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29 Oct 2011, 3:19 pm

It seems rather obvious to me.

Everyone wants to have sex. The child is just a bonus.


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29 Oct 2011, 3:38 pm

I'd rather live the life of a man than have sex with a man.


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29 Oct 2011, 3:42 pm

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To live vicariously through their children and brag about their offspring's accomplishments to anyone within hearing distance (also on the internet) because they're dissapointed with their own lives.

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I can say from experience the opposite to be true also



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29 Oct 2011, 5:07 pm

There are also people who want to carry on the legacies of their family names.


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29 Oct 2011, 5:42 pm

The days my children were born were the best days of my life. There are no words to describe the amount of happiness I felt inside when I heard and saw them for the first time. Most parents will understand what I'm talking about but there are some who just aren't into becoming and being a parent.


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29 Oct 2011, 11:00 pm

Why is it a bad thing wanting to have kids?Of course not as it is not bad not wanting to have kids.But the part of killing the kids is another subject matter because even though someone may not want kids that does not mean they have the right to kill it even though they may have the power.The ironic thing is the kid that will be born may even think the same way.



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30 Oct 2011, 1:34 am

to be gluttens for punishment.


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30 Oct 2011, 3:55 am

SammichEater wrote:
It seems rather obvious to me.

Everyone wants to have sex. The child is just a side effect.


Corrected.


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30 Oct 2011, 6:46 am

I want to have kids just because the idea of 'creating' a human being in a way is pretty damn interesting. I don't really like children in general, but the idea of having and raising a person from childhood into an adult is pretty cool.



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30 Oct 2011, 7:41 am

That gives them more Birthdays to celebrate and Birthdays are fun!


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30 Oct 2011, 9:35 am

List of stupid reasons :arrow:
To trick a guy into marriage.
To try & get money from a rich guy.
To try & keep a failing marriage together.
Some women actually like being pregnant & it's a fetish.
To get a bigger welfare check.


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30 Oct 2011, 9:43 am

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You should ask your parents this, as they are the only ones that can tell you what they were thinking when they decided to have you.


I was an accident :( Something like 75% of people don't plan their first child. Many don't plan their 2nd, 3rd...



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30 Oct 2011, 10:40 am

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To try & keep a failing marriage together.

I don't see how anyone could even think that could work. If anything, a kid would be the final nail in the coffin of a failing marriage.

Umm, societal pressures that that's what you're supposed to do when you grow up.
Tax breaks.
They want to buy all the cute clothes and accessories.
To get attention from their friends.
They wanted a puppy but wanted it to eventually be self-sufficient :lol:



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30 Oct 2011, 11:07 am

AdamDZ wrote:
TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
You should ask your parents this, as they are the only ones that can tell you what they were thinking when they decided to have you.


I was an accident :( Something like 75% of people don't plan their first child. Many don't plan their 2nd, 3rd...


Not planning the child doesn't make them an accident. I didn't plan my oldest, but I chose to continue the pregnancy and keep her once she was born. She was a surprise, not an accident.

My youngest was planned, though. He just came earlier than expected. :lol:


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30 Oct 2011, 11:47 am

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
Not planning the child doesn't make them an accident. I didn't plan my oldest, but I chose to continue the pregnancy and keep her once she was born. She was a surprise, not an accident.

My youngest was planned, though. He just came earlier than expected. :lol:

Actually if the child wasn't planned it is an accident, that's basically what "accidental pregnancy" means.


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30 Oct 2011, 11:50 am

Lecks wrote:
TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
Not planning the child doesn't make them an accident. I didn't plan my oldest, but I chose to continue the pregnancy and keep her once she was born. She was a surprise, not an accident.

My youngest was planned, though. He just came earlier than expected. :lol:

Actually if the child wasn't planned it is an accident, that's basically what "accidental pregnancy" means.


The pregnancy may have been an accident, but the child resulting is not. It's no accident when you decide to continue the pregnancy and keep the child.


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