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My mother doesn't think she told me she didn't want me to have children and that I would be a terrible father even though I have memories of her saying these things.

My mother told me once that I'd be a terrible dad.

I'm not upset about that. She was probably right at that time.

Though I think I would be better now than when she told me this.

She used to pressure me into getting a vasectomy because she had this paranoid idea I would go to college and get a potential sex partner pregnant. Her fear was completely unfounded but not because I didn't want to not have sex but I was considered ugly by the opposite sex.

Thank you for that. I really would like to be a father some day----but it doesn't look likely at this point in time.

In reality, I'd probably be too strict in some respects, and too lenient in others. I would also have a problem keeping track of a toddler who is constantly on the go.

You got 17 years to catch up to me in age, Blackice.

Have you ever thought about being a dad? I bet you would make a good dad, too.

I've seen men helped by fatherhood.

When I think of being a dad, I think of taking my kid (boy or girl) to the ballgame, and just hanging out with them. Just letting them talk, rather than lecturing them. But I draw the line when a kid curses at me, or just is disrespectful.

Thanks, I was a step dad for a brief moment in my life. Though I don't have any ambitions of having any children of my own, though that would ultimately depend on my partner if something like that should ever arise. The magic 8-ball says "Don't count on it"

What Bertrand Russell said is so true....

In Blackice's signature.

Russell said, basically, that what is "eccentric" now becomes "commonplace and accepted" later. Especially if what is seen as being "eccentric" is something of great substance.

Vincent Van Gogh was a virtual pariah when he was alive. I believe he only sold one piece of his art in his lifetime. Nowadays, his whole art collection is worth in the billions of dollars.

Thanks, Claradoon. You're sweet.