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Swordsman3003 · Post by **Swordsman3003** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:21 pm

Allright, this week's serious topic is going to be children.

Do you have them? Do you like them? Do you want any?

Tellner · Post by **Tellner** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:26 pm

No. Yes. We really, really want them, but biology and the huge repeated doses of radiation my nuts absorbed will probably prevent it. So we will almost certainly adopt.

Halo299 · Post by **Halo299** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:48 pm

ok, here is my thing.

no, i do not have kids.

do i want any? i don't know.

for one thing i refuse to have kids that i couldn't send to college because my parents did that shit to me and there is no way i would put my own kids though that.

on that some note there is loads of crap going on in the world that i would feel terrible about putting my kids though. The best thing i could do for my kids is not have them.

but on the other hand, i think that i have learned a whole lot about life from the way i've had to grown up and i think that i could make an awsome parent if i was put in that situation.

i look at having kids this way. only the people that choose not to have them and are responsible and intellegent enough to see that decision though, would make good parents in the first place.
life is funny like that.

but that is just my opinion and i know i haven't had a 'typical' life so my point of view is far from normal in this regard.

-halo

Indigo Violent · Post by **Indigo Violent** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:57 pm

Kids are fine if you want them. I don't, and I don't see how that's anybody's concern but my own. I think people have kids for a lot of really bad reasons and we should stop expecting and encouraging people to breed.

MaryxTyphus · Post by **MaryxTyphus** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 3:14 pm

Nah, I don't want kids. I take care of enough as it is. The way I see it, I have four other younger siblings to take care of and I don't need my own.

So the old saying goes 'If I want to hear the Pitter patter of tiny feet throughout the house I'll put shoes on my cat'

Kingofthemorlocks · Post by **Kingofthemorlocks** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 3:19 pm

I have none of my own, currently.

I'm ambivalent towards having them. On one hand, yeah, it'd be cool to have a smaller version of myself to game with and such. Christine wants babies very very badly, though this is likely due to hormones and her desire should cool a bit when she hits her 20s, or so I am told.

Do I like them...? It varies. Some kids I like a lot, others I want to sell to Jonathan Swift.

Awkwardschoolgirl · Post by **Awkwardschoolgirl** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 3:31 pm

No, I don't have any kids.

I like kids after a certain age... as long as they're older than 2 or so... I wouldn't want to have to clean up any poo though...

I wouldn't want to give birth, but I'd love to adopt a couple of children sometime in the future. The only reason I'd ever have for wanting to give birth would be:

1) to get rid of some of these ideal baby names I've got floating around in my head, or 2) To see how they turn out.

But then my children would be experiments and I'd feel wrong about that. Giving birth just doesn't appeal to me at all...

Aeridus · Post by **Aeridus** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 3:35 pm

Kids are fun.

I'd probably have 2 or 3 whenever I get married, though certainly with a good bit of spacing between them. I know I'll definitely fit in the "embarrassing parent" category when they hit their teens, though. But don't all parents fit that category?

Goddessmisca · Post by **Goddessmisca** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:13 pm

Do you have them?
Goodness no! Unless you count my kangaroo rats, they are my babies!
Do you like them?
I volunteered in a day care for two years.... YES I like the little munchkins
Do you want any?
Why yes yes I do, My biological clock has been ticking since I was 16! But I'll wait till I'm atleast married, if not married and fincialy ready (but really is anoyine ever really ready). Unless I'm approachig 40 and still single then I'm hunting down my first boyfriend and saying "kay bitch, time to wack it into the cup"

Idealy one I want of each, a boy and a girl. If I get two girls I'll be willing to try again, unless my partner wants to stop at two, if I get two boys first HELL NO I'm not risking a third. Boys are evil.

I want to name my daughter Jezebel, cause it's so damned pretty but worry about her being scared for life.

I've never come up with a boys name.

Halo299 · Post by **Halo299** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:42 pm

I think adoption might be cool.

i mean the world realy dosen't NEED any more humans running around. but on the other hand i am very curious about what kind of kids me and my GF would have.

But i am horrified of having kids with birth defects or something. Some people are stong enough to handle that and i have a great deal of respect for them. but i don't think i could. I would feel way to guilty, and i am too prone to depression as it is. And i know for a fact that i don't have the best genes in the world.

in the end it is a very personal choice though and some people choose well while others don't. what works for me might not be your thing and visa versa.

-halo

Lowky · Post by **Lowky** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:48 pm

Do you have them?

Thank god no!

Do you like them?

[rimshot] Sure especially deep fried. [/rimshot]

Other peoples kids are fine, I will even watch them for a while, but then I am ready to give them back. People say I am great with kids. I don't see it, but *shrug* All I do is treat them like people. I do somewhat buy into the old adage that children are meant to be seen and not heard. I can remember when my buddy's wife was sick in hospital with C.diff ulcers, and I was watching kids. Neighbor kid came over and all she did was run around and screech, just to hear herself screech. Was ready to kill her. If her Mom hadn't come over to get her when she did...

Do you want any?[/quote]

only the deep fried ones, maybe as fondue....
But seriously, No thanks. Spent three summers working at a camp while in college. Was more than enough time to make me realize kids are not for me. Not to mention the fact, I know my patience level, I know how my grandfather treated my father, and my father me. would not want to be physically abusive...

Dudegirl · Post by **Dudegirl** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:48 pm

This reminds me of that song that goes 'I beleive that children are our future'.

As soppy as it sounds, I think it's true. I mean, who is going to be around when we are dead? It's bound to happen someday.

Squidflakes · Post by **Squidflakes** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:19 pm

I've got two kids in the squidcave, my son Korben Dallas and his sister Sophie Lauren. The kid in Awkward's icon is Korben.

Do I like them? Well, I'm legally obligated to like them until they are 18. They are both great kids. Korben is smart as hell and gets all the ladies in pre-school, so I'm pretty satisfied with my tentacle chibi. Other people's kids though, fuck 'em. I can't stand kids who are loud and obnoxious, dumb, ect.

As for me wanting any... I got the snip last year, so no, I don't want any more.

Honor · Post by **Honor** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:48 pm

Goddessmisca wrote:Idealy one I want of each, a boy and a girl.

What was that movie where they said "I want three children... One of each." I love that.

Ok. Do I have them...? Lots of SCA / Con kids, none of "my own".

Do I like them? Mostly I do, yes... It's an awfully handy and fun thing to joke about not likeing them... And there are lots of moments when it seems appropriate to honestly say "I don't like kids" or "I don't like other people's kids" or "I don't like bratty kids" but mostly, I think, what you're really saying there is that you don't like some lousy excuses for parents, or the way they raise their children... You know?

It's like someone putting some nasty-ass seasonings on a t-bone and cooking it very badly (iow, "well done") and then you taste it and say "Ew... I don't like steak." So, yeah. I like them.

Do I want some? Well... Probably not, no. No kids are even coming out of me, I'll tell you that for nothing. Even if I wanted any, I can't have 'em. I'm not sure how I'd go if a GF wanted some... I'd have to feel certain that I was ok with giving up such a large portion of my life as to be there for them at all times. A child deserves the best attention and effort you can give them, and nothing less.

Error of Logic · Post by **Error of Logic** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:51 pm

Do I like kids?

- Generally not the kind I meet on the streets, running in packs. Kids in a more settled environment, just being kids, though: yes.

Do I want kids?

- Definitely. ^^ But first marriage, then children. I'd love to be able to pass on what I've learned and to help a child take its first steps into life.

Goddessmisca · Post by **Goddessmisca** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 12:07 am

Honor wrote:
Goddessmisca wrote:Idealy one I want of each, a boy and a girl.
What was that movie where they said "I want three children... One of each." I love that.

Actually I would love three, but one of each would be ideal, I won't just say "I want three: cause that could lead to me thinking too much about wanting three and leading to three boys.

And boys are evil has already been established. PLUS I've found it much easier to convince males that two is a good idea then three.

Lowky · Post by **Lowky** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:46 am

Goddessmisca wrote: And boys are evil has already been established. PLUS I've found it much easier to convince males that two is a good idea then three.

Care to Elaborate?

I don't want kids, but I don't think I would want a daughter. With boys you only have to worry about one penis (for the most part, unless your child is GBT), whereas with girls you have to worry about every peubescent and post -peubescent penis on the planet.

Swordsman3003 · Post by **Swordsman3003** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:25 am

You know what I've always heard about numbers of kids?

"If you have one, have two. If you have three, have four."

For some reason, I too have noticed that kids get along better in families with even numbers of children.

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:30 am

Do you have them?
Not human Children. I do have 4 dogs though. up until last thanksgiving I had eight. (I bred Ginger and she had 6 puppies, I kept two)

Do you like them?
I like kids. I used to work at a summer camp and I always had fun teaching the girls to do things like canoe safty and how to cook eggs on the beach like a bum. I enjoy reading to my niece and even playing Barbies with her.

Do you want any?
I actually would love Children in the future, but I keep hitting snags. First I want to be finacially sound and living with Kisa before even starting. Then there is the whole medical issues that I have to get around. The only thing I'm mostly worried about is that the doctor will put me on Clomid and I'll end up with Twins. That's too much work.

Chaszmyr Mae'Val · Post by **Chaszmyr Mae'Val** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:31 am

swordsman3003 wrote:You know what I've always heard about numbers of kids?

"If you have one, have two. If you have three, have four."

For some reason, I too have noticed that kids get along better in families with even numbers of children.

I strongly disagree. I haven't spoken to my sister in about 4 years.

In answer to the questions originally posed;

No. No. And NO!

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