ablomov wrote:
b9 - good for you!
I'm self diagnosed aspi. I have never wanted kids .......what!...... after what I went thro years five to twenty five - no bloody way. I cringe at the thought of inflicting this life on another - wow this hits a sore spot.
I can relate. I feel so many things would be out of control - being different attracts a lot of cruelty and I don't think I could protect my child from it... I also think it's normal that those who had horrible childhoods are less inclined to procreate.
So I don't have children and I don't think I will. But I love kids. In the past I did some volunteer work with institutionalized children and it was really rewarding.
A while ago somebody told me with unbreakable certainty that one should have at least 2 children - to replace the 2 parents and for me that was one of the most ignorant and selfish thing I ever heard.
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"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live" (Oscar Wilde)
04 Apr 2009, 4:45 am
