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Do you want children when you are older?
Yes 37%  37%  [ 35 ]
No 39%  39%  [ 37 ]
Maybe 24%  24%  [ 23 ]
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9CatMom
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31 Aug 2009, 9:46 pm

I'm too old now. My cats are my kids.



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31 Aug 2009, 11:37 pm

Squirsh wrote:
I don't want children until I'm in my late twenties or early thirties.


That's kind of late to have your firstborn when you're female. It's a tremendous stress for the body. Biologically speaking, early 20's are the best years for a female to have children.



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01 Sep 2009, 3:35 am

I am "older" and I don't want kids. Being in charge of someone else's bodily functions for 4 or 5 years? No sleep for a year or two? An 18 year commitment? Not a lot of "me" time. Not to mention a huge liability in this day and age? For what?

Sorry no way.



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01 Sep 2009, 3:38 am

I would like kids someday. I just dunno if I can raise them to be emotionally healthy.



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01 Sep 2009, 5:53 am

I am undecided now.


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01 Sep 2009, 6:01 am

I answer 'no', and a strong one, because it wouldn't be fair to the child to have such an old mother 8O



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01 Sep 2009, 10:26 pm

no for two reasons:

1.com don't like the odds that they might have the same things i have. just doesn't seem fair to them.

2. don't think i could handle the stress and other stuff of being a father. i love kids and i think i am a good uncle, just don't think i would be a good father


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