The many benefits of a child-free life

zombie kid · 01-01-2014, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ladyislingering

positives of children:

eventually they'll be old enough to help out around the house.
eventually they'll get a job.
eventually they'll move out.

the prerequisites to any sort of return from unnecessary breeding are just too unpleasant, though. Why bother with a child, which you have to tend to pretty much 24/7 for years and years on end when you can just get a cat or any other creature that'll clean its own ass, eat what it's given, and be cute regardless of what they do?

I also get the idea that maybe you are trying to tell people who want their children reasons why they shouldn't have them? Maybe I'm not exactly following your logic in this topic.

Grogsy · 01-01-2014, 10:18 PM

I can take or leave children. To me they are like little adults - some you like and some you can't stand. Some are whiney arsed, snivellling little brats and some adults aren't much better.

I definitely want to have kids some day.

ladyislingering · 01-01-2014, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by zombie kid

I also get the idea that maybe you are trying to tell people who want their children reasons why they shouldn't have them? Maybe I'm not exactly following your logic in this topic.

I think that people should try to think logically before deciding to have children because it's really more beneficial and economical not to - but many seem to collapse under societal pressure about what they're "supposed to" do.

Taxman · 01-02-2014, 01:47 AM

Maybe it is something to do with the fact that we are supposed to have children- not only because other people force us to that, also because our hormones and whatever I don't know force us to so it. So maybe people, when they are getting children just don't think logically, you know?

That said, I'm not sure about will I not get or will I not, but definitely some people should not have children.

FETCHER. · 01-02-2014, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ladyislingering

I think that people should try to think logically before deciding to have children because it's really more beneficial and economical not to - but many seem to collapse under societal pressure about what they're "supposed to" do.

I hate when human nature pressurises me in to doing things we're not supposed to do. Like the time it made me stay away from the dry moat at my local castle, I really wanted to fall down there man. I was so mad.

Societal pressure would be buying something like skinny jeans because everyone else does.

Completely. Different. Kettle. Of. Fish.

**Janszoon** · 01-02-2014, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ladyislingering

I think that people should try to think logically before deciding to have children because it's really more beneficial and economical not to - but many seem to collapse under societal pressure about what they're "supposed to" do.

I think it's pretty debatable which option is more beneficial. Not having kids is likely to save you money. Having kids is likely to extend your life and ensure that you have somebody looking out for you when you're elderly. It's just a matter of personal preference.

ladyislingering · 01-02-2014, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Having kids is likely to extend your life and ensure that you have somebody looking out for you when you're elderly. It's just a matter of personal preference.

How does having children extend your life? I've heard that childfree women are more likely to get cancer in their lady organs but I'm pretty sure that's just a scare tactic.

Grogsy · 01-02-2014, 10:44 PM

^^^ not so ............... my great, great aunt was 103 when she died and she had 5 children. Same with quite a few elderly women I know who all had more than 2 kids.

Engine · 01-02-2014, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ladyislingering

How does having children extend your life? I've heard that childfree women are more likely to get cancer in their lady organs but I'm pretty sure that's just a scare tactic.

Probably by having young people in your life who actually care whether you live or die when you're elderly. Duh.

ladyislingering · 01-02-2014, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Engine

Probably by having young people who actually care whether you live or die when you're elderly. Duh.

I don't really see the difference between dying at 40 and dying at 80. It's not like any of us are going to get out of this world alive. It seems life only gets more miserable, the older you get - you get slow, tired, wrinkled, creased. I don't really care how long I live, so long as it's not short enough to cause others too much pain, or so long that I'll want to do away with myself because everyone else has died.

It's just sort of ridiculous that anyone would think that having children automatically guarantees you'll be taken care of when you're old and more of a burden than you'd care to admit. Learn to take care of your damn self, make proper choices and don't worry about how long you're going to live.

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01-02-2014, 01:47 AM	#294 (permalink)
Taxman watching the wheels Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Finland Posts: 470	Maybe it is something to do with the fact that we are supposed to have children- not only because other people force us to that, also because our hormones and whatever I don't know force us to so it. So maybe people, when they are getting children just don't think logically, you know? That said, I'm not sure about will I not get or will I not, but definitely some people should not have children. __________________ ...

01-01-2014, 10:18 PM	#292 (permalink)
Grogsy Groupie Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Between the ocean and the mountains. Posts: 19	I can take or leave children. To me they are like little adults - some you like and some you can't stand. Some are whiney arsed, snivellling little brats and some adults aren't much better. I definitely want to have kids some day.

01-02-2014, 10:44 PM	#298 (permalink)
Grogsy Groupie Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Between the ocean and the mountains. Posts: 19	^^^ not so ............... my great, great aunt was 103 when she died and she had 5 children. Same with quite a few elderly women I know who all had more than 2 kids.