Do you have (or want to have) kids? - Page 3

Giving you big wave from the Ladies' section. I have no nervousness about it, but I'd stop typing this post if I could leave to go get my tubes tied today. Actually, I'm tired enough of being on the pill that I fully plan to have this discussion with my doctor in a couple of months about getting it done.

I'm the .96% of respondents who responded "I have 3 or more kids, and still want more." The more would not in all likelihood be biological spawn, but still.

It would be interesting to see how big of a family some of you come from. My wife and I both came from families with six kids. She wants 2 kids; I want three or four.

There's just me and my brother on my side (but I have lots of cousins; there's 9 grandkids on both my mom's & my dad's side), my wife is 4th of 5.

Ahhh, memories.

I have 2 kids, which I think is enough (or more than) but also, one on the way. All boys, and my oldest is 4.5.

I have one sister, who is four years younger than me. Part of me believes she was born female due to sheer force of will on the part of my four-year-old self. I cajoled, I begged, I bargained with the universe, and I got a sister. No icky boys in my house.

DaveB is an only child. His parents were so terrified by his glorious perfection that they couldn't bring themselves to reproduce again. Plus, I'm pretty sure he threatened them when he was three months old. At least, that's how his mom tells it.

His parents didn't want to be neg-repped, I imagine. That green bar is like the finger of God. If God were green.

My wife's family has a history of severe mental illness, so we passed on the breeding. I'd always assumed I'd want to have kids, and we figured we'd adopt when we felt ready. Well, we never felt ready. I'm 43 now, and I still don't regret never having had them.

Maybe I'm inherently selfish and value my free time too much. I work with children, and I enjoy being around them. But I talk to a lot of parents, and none of them ever have time to do anything. Just going to a movie requires an act of congress. I'm seriously pursuing writing now, something I absolutely would not have time for with children in the house.

My main problem is that I love small children, but as they get older, I have progressively less interest in them. And I absolutely cannot tolerate teenagers. The kid would be out of the house at twelve or be dead on his thirteenth birthday. Teenagers are the devil. I can't hate them enough.

I have two boys, 1 & 7. We're thinking of going for a third, but I'm going to have to increase our household income if I want to make that happen, as I think it'd be unfair to move the family to the (cheaper) exurbs.

Prove God ISN'T green.

I am so, so glad that neither Smeagol, duke_fleed nor fabfunk replied that they have spawned.

Maybe one day, but if they turn out like me I'm going to have to pull a Susan Smith on their asses.

I come from a "blended family". One younger sister from my mom and dad, three brothers from my stepmom and dad. By the time I left for college, the eldest of the three boys was five or six.

I have 2.
A girl aged 3 1/2 and a boy aged 1.
It's fucking exhausting at times, but I don't know what I'd do without them.

I am now a parent - Aurora Lee was born Aug 21st. She's actually chillaxin' right next to me as I type.

So far this parenting thing is OK.

...and she just woke up, I picked her up, and she dropped an amazingly loud dump-bomb into her diaper.

My wife and I are still chuckling about it.

Congrats! I have a daughter on the way as well. Can't wait.

Glad to hear things are going well so far, best of luck with everything!

That's a hilarious way to put it. Yeah, the first seven days are the hump. After that, it's all downhill.

Ya know, I probably would've been in the "never want kids" category a little while ago. After years of watching screaming children in malls throwing temper tantrums and wanting to yell at them "You're in a mall! What do you have to be so angry about?", I could see no way I could ever bring myself to deal with them.
Then, a month or so ago at a family get together, my cousin brought over her four year old daughter (what do you call those? Second cousins? Cousin once removed? Grand cousin?) and asked me to watch her. I tell ya, it was like having a friend who thinks every word that comes out of your mouth is the God's honest truth and every joke you make is hilarious. Cheezy as it sounds, it opened my eyes to just how fun a kid would be to have around, though I pray to God that my wife would be a 100 times more responsible than me. I'd definitely be the "dad the kid goes to whenever they need a report card signed or need money".
It's tricky, I hope to God if I have a kid I won't spoil them, because the last thing this world needs is yet another snobby, spoiled little bastard. I don't care if they grow up to be an astronaut farmer or a drummer, as long as they're a good person.
God, I feel mushy. I'm gonna go to one of the more cynical threads now.