vacations and celebrating accomplishments, etc with my adult children.

My grandmother used to gauge how rich someone was by how many kids they had. Everyone has their own unique perspective. I have two kids so I am not that rich but I feel fortunate to have them in my life.

You forgot that 40% of marriages also end in divorce (and that usually brings hell afterwards)

"The specific character of despair is precisely this: it is unaware of being despair.”

Søren Kierkegaard

I had a kid at 21. Now that my kid is solidly a teenager I’ve started to travel the world. Some trips with my son, others solo when he doesn’t want to go. In the next 12 months I have a 7 night Disney cruise in September, then December Machu Piccu, that same week fly to Patagonia to do the 50 mile W trek at Torres Del Paine. Then March 2026 another Disney Cruise in Singapore. Then spend a week in China and Japan. In the last year I’ve been to Bogota and Cartagena in Colombia and music Festival in Monterrey, Mexico and then flew to Mexico City to see Teotihuacán and the Templo Mayor. I couldn’t imagine having more kids and giving up travel. After March 2026 I’m deciding on a Europe trip. I’m 36 and I feel bad for my friends and colleagues who are just now having kids. Their lives are over. By the time their kids are out of the house they will be too old to do anything fun.

I've fathered children by many different women. I don't know most of their names.

The only upside to having kids is having someone to take care of you when your good health is over.. it’s essentially an investment. At 30 years old right now I don’t really want kids due to everything you explained.. on top of that I would not want to bring anyone into this cruel and terrible world not to mention I am not and will probably never have the financial stability to care for children.. honestly it is cruel to be poor and have children, if you are poor get an abortion, save your child and yourself from suffering.

JD Vance says you need to have them, and I quote (20221):

“We owe something to our country. We owe something to our future. The best way to invest in it is to ensure the next generation actually exists. I think we have to go to war against the anti-child ideology that exists in our country.”

Probably be some mandates or higher taxes for those who refuse to listen, coming from the govt. that makes you afraid just to read the latest news.

OP, you sound boring already.

Maybe I am muslim.

Or maybe I'll convert just to piss off the f'r.

Have a merry xmas, just the two of you.

That's like doing minimal training in your teens and 20s in the hope that you'll have fresh legs in your 50s and can dominate the local masters scene as an older guy. No thanks, I'd rather enjoy my prime years.

The investment is not just low-return but also high-risk. There's no guarantee that you'll even reach old age in the first place. What if you get killed in an accident before then? If you do reach old age, will you need much care? Ed Whitlock ran a sub 4 hour marathon at 85 and died the following year, so who knows how your life will be. Even if you do need care, will home health aides and/or intelligent robots be sufficient? Will the future give us cures for most ailments?

And most critically, is there any expectation that your kids will care for you, or will they end up living in another state and be too busy with their own lives?

You may be right, but I'm fine with being boring to some people since I'm not trying to become an influencer or a celebrity.

My point still stands, though. Maybe my activities are boring to you, and you'd rather do something else like trying to become the local chess champion or taking up martial arts. But why have kids when you could be spending your time doing those things instead? Every minute and dollar spent on childcare is a minute and dollar that can't be used perfecting your chess tactics or Jujitsu moves.

L L, we know you are Elon Musk !!

Even if that argument were correct, would you rather have one good day and 364 bad days, or have 364 good days and one bad day?

I don't want kids, everyone else go for it. I live an unconventional life and I love it. Freedom. Nobody, nobody tells me what to do. Have a roster, 3 strong at the moment and 1 in the talking stage. Getting it all the time. No stress. Courts biased. I live in a rich area, lots of divorced women here living it up which is strange because most have crappy jobs or no job. Oh yeah, ex-hubby is paying for her new life. That new life includes riding the carousel, shopping, and vacations with the girls. Bad mouthing dad in front of the kids is a bonus. Be careful. Spoiler - Your kids aren't looking after you when you get older. I would get long term health insurance tomorrow, if you have to go in assisted living it's a fortune per month.

Ask yourself this, why did my folks have me?

And, why do so many have a flock of kids?

Grow a pair and ask a girl out. Might take a few tries, but can’t get a hit if you don’t take a swing. This would help with your depression.

What is it with right wing weirdos pretending to have a lot of women falling over them?

It's sad enough that Steve the Addict is doing an Andrew Tate cosplay, but you're just trying to be Steve the Addict, which is tragic.