Not liking children

[grr666]

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[orangepeeleo]

I had no interest at all in having kids...then the missus got pregnant. I still have no interest in other peoples, they're badly behaved and a PITA. I can only just about stand my own nephew!

It took me about 1 or 2 years to really start to like my own! When they're baby's I think its hard for a dad to make any sort of bond because they can't do anything, they are literally just there to be looked after and give the odd giggle back in return

My daughters five now though and she's fucking awesome, makes me crack up laughing daily, goes toilet herself, dresses herself, wakes up and makes her own cereal in the morning! Grabs snacks from the fridge when she's peckish, happy to watch netflix while i'm on the PS4...she's fairly self sufficient these days and i'm getting my life back! Side projects can happen again because I can grab an hour or 2 and do shit when she's around, started reading again...previously she'd need pretty much constant attention.

I think theres a stat somewhere that says married couples are much more likely to break up during the first 4 years of a childs life, and I can totally believe that, its tough but without getting all gushy its totally worth it I think. Had a parents evening this week and her teachers love her, her works brilliant, its a pretty cool feeling knowing we're doing alrite and bringing up a person that will contribute to the world lol
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[DrDonnyBrago]

I like quiet, well behaved babies/children that I can give back to their parents when they start to smell. I prefer them when they are a bit more human and less of a blob of shits, crying and unrequited affection.

I hate screaming spoiled brats.

I'll probably get one in a few years time, I have mixed feelings.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Rogerborg]

[Snowdonia Rider]

Interesting thread, at least there's honesty here.

Funnily enough, I'm sat here chillaxing as I'm waiting for the call to go up to hospital as my missus is in labour! Was there last night with her and she had to stay in, so once it gets closer to pushing I'll be up there like a shot! Wouldn't miss it for the world, my second girl No more for me though after this as I'm 31and don't want to be in my 50's with a teenager.

Kids are only as difficult as you make/let them be. Keep control of them and have an easy life
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[grr666]

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[nowhere.elysium]

Not a fan of the squalling shitlarva stage, certainly. Once they're past the 6/7 year mark they can be pretty entertaining (if you're lucky).
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[sabian92]

Hate kids, really cannot stand them. Don't want them, not having them.

My fiancee's brother asked us to have a kid so he could be an uncle. We told him to fuck off He wants loads of kids with his other half and I dread the day they ask us to babysit.

tldr no kids.

[Tungtvann]

My nieces were much nicer kids at a younger age, they pretty much stay this way up until adolescence, once they hit teenage years, they become far too self conscious, too preoccupied with wanting to be an adult and can be very bitchy a handful in general, and that's before you even throw boys into the mix.

The boys tended to be assholes as toddlers, constantly in stuff, needing to be watched in case they either break something or hurt themselves. Once they start approaching 10, none of my nephews were actually that bad at all. They tend to just want to play, ride bikes, kick a ball around, play videogames or whatever. Less concerned about their image, having bitchy friends or wanting to be older than they are. Probably more predisposed at causing mischief, but as long as they don't get in trouble doing things like petty vandalism, not that bad.

That's my experience of kids at varying ages, I think I'd prefer girls for the most part, but would not be looking forward to them becoming teenagers, or if I had a boy, I'd have to be quite strict with them to stop them being like 2 out of the 3 nephews through the ages of about 2-7.

[Pie-Roe]

I want kids. I enjoy other people's kids too.

I'm weird apparently.
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[pepperami]

It`s not kids I hate , It`s the bad parenting that allows/encourages kids to be ill-mannered, greedy, noisy, inconsiderate, rude, selfish self-centred, attention-seeking, self-gratifying, divisive, hateful little shits who go on to grow up to be more of the same!

"Give me" and "I want" being their most commonly used words.

Parent that jump and pander to their kids the very second they start squeaking and grizzling really irritate me!

There! got it of my chest I feel a lot better now
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[Rogerborg]

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[Twofish]

[DrDonnyBrago]

The "look after you when you are old" argument never ceases to amuse as it generally translates to "sell your house and put you in the cheapest home they can find".

With the £house + (£275,000 x n) you have saved by not raising parasitical small humans, you can get somewhere with a view and someone named Nigel to chew your food. If you were a savvy saver in life, you could probably get your arse wiped by supermodels too .

[duhawkz]

I'm going to blow it all on coke and hookers well before I get near a home.

I'll be in some state funded flea pit sat in corner in my own waste
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[Twofish]

And there's the other thing...I've been called selfish because I don't want children. Selfish because I don't want to look after them, be tied down and run around after them for the rest of my life. One friend's mother said to me 'oh your poor parents, how do they feel about it'. I dunno - my mother has had the good sense not to say or we would have fallen out a long time ago.

(Or I wonder if I was selfish for spending a lot of money on a fast car, having a bike, going abroad anything up to 4 times a year, being able to wear a bikini, doing cool things at the drop of a hat - all the things some of my friends can't do, wont' do or afford to do any more ).

And yet I've a friend who thinks that people who want children are selfish because all they want to do is produce mini-mes (surely that's just biology).

I guess those of use who don't want them are biologically weird...but so much better off financially, in life-experience, less stress etc. etc. We live longer too, if you like that sort of thing (and for the inevitable 'where's the stats for that', I don't know, it's just something I remember being told when I did my degree years ago).
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[Ste]

Maddie was so much nicer when younger.

[The Shaggy D.A.]

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[Ste]

Or, you could book a flight with Malaysian Airlines.

[grr666]

[Ste]

Your flights were bargain priced but the travel insurance cost an arm and a leg?

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[covent.gardens]

I don't want my own kids. I have no problem going out with girls that have kids though. I can play daddy pretty good, enjoy getting the toys out, giving piggy backs. Kids generally like me and I like them, but having my own I consider an enormous lifelong commitment, and a massive step, with too many drawbacks. My ex wanted kids, I didn't want them, she was approaching 30, it was probably why we broke up, she went on to have twins (so 3 kids total), I look back, and I don't regret a single thing, she struggled with one, now she's struggling with 3. I'm glad I'm not strugging with her. I think I'd probably do well as a fosterer, but I have no plans to. The only thing about not having kids, that has already been alluded to, is the risk of loneliness when you're older, with noone to look out for you. If my mum/dad need help I'm generally there. What'm I gunna do? That's the only real downside for me.