Apparently 1/3 of women in Britain never

[applegrove]

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will have children. I remember reading aswell that a huge percentage of German women never marry. I am descended from both. In my immediate family there are 9 people who never marriied going back three generations and I‘ve only investigated a third of aunts and uncLes. On both sides of my family. So I come by it honestly my desire to be solitary. I like finding out I am a member of a club of one sort or another. Give me a cheer for singletons.

[Skittles]

1. the more it becomes socially acceptable, the more it will increase

[Lydia Leftcoast]

5. I remember an article about an anthropologist who studied mothers and children

She found that wherever she went, no matter what the culture, no matter how many children the women she interviewed actually had, all of them thought that four children or fewer was the ideal number, and some said they wished they didn't have any. However, in pre-industrial cultures, the men usually wanted to have as many children as possible.

[Art_from_Ark]

18. I think the men in pre-industrial cultures

usually wanted to have as many children as possible because in all likelihood they were living on farms and kids were a good supply of essentially free labor. At least, that's how my great-grandfather seemed to view things.

[Tobin S.]

2. You should feel free to live the way you want to live as long as it harms no one else.

Maybe that should be the true standard of civilization.

I was single until I was 38. I'd never even had a steady girlfriend before then. I enjoyed being single until I got to be about 35. Then something in me made me not want to be alone anymore. We can all change at any time.

[Stallion]

3. They Should make Alternatives in the Covenant/Marriage Contract

couples chose to marry under

[Kber]

4. Sometimes I think they should come with expiration dates

With an option to renew for another set period of time, should both parties be amenable.

[2theleft]

7. That sounds like my boyfriend and I..

We've been together for 5 years. Yesterday he says, I'm willing to sign up for another 5 and then evaluate...you game? He's such a romantic!

[OrwellwasRight]

6. Here, here!

Me neither. No offspring. Don't really want any.

[Callmecrazy]

8. I'm 48...

Never married. No children. Don't plan to either.
Of course, if the right woman comes along...

[DFW]

9. A substantial portion of German women DO marry, too

My wife happens to be one of them. We met just over 40 years ago.

[applegrove]

10. Of course. The majority in my family have families. The point is

I'm not so out of the ordinary.

[DFW]

11. Not in the slightest

These days, neither choice raises eyebrows (nor should they).

[PasadenaTrudy]

12. Childfree here! n/t

[kiva]

13. The numbers are growing in the US too.

Sometimes I think the whole childcentric movement is a reaction to larger numbers of people choosing not to have children.

[magical thyme]

14. Never married here, and no children, well, except

the fur and featherkids

No desire to marry or even date at this point. I suppose if I met the right sort of guy (basically a better looking, male version of me) I might. But other than that, no thank you. No time; no interest.

Solitary is good.

[love_katz]

15. I chose not to have kids in high school.

I have never regretted that choice. Now that I am beyond child bearing I am glad that I Had a choice. There are too many people who want to take that option away from women.

Giving huge cheers, and a big for singletons!

[Iggo]

16. Hey!

How come you get to be a singleton, but I gotta be a dirty old man!?!?

Hardly seems fair.

[IrishEyes]

17. I don't think I'll have kids

I'm Irish. There will always be plenty of Irish people even if I don't have kids. I plan to be an awesome aunt.

[GOLGO 13]

19. Reminds me of that Morrissey song, "The End of the Family Line"

With no complications
Fifteen generations
(of mine)
All honouring nature
Until I arrive
(with incredible style)

I'm the end of the line
The end of the family line
The end of the line

No baby pulled screaming
Out into this seething whirl
By chance or whim
(or even love ? )

Our family tree hacked into decline
And I'm spared the pain
Of ever saying
("goodbye&quot

I'm the end of the line
The end of the family line
The end of the line

The decision is mine
The end of the family line
The end of the line

I'm the end of the line
The end of the family line
The end of the ...

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Songwriters
MORRISSEY, STEVEN PATRICK/NEVIN, MARK EDWARD CASCIAN


Read more: Morrissey - The End Of The Family Line Lyrics | MetroLyrics

[yuiyoshida]

20. In keeping with that, check this out...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12502094

[hifiguy]

21. The only problem being that it's usually smarter people

who are CBC. Idiots everywhere, especially crackpot fundies of all stripes, seem to reproduce like rabbits on meth.

[LynneSin]

22. Don't worry - the Duggar family will make up for all of us