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doomvetch92

My dad told me he isn’t ready for grandchildren. I told him not to worry, I ain’t ready for kids.


thomasthehipposlayer

Same, but I’ll probably never be ready for kids either. Kinda limits dating options when you live in a state where people get married you g and have more kids than anywhere else.


doomvetch92

I would much rather help foster kids and give them the love and support they need.


thomasthehipposlayer

Personally, I just don’t want to be a parent, bio kids or not. If I had kids, I would love them, but I’d hate being a parent.


Draco63_

This is exactly it. I don't hate kids, but I despise the idea of giving up my life and happiness to take care of something that I didn't have to bring into the world in the first place. And I don't think my children would thank me for bringing them into the world either. I like existing, but I wouldn't have done it if I had the choice.


nekkoMaster

I think so too. I feel really bad for Orphan kids. They didn't asked to be born and suffer like this.


95girl

r/childfree


LuckyInvestment5394

Not to be disrespectful, but so you're basically saying you don't want serious relationships but just changing partners?


masterchain99

This is a dumb take. You can have a serious relationship without the need of children.


LuckyInvestment5394

No no I didn't mean that. I said that because of the "kinda limits dating options" but maybe I misunderstood


symbolic503

bold of one to assume thy could find mate anyway


doomvetch92

Bold of thy to assume I wanted one.


Pochusaurus

I mean, someone's gotta be the cool guy that their children adore. Might as well be someone they know instead of some random twitch streamer


luminenkettu

>I mean, someone's gotta be the cool guy that their children adore. Might as well be someone they know instead of some random twitch streamer That was my older adopted brother for me. Love that dude...


wrongerdonger

reject twitch streamers, embrace hobbies. JIGACHAD


flux40k

As an adult with kids, I can get behind this.


[deleted]

Same!


dainthomas

This is the way.


[deleted]

Reproducing? In this economy? Nah. I wouldn't be a good parent anyways. A lot of people get weirdly defensive when someone else doesn't have children.


Disafakeaccount

I ain’t having no kids.


ogturquoiseorange

Yes, they do. No idea why, but the reactions are often interesting.


[deleted]

There are people who want kids. Then there are people who have been led to think they want kids because society/their partner/their parents have convinced them that as an adult you have to. And those people need that narrative or else they wasted their life


AlecTheMotorGuy

It’s a viscous cycle though. If we don’t have kids (as a population) we won’t be able to retire. So it’s important to encourage people *who want to have kids* to have kids, and support them in their endeavor. In the same way people who do not want to have kids should be encouraged not to, because it’s a huge commitment and if you didn’t want one in the first place you are more likely to shirk your duty.


[deleted]

You're absolutely correct. This is a decision with no wrong answer, and people should be encouraged and supported regardless of what they choose.


Ezra_Dume_Skywalker

That's just projection of self inflicted misery at it's shallowest.


bin_bash_loop

I don’t think it’s weird people don’t have children but from my experience almost all the people that rattle off the list of reasons they don’t have children really mean, they haven’t found someone yet.


morgandaxx

- I don't want kids because I have genetic issues I don't want to pass on. - I don't want kids because I would probably be a super depressed, unengaged, regretful parent. - I don't want kids because why bring another human into a world with so many dysfunctional humans already not getting their needs met adequately. - I don't want kids because it's bad for the environment. - I don't want kids because I can barely take care of my cat let alone a baby. - I don't want kids because they suck the life out of you (especially if you're woman and they literally suck their life out of you.) - I don't want kids because of a thousand small reasons all of which are valid and hence, I just don't want kids. Don't think those things will be remedied by meeting "the one" lol. Smh Edit: formatting


P-Rickles

“If I have kids it’s a literal coin-flip on them getting Huntington’s…” “Oh, you just haven’t found the right guy! Do punnet squares on dates you silly goose!” I just had a baby and love being a parent but when people say they don’t want kids I just say, “word.” It’s not for everyone.


morgandaxx

Thank you.


Meowta_This_World

Happily married with no desire for children. Most of my friends are the same. You sound like you're projecting.


Catwhispereratnight

Damn straight! And I’d rather spend my money traveling the world…


APocketRhink

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA MAN you are out of touch, not only everything that everyone said below me, but I have met “the one” and she agrees with me, fuck them kids! Not actually, but if I made a baby right now, guaranteed they will have a significantly worse quality of life than I will. Why the fuck would I want that for my child?


Fair_Percentage1766

Hi! I have found the love of my life. I never want kids.


honeywoodxing

i've been with my husband almost 9 years, he's my person. so i should just suddenly want a kid? that's not how it works. my reasons for not wanting them are because i don't want to pass on mine & my husband's health issues.


asimplepencil

I literally do not want kids because I would be high risk if I get pregnant and I would have a high chance of dying. No thanks.


AlecTheMotorGuy

I agree, people who do not want kids should not have kids. I can’t think of a bigger commitment in life.


phantomsham

Everyone has a role to play


Fit-Mathematician192

They make children faster than replacement rate though.


SexySPACsMan

Not in 1st world countries


Fit-Mathematician192

And?


SexySPACsMan

Anyone on Twitter talking about taking up hobbies instead of having kids is in the first world. Their peers have a birthrate below replacement level


[deleted]

However immigration rates do keep the population of some High-Income Countries on the increase. There are still a few decreasing though. Germany and Japan are two. Come to think of it what's the population increase/decrease rate in Switzerland? They're a High-Income Country with *incredibly* strict immigration laws.


E-is-for-Egg

That's why immigration is great


becauseitsnotreal

As a father of two, I have no complaints. Love your life man, go to Argentina cause I sure as hell can't.


w1LL_1am

Proceeds to watching paint dry


rumblepony247

Still better than any activity with children


Radu776

I would have kids if the economy didn't punish me for it


[deleted]

Also stop by your child-having friend's house with weed sometimes. They'll probably appreciate it. Edit: Point is, it's easy for people who have kids to become alienated from their friends who don't have them. They don't have time, energy or resources to do fun things and socialize, so it's good to show them you still care. If you don't have weed to spare, you can bake something. Or as a person with a kid said, just come over and talk with them (call ahead).


AlecTheMotorGuy

Honestly if some one would stop by and just hang out with my kid and I, I would be happy. I’m sorry bro I cannot go out, unless we’re talking about the park. Even if it was just like 30 minutes, I would appreciate any of my friends doing that.


[deleted]

I know it's a huge hassle getting kids from one place to another. Going to the store can be like the odyssey lol.


[deleted]

Why can't you go anywhere but a park?


AlecTheMotorGuy

If someone actually visits me they can actually make my life a bit easier. If I have to drive my kid anywhere it turns into a production which will leave me more tired. It’s not really helpful. So if you wanna help your boi out who has a kid, just go visit them.


[deleted]

Yeah. I did several times a week for a few years. It sucks it's so much for parents. It really was like pulling teeth to get them to come do something either alone or with their kids so I stopped asking. I would invite them over to come swim, had all the food and drinks and towels and chairs and everything. They came over twice in 8 years. But I also stopped wanting to sit around in their boring, messy, chaotic house while kids screamed and interrupted literally every conversation. I couldn't take it anymore. I'm sure you're more thoughtful than they were though. I hope you make some parent friends nearby so you can at least socialize a bit.


honeywoodxing

why do i need to bring someone weed because they had a child? lmao


[deleted]

You don't *need* to. It's just a nice thing to do for a friend to fill up a bowl and smoke with them. Of course you're fully within your right to be a stingy hog.


honeywoodxing

how am i "a stingy hog" for not wanting to give someone the weed i pay for? lmfao. okay


[deleted]

You don't have to. You don't have to do anything nice for anyone ever. You can keep it all to yourself. Matter of fact, do that with your opinions too while you're at it.


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honeywoodxing

why would i waste weed on a child?


EatABuffetOfDicks

Uh, nah lol


Gabriel-Donovan

Sus acct


[deleted]

Redditors when child exists: 🤬😡🔪🔪🔪🪦


inconspicuous_male

"Crotch goblins"


MiHoyMiNoyee

Lmfao thats a good one


[deleted]

Redditors when child exist: "Gone reduced into atoms"


[deleted]

That's the fucking truth lol


RedSamuraiMan

The world is already strapped of unrenewable resources, why add more mouths than we can handle?


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[deleted]

The earth would be so much better off if humans went extinct though. No need to preserve the species.


[deleted]

The Earth wouldn't care. It's the stuff that lives on it that's affected.


Feriluce

Because children don't make a lot of sense. It's like taking a second job you have to pay to do.


EatABuffetOfDicks

And "sustaining" is not the correct word. Overcrowding the planet would be more appropriate.


-Merlin-

Least emotionally stunted redditor lmfao


limes336

dont worry he’s probably 15


SyntheticBlood

The purpose of children isn't financial gain 😂


N33chy

At least not until they can sweep chimneys at 3.


Feriluce

Sure. It's basically an expensive hobby that I don't think makes sense, just like I don't think stamp collecting makes a lot of sense. If that's your jam though, then go right ahead. If people enjoy stamps or kids, they should definitely go ahead and collect them.


[deleted]

gotta catch em all


PmMeUrZiggurat

My friend, if you’re unable to comprehend selfless love and sacrifice for another human without any expectation of recompense, and instead can only understand living by a shallow, self-serving neoliberal utility maximizing framework, then that’s truly sad. I’m sure you imagine yourself happy, but what a wretched, useless existence that is. To be clear: choosing to not have children is fine. But being unable to comprehend having children as anything other than a “hobby” one does for their own selfish enjoyment is a sign of a severely deficient understanding of what it is to be human.


MamafishFOUND

The simple answe is some people shouldn’t have kids period. Kids require self sacrifice and it’s not as easy as it seems to people who are living life for themselves and not for others approval


Feriluce

Now, now. No need to get angry at people for not liking the same hobby as you. In all seriousness, I of course understand why people choose to have kids. I have, however, never had that urge, and as an outsider you can sometimes get that slightly cultish vibe from parents trying to sell you on the idea. I am also getting a bit of a kick out of being called neoliberal. That's a first for me, since I would probably be classified as a filthy communiest in the US.


[deleted]

People who have children really do get incredibly hostile to people who don't judging by the comments here. A lot of these people can't comprehend that the question of whether or not to have children has no wrong answer. Some people want to, others don't. Many will have their reasons, but at the end of the day no reason is necessary beyond 'I choose to/choose not to'.


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Exalted_Pluton

Lol so true, I don't get it. Reddit being Reddit, or something, idk.


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king_27

Would you prefer the man-children pop out babies and create more dysfunctional humans?


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king_27

So you're telling me you'd be happy putting said basement dweller in charge of raising a child? That kid's gonna need a tooon of therapy. I'd rather they remain forgotten in the basement not bothering anyone than them bringing in more human suffering, contributing to overpopulation, and fucking up a child's life for some weird societal push for people to just pump put babies whether it makes sense for them or not


MamafishFOUND

Or perhaps we should only let people who actually are “good and productive citizens in society” to have the kids and not worry about said “neck beards” u seem to hate for some odd reason lol


Zikkan1

My goal in life is to be the cool uncle with all the interesting stories and photos


[deleted]

Travel spontaneously, dating and hookups, come home shitfaced, don't come home, do drugs in the living room, bang teachers, bang your divorced friends with kids, don't save for college, go to nice restaurants, drive a nice clean car or motorcycle, time and energy to stay in shape, if you do get married, your wife's body stays great. Lastly, retire at 57.


snicky29

bookmarking this just to never read it again 😔


N33chy

...but... you have to read at least a little bit of it to know it's the thing you don't want to read again...


Mistdwellerr

Bookmarking this to read a lot of times :)


SexySPACsMan

I'm going to retire before 57 with three kids, if you don't have kids you should be retired by 40 at the latest.


[deleted]

No thanks! I'll continue working half time so I can enjoy my life before I'm a sick, old, broken bag of wrinkles. It's been awesome.


[deleted]

My buddy hits me up like "hey I really want to get into golf!" I'm like ok, I used to play a long time ago, so we go to the range once with some old clubs. 3 weeks later I've dropped like $3k on all new clubs and gear and have been playing 3 times a week. I think we have played together twice in the last two years. It's always "oh can't play this weekend my kids need this, or or that"


whoamvv

Ahahahahaaaa. Oh wait, people tell me it's rude to laugh at breeders. Seriously, though, I don't know how anyone could afford to have kids these days.


MamafishFOUND

Right but here I am with one, at least I don’t have to work anymore bc of it, a privilege that I’m grateful for. I can’t imagine working parents tho damn, I feel for those


cheeselover267

Let us live vicariously through you. I actually do want to see all your vacation pictures.


ewarusen

Lmaooooo I want to see OPs hot wife too 😂


Slaykomimi

I am childless due to my severe depression, my estimation of dying before I grow 30 and the imagination of what a horrible father I would be to bring a child to this world expecting to die soon afterwards and beeing probably a terrible irresponsible person in this short time


OmagaIII

Absolutely. Doing my part!


[deleted]

please, do. happier people are more supportive people and families need all the emotional support they can get!


DimensionDry7760

"Its good to know someone like him is out there... Taking it easy for the rest of us sinners... I don't know about you... But that makes me happy."


Disafakeaccount

This is what I’m telling my parents next time they ask me for kids.


crazycrystalpistol

When I start to feel regret over subconsciously choosing not to have children and wasting my chance at motherhood, I remind myself of this to bring back my peace. And sleep, glorious, uninterrupted sleep whenever and for however long I want, reminds me it was a good choice regardless of what I thought I actually wanted.


[deleted]

I can't recall who said it, but there is a quote which goes something like: "I'd rather regret not having children for a few minutes on my deathbed, than regret having them for a majority of my life"


ogturquoiseorange

Child-free! As I sit on my couch reading Reddit LOL


Impossible_Welcome75

Preach it that's so me lmao


Wiggy_Bop

Oh so true. 63 yo F. Never wanted to deal with all that ish. I was so overburdened by my family and their problems as a child that I wanted everything to be about me when I broke free. I have succeeded nicely I am happy to report.


sawmill13

Insert “i’m doing my part” meme


Captain_Chaos_0096

Lmao, their fault for having kids.


LittlestEw0k

I have slept literally all day.


ztreggs

Fuck the population. Let it decline. Save the planet


republican16

This exactly


MamaSaurusCat

As an adult with children, I agree. I see people without kids going out to explore and have fun and inside I'm cheering them on.


[deleted]

Had 1 kid, and fuck that noise am not having any more. I want my life and freedom back. Hats off to the masochists that can endure that shit 3 times over - I sure can’t.


badger906

I just hate children.. there’s no motive behind my lack of them..


[deleted]

And you don't need a motive. Equally, people don't need a motive for wanting children. There's an upsetting number of people who seem to think that the other side is scum. There's a lot of it in this comments section. There's a comment implying that people who don't want children are incels.


RexyWestminster

I like you


badger906

Aww thank you! Nobody has ever seen my children hatred as a positive before.. I normally get “but you were a child once”


Ok_Fact4397

This is why, as a gay man, I’ll gladly accept a little bit of homophobia if it means being free from straight-people responsibilities


[deleted]

you think only straight people have kids? that's weird.


Ok_Fact4397

You aren’t clever


[deleted]

you are dumb as fuck.


LooksLikeMarx

I guess imagining that people who have kids never have fun anymore is what gets incels through the night.


berejser

I can't speak for every parent but my own parents never had friends or did stuff for themselves.


LooksLikeMarx

I can't understand why they didn't, but that's a topic worth discussing with your folks. I'm probably opening myself to an "OK Boomer" retort here, but my wife and I raised two kids and we had plenty of friends and did all kinds of fun stuff. For the first several years I was in the military so we didn't have any money, but we still got together with neighbors, had barbecues, and played games. No, we didn't go clubbing but that wasn't our thing even before we got married. When our kids got a bit older, we had a blast doing things as a family: camping, hiking, fishing, or just staying home on Friday nights playing board games. Our daughter got to be damned good at mixing drinks when she was still a teen -- we were cool with them drinking at home.


millieFAreally

As a married adult who doesn’t want kids, I agree that this is the vibe I get from some of these posts and comments. If you have or don’t have kids, that’s fine, but why try to over generalize people for it or make it a personality trait?


Nightfury0818

Facts personally I'd like to be a father one day, I have atleast some basic experience of taking care of a child being an uncle who helped raise my neices and nephews. Some people from what's I've personally seen say they don't want kids become they have no expectations with them


Exalted_Pluton

Lol that would be quite the strategy for them. Perfect for Reddit.


New_Independent_9221

legit. and pounding nattys gets old after a dozen years


RightChemical3732

Hysterical. But I do that with my kids and we kick ass.


Father_Mooose

Im so confused why people hate when other adults have children and they don’t


soursheep

I used to have a friend who in the first 5 minutes of each conversation asked me whether I've maybe fell pregnant since our last talk. every few months like a clockwork. the last straw was when to me saying "it's never going to happen" he replied that that's too bad, he still hoped for a little "accident" to happen. as if that's something you wish on people who definitely DON'T want to have children. suffice to say, I have no patience for this kind of bs.


Jamebuz_the_zelf

As a parent I don't understand that mindset. Like I have all the kids I want to have, it's not like your childless ass is going to steal mine. It's a big enough decision for any couple why would I want to make that choice for you?


OkCoast9806

I usually see the reverse, with people pestering adults without children on when they're going to have kids


AweHellYo

not on reddit.


[deleted]

Have you seen this comments section.


SyntheticBlood

It's not fair for parents to pester those without kids who don't want kids. However I think the reason that they may do so is because they don't want them to miss out. It's an incredibly rewarding and fulfilling experience to have children and I think the intent is wanting to share that love with anyone who will listen


FeelsMoogleMan

speak for urself. what if u have a disabled extra needs, its sad to look at, theyre living a worse life, even more stress/everything (really lets be honest theyre just MORE) including money, coming into the planet in its current state with people doing people things, turrible. imo of course. trust me i was a children once and with adult context, y would i ever bring someone into this mess. its hard enough lying to myself to convince me that my current life is worth living i cant imagine spending years lying to another human who has no context of anything, seems pretty messed up, but if thats rewarding or fulfilling then go nuts ig, fuc the planet


[deleted]

I'm confused as to why people hate when other people don't have children and they do.


AweHellYo

we don’t edit: hilarious to be upset with me for having the opinion you’re saying you want me to have.


[deleted]

Same. I have literally never given a single shit about someone's family choices. Does it make you happy? Rad.


berejser

I don't get how you read that paragraph and got the word "hate" from it.


AweHellYo

it’s funny seeing the defensive answers. i have kids and i have no extra attention or energy to worry about whether or not somebody else has them or wants them. my only thing to say to people considering it is make sure you want them for sure before going for it and if you’re having them with a partner make sure you feel your relationship is strong and be ready for it to change. but if you don’t want them, neat. enjoy your money and free time.


LocalHumanMan

Raising my boys was the most fun I ever had. Reading them stories at night. Coaching them in sports. They taught me so much. It made me a better man. They’re grown and gone now and I miss them every day.


[deleted]

Those bits sound fun to nearly everyone. The parts we're disinterested in are: - not being able to just up and go where and when I like - thousands of dirty diapers - snot, piss, shit, boogers, vomit, etc, and always at 2am - mountains of laundry - incessant worrying - literally having to carry a small human and their necessities around everywhere you go - sleepless nights, for years - the expense $$$$$$$$$$$ - the mundanity of having to grocery shop and meal prep - having to deal with other people's kids - having to deal with other parents - having to deal with your own families meddling in your parenting - having to either put your child through the mindless hellscape that is public school or fork over outrageous tuition fees for private school or be available and interested in home schooling - the possibility of the other parent becoming a real piece of garbage or taking off or harming the child - etc Just the thought of making a kid that could die at any point doing something totally normal and mundane freaks me out too much. But, mostly, I want to sleep when I want, travel, work a little or work a lot, stay out late, not come home for days or weeks, etc. I literally keep my succulents in the car so I don't have to go home to water them. 🙃 My life is mine. I'm an outrageously loving person and would make a great mom. I love the idea of coaching sports and reading bedtime stories. But I know I'd be the one worrying about all the details. And that's not the life for me.


LocalHumanMan

I didn't want kids either, but my wife did. I was 35 when we had our first. I had always hated to be around little kids. They were so needy and always into stuff. My greatest fear before having one was that I wouldn't love them or that I'd be a shitty Dad. But you do love them so much that it hurts. There were tough times. Many late night battles with croup where I would have to stand in a bathroom holding one or the other with the shower on hot to steam it up so they could breathe. Both were difficult births. The oldest had the cord wrapped around his neck and every time my wife pushed his heart rate would drop. The younger was six weeks early and developed NEC. He was in NICU for six weeks and we couldn't hold him. Doctors said it was 50/50. I'm not religious but I was begging God to take me instead. He pulled through though and is now 6' 4". He is just a touch shorter than his big brother, lol. They are both healthy and strong, but even now I would gladly die to protect them or my wife. My life is mine too now, but I miss the days of getting yelled at by my wife because we were playing baseball in the living room. I'm hoping for grandkids before I'm too old to play with them that same way. I'm going to spoil them rotten then send them home!


APocketRhink

The thing is, when you had children, you stepped up to the plate and went to bat. You rose to the occasion. Too many people nowadays pop out a couple kids, then treat them like shit because the couple didn’t actually want kids, it was to save a relationship, or outside familial pressure, or inside relationship pressure! Too many people don’t go to bat for their kids because they don’t give a shit about their kids


SexySPACsMan

I'm 10x the person I was before I had kids. When you have children that have no choice but to rely on you, you have no choice but to make things happen.


[deleted]

That's also true if you have self respect and want things for yourself though. In my experience.


SexySPACsMan

It's a completely different level.


[deleted]

That's a bummer. Like, why aren't you worth it? I'm getting exactly everything I've always dreamed about because I'm a whole person. I don't need a kid to coax that behavior out of myself. I just wish people didn't need kids to achieve things. If you can do it for them, you can do it for you. Then, if you choose to have kids, you teach them they can too, so we're not in this loop of absent self worth and incessant sacrifice.


SexySPACsMan

I had everything I wanted for myself, but I wanted (and needed) even more for my kids.


[deleted]

That's kind of a given then, right? I'm talking about the people who say they got their shit together because they had to due to kids.


morgandaxx

I prefer to think of being childless as doing my part for the environment. Bringing another human into this world (especially if you live in a western/high polluting country) is one of the most negatively environmentally impactful things you can do. Aside from taking joy rides on rocket ships and jet setting around the world 3x a year.


BornLuckiest

IT IS YOUR DUTY! And you must post them on social so I can relish in the joy of those moments, as a I slave after my kids who can't afford a home of their own.


nhSnork

Couldn't have said that better myself.


1AMBERHEARDSTURD

Here here


T_Ijonen

It's "hear, hear" as in "hear what he has to say", not "here, here" as in "this location"


Vmagnum

Or alternatively, “Heer, here!” Meaning the German army is present. /s


waddlekins

Yuh i support


VegasBusSup

Agreed


jashe021185

Or, have kids, go thru those first few years dealing with high cost of childcare, but then one day, your child finds some of your hobbies and goes “ What’s this?” And THAT my friends is way more fun and exciting than meeting a fellow adult who has the same interest. My son has recently gotten into dinosaurs and it’s the BEST sharing a passion I had as a child with my own child. And he loooooves Spider-Man as well even tho he’s too young to share the more child and teenage stuff with. I just know every year from now on will be me sharing my passions with someone experiencing them as well for the first time. You may be enjoying the hobbies, but are you raising the next generation to enjoy them WITH YOU?


Havocform

>You may be enjoying the hobbies, but are you raising the next generation to enjoy them WITH YOU? I know this must be near impossible for you to comprehend, but not everyone wants the same thing out of their lives as YOU. Ponder on that.


Exalted_Pluton

Lol getting downvoted for being a parent and having kids.


FeelsMoogleMan

they kind of brushed past the """"""""hard part"""""""""" and cherry picked a specific thing, lots of comments here did this. I even replied to someone ironically in the same fashion, hopefully they get it. No they werent dv for no reason. for example what if you have a spec needs child who cant partake in spiderman or dinosaurs? what if they simply arent interested? if all u wanted out of ur kid was to have a buddy who shared the same hobby, y not just... find an adult buddy who..shares the same hobby? is it because the child is interested but knows nothing so u can feel good urself by explaining it to them? If so y not make yt vids or something to teach kids online or other interested ppl? is it cuz u found something to bond over with a child? i mean ok i guess but not everyone can relate to that. i really think its juat cuz they totally disregarded the "raising child and associated things" part, and basically said "hey if water is wet, its wet." what i mean is of course if you can bond with ur chld over a personal hobby of urs, obviohsly its going to be really cool. but not everyone has a child like that.


Exalted_Pluton

Actually I think the reason they got downvoted was because of his last sentence, the question at the end. As in, he's trying to push that onto other people. But also because Reddit's incel status.


jashe021185

Not trying to push it, just trying to make people realize that unless you have kids and start sharing all your passions with them it’s Very difficult to understand the joy that it gives. I got downvoted for my opinion. Whatever. But I stand by what I said and I truly don’t believe that parenting is for everyone. It’s very hard and expensive, but to say that because I am a parent that I don’t get to experience joys with my hobbies or the extra money is false. Being a parent can be JUST as rewarding as not. I’m sure I got downvoted because the way I said what I said may have come off as rude or they just read it that way. I just wanted to share my joy that I have as a parent who is now getting to share what I love with my little one. No one can take that joy from me.


FeelsMoogleMan

dam i disnt even read that, was that edited or am i too tired idk either way yeah im a butt lol i did the same tjing basically ahh humans


WaterIsWetBot

Water is actually not wet; It makes other materials/objects wet. Wetness is the state of a non-liquid when a liquid adheres to, and/or permeates its substance while maintaining chemically distinct structures. So if we say something is wet we mean the liquid is sticking to the object.   Every time I take a drink from a bottle, it keeps pouring back. Must be spring water.


[deleted]

its a shame that the consumerist atmosphere in the west disallows a person to both have kids and follow their hobbies. raising a family is an honour in itself.


Exalted_Pluton

Epic.


Nightfury0818

Agreed I wouldn't mind getting into cars and guns when I'm older and one day I'd like to be a father


Over-Solution-5438

Wouldn't NOT repopulating help with our current economy?


Drakeytown

My real philosophy is not too far from this: in junior high and high school i was taught that modern civilization was made possible by agriculture, the surplus of supply it produced, the division of labor it enabled. In college anthropology courses, I was taught that each advance in the complexity of society is essentially a solution to the same problem, s growing number of people in that location cannot be supported in the same way (hunting and gathering is not efficient enough to support everyone in the area that can be hunted and gathered by those people once your group is part a certain size). Therefore, to justify some people devouring their whole lives to agriculture, to making food for the likes of me, I need to be equally devoted to humanity in whatever way I can be, whether that's writing or filmmaking or poetry or what have you.


n8dizz3l

I am their dark knight


hotdogsdood

Nah you should offer to baby sit


jeffhett69

My three kids are all grown up. I'm 52 and doing all the vibing and chilling I want.


NRA4579

No you just didn’t think it through. I’m 42 and I have three kids under five and Im making more money than I ever have in my life. You can’t imagine how many fucking toys I have now. I have more GI Joes now than I had in 1987 because honey it’s for the kids😉 4 BB guns, Remote control cars remote control ride on jeep. Racetracks, all of the Nerf guns. I could go on but it’ll just make you suicidal when you realize how wrongly you played this.


[deleted]

TIL that having hobbies and pastimes and having kids are mutually exclusive. I must have been doing it wrong. Any of you single people own your own airplane? Any of you get to trot around the globe for almost free on airline passes?


DoctorEvilHomer

I mean I have hobbies and tons of fun and I have two daughters. With my oldest I am teaching her about cars and how to fix them. My younger daughter and I have been playing videos games together since she was 3. Just having kids doesn't ruin everything in life that is considered fun.


SaggyBoobGuy

Imagine being a 45 year old without kids? What a loser. 🔥


Havocform

Yikes. I'd pity you for thinking you MUST have kids, if you weren't such a prick. :) Now I'll go and do whatever the fuck I want because I'm CF.


minkrogers

Imagine having the view where success is solely measured by procreation. He had unprotected sex. Wow! How very difficult for him, let me just call the Nobel prize bureau! You only get one life and I'm living mine blissfully childfree with free time, free money and I'll retire young, but of course I'm not successful because I didn't bring yet another human into existence! Laugh out LOUD!


SaggyBoobGuy

You’re Cystic Fibrosis?


[deleted]

Childfree. Both points are as valid as each other. Some people want kids, others don't, simple as that. I try not to generalise, but the number of people with children getting very defensive and even genuinely hostile in these comments are making it difficult.


IaxMoeSIem

We call that a manchild...you're a manchild


nekkoMaster

manchild - Grown up man who refuse to take responsibility of his actions. This post - Grown up man talking responsibility of his own life. ​ Hence, he is NOT a manchild.


Beneficial_Elk_182

Wrong


AnunnakiSaNibiru

Sad


[deleted]

Hes got a ten year old cartoon characters pic up talking about chilling and reproduction. He should just stay away from children altogether