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Originally Posted by rants
Im 28 and don't EVER want them. I don't want to dedicate my life to raising something else or devote my life to someone else to that extent. Even though I can afford it, I have to honestly say I would rather spend the money on myself.
I also want to be free and at no one's beck and call, if I want to travel somewhere I want to be able to do so at a minute's notice without having to explaing anything to anybody.
The main reason is that I want to live my life for myself and no one else. Also I would never want to give birth, even with an epidural or c-section, it is not ever going to happen.
I also am one of those people who NEVER "oooooh and aaaah" over kids like "omg, they are soooo cuuuute." I never thought kids were cute. I just have no interest in them. I just don't want anything to do with them.
It actually annoys the hell out of me when people oooh and aaaah like that.
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I think there is a time for play and a time for work. Our generation has much more financial burdens and extended educational requirements compared to previous generations so it's understandable that we extend the time that we play.
Although I've never cared for young children (they're loud, annoying, require constant attention), it's a sacrifice I'll one day gladly take (right now it would be too troublesome, I still have oats to sow, things to do) in order to see that child grow into a mature independent strong intellegent adult, and to carry on the family legacy.
I don't think my want for life-long carefree enjoyment should supercede opportunity for my children's enjoyment, their children's enjoyment, and all the future generations of my family's enjoyment. Or for that matter, I don't think that I'm so important as to end my family name after so many thousands of years of ancestors that lived and died and had offspring so that I could exist and enjoy life. Wherever the world and the universe is headed, I'd like my family to be part of it. Maybe they can do something positive in whatever is to come.