Aspies having Children?

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I have 2 NT kids, though one of them exhibits some Aspie traits. When he had a stage when he was younger where he showed even more symptoms, I was pretty distressed. This was bascially because I didn't want him to grow up facing all the trials that I have had in life.

I don't really want kids either, but if I had to, I think the experience would be much more interesting with an AS kid.

Also, I think I would relate better to an AS kid... not so much with an NT child.

But either way, I suppose they're your kids and you love them no matter what...

Errrr.... I don't really want kids. Just not a priority right now for me...

Interesting question for me. Mrs. BubbaHoTep is pregnant. If I had a choice about it, which I don't, I would prefer our child to be NT so that he or she (we don't know yet) won't grow up "socially ret*d" like I did. But it doesn't matter. I will love my kid just the same- AS or not.

I don't want children, too much hassle and annoyance I think.

I've grown up in a dysfunctional family, where I had to play the marriage counselor all the time. I was also spanked, yelled at, and punished mercilessly. So I feel no desire to have children at all. When my friends question me about it, I tell them: "I tried living in a family once, and I don't want to go through it again." And as Anubis pointed out, kids are too much of a burden. After being mistreated for nearly two decades, I want to do things I enjoy: travel the world, have a dog, not answer to anyone but myself, etc. Yeah, it's selfish, but I've spent too much time being a combination of a marriage counselor and a puppet my parents controlled. So I want any life I have left to live to be mine and no one else's. As for having someone to inherit my savings and assets, I'm planning to give half to surviving relatives, and donate the rest to a synagogue.