i really don't like children... i don't think i'll ever have them

[Ava]

seriously, they're just evil :scared:

[MrCoffee]

1. That's ok...my kids don't like you, either.

[Ava]

4. i love my little sisters

but they're just evil... truly evil. :rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

10. Mine neither. They're pretty sure she's a freeper.

[Forkboy]

2. But you are one.

:hide:

[Ava]

3. not anymore fool!

i turned 18 last week :P

and i was never that evil!! :scared:

[Forkboy]

23. You'll feel different when you're 40.

;)

Just having fun with ya. I actually hated (and still do) the so called adults who look down their noses at younger people. Personally, I can't wait for your generation to be in charge of things.

And happy belated birthday!!! :party:

[Ava]

49. thanks

:hi:

[SOteric]

5. Don't write them off so quickly.

Try them sautéed in a little garlic butter before you decide.

[Ava]

7. ...

:spray:

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. I'm not a big fan of 'em, either. If I were ever to have children, I'd adopt teenagers.

I prefer people I can have a conversation with, and who can, in most ways, take care of themselves - dress themselves, eat, get to school, and so forth.

Children are fine for a while, and I do enjoy them at summer camp and it's fun to watch them have fun, but they're way too fucking needy.

And they don't talk about interesting subjects.

So, no kids for me.

And it's okay.

It's also good that you recognize that you don't like them, and are deciding (probably) against having them. Too many people have children who really don't enjoy them, and that's too bad. It makes for sad children, and also for sad adults.

[Ava]

8. i don't know whether i'll have kids or not.. i was joking

that being said, kids aren't for everyone. if i do have kids it will be much much later in life. besides, by then maybe there will be cloning.. and i won't have to go through that whole giving-birth ordeal :P

[CreekDog]

42. wait until your clone argues with you and says "i hate you!"

that would be kinda ironic.

:rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

12. Oh you poor deluded man.

The WORST infant is at least one million times better than the best teenager.

Trust me on this. :rofl:

[redqueen]

16. Yeah... I was gonna say...

:wtf:

[Midlodemocrat]

17. Once TM gave me the trifecta

the head toss, eyeroll and serious expulsion of air and I knew I was toast.

:rofl:

[redqueen]

19. Heh...

my older daughter is only 11 and is already starting that mess! Too soon!

:o

[PeaceNikki]

20. Um, no. The trifecta is the police, the firefighters and school admin

in the room when you arrive for the emergency meeting.

[Midlodemocrat]

21. Holy crap!!! That must have been something!!!

Do tell, PeaceNikki, do tell!!!!

[PeaceNikki]

22. I am exaggerating... a little.

But my son HAS had his "challenging moments", bless his heart. And, in the interest of his privacy, I won't be posting them here. Though I should catalog them to present to him upon the birth of his own children someday (hopefully MANY MANY years from now).

[Midlodemocrat]

25. HEY~~~ You stole Dolo's eyes.

:rofl:

[PeaceNikki]

27. It's my Halloween costume. See?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=8195520&mesg_id=8195520

If you F5 and refresh, you'll see I have her avatar as well.

[Midlodemocrat]

28. I love Dolo, but those eyes creep me out. THey're totally staring at me.

:rofl:

[PeaceNikki]

30. Dolo hates me.

And she eats puppies.

[Midlodemocrat]

33. I doubt it.

:rofl:

And yes, I know the backstory.

[jeff30997]

31. They're staring at me too !

How is this possible ? :scared:

[reyd reid reed]

86. Hear, hear.

I'm hoping to just survive my kids' teen years. They CAN carry on an intelligent conversation...but they won't unless it's in the form of a telephone conversation with their best friend/boyfriend/girlfriend because they're too busy being 'misunderstood'. They CAN clean their room...if the health department threatens to come in and raze it if they don't. And even that doesn't work most of the time. They CAN feed themselves...provided it's junk food. And getting them to pick up a dirty spoon...a napkin...a shoe....their underwear....

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[cemaphonic]

56. I felt this way too

I always figured that having kids from about 12 on would be a lot of fun, but not that excited about younger kids.

Now I have a 2-year old, and so far, it's been a lot more interesting and fun than I imagined. I'm still not really a baby person, but I'm definitely a lot more at ease around young kids than I used to be.

But there's certainly a lot to be said for the childless lifestyle, so I always applaud people who don't really want kids managing to both recognize that and stand up to family and social pressures to reproduce.

[Marrah_G]

95. I'd rather deal with 5 screaming infants then ONE moody teenager !

You have no idea.........no idea......

Teenagers are why hair turns gray.

[Rabrrrrrr]

98. I'll take the moody teenager. I've dealt with children my whole life,

and I very, very much prefer teenagers over younger children.

[redqueen]

9. Did someone put a slice of bologna in your cd player or something?

[Ava]

14. worse

a jonas brothers cd :rofl:

[redqueen]

15. Aaahaahahahaha

:D

I feel your pain. My kids like stuff like My Chemical Romance. :wow:

[Ava]

46. i guess i can't be too hard on them

i sang "mmbop" for a month straight when i was little :rofl:

[frogmarch]

11. My younger son, when asked

what he'd like for a birthday gift when he turned 18, said "A vasectomy." He worked after school as a lifeguard at an indoor swimming pool, and he'd come to consider most children obnoxious brats. Now he has a son whom he loves more than anyone else in the world.

[bamademo]

13. I don't regret not having them...

I have nieces. I decided to let my brother do all the work. :-) I have disposable income and I can travel and save puppies and kittens.

Buy long term care insurance when you go into the workforce. Save a bunch of money and you can hire people to take care of you in old age and stay out of nursing homes. :-)

[Missy Vixen]

18. Ava, I knew when I was your age I didn't want to have children

You may change your mind, but you may not.

Julie

[REP]

38. I knew when I was 9!

That was 34 years ago - I never changed my mind. You don't have to have kids if you don't want to! Maybe you'll change your mind and maybe you won't, but only arrogant putzes will assure you that you definitely will.

[KamaAina]

24. Somewhere where you'll be going to college, or perhaps in Atlanta,

there is a very disappointed would-be Dad. :(

[Ava]

44. ha, i highly doubt that

aren't dudes supposed to be the ones who don't want to have kids? ;) :P

[Ikonoklast]

26. You've just never had them prepared correctly.

And they have to be fresh. Never get the canned, too gamey.

[Ava]

47. lol

:rofl:

[TX Screwball]

52. Free roaming are the best.

Raising them in a pen is just cruel.

[crim son]

29. I didn't like kids as a young person. I HATED babysitting.

Now I have three kids I love very much, but do believe that if you don't want any, don't have any. There's no shortage of 'em. :D

[jeff30997]

34. Hi crim son !

How are you today ? So you decided to dump the tree-huggers pic ? :)

[crim son]

36. Hi jeff30997!

As anticipated I got a note from one of the mods... the pic was too big. I had thought it wouldn't load if it was too large but apparently that's not the case. :hi:

[jeff30997]

39. Ah,too bad I really liked it.

At least it was not because of the picture itself.:hi:

[crim son]

90. ...

:pals:

[jeff30997]

99. Oh,thanks crim son.

You're very kind. :pals:

[Ava]

50. i hate babysitting and don't do it for anyone other than my mom

my little sisters aren't bad, but sometimes i just feel like i'm about to go nuts lol

[IndianaJones]

32. i don't like other peoples stinky obnoxious kids. i keep mine locked up most of the time. nt.

[jeff30997]

35. Yes they are eeevil !!!

:scared:

[Ava]

51. they are

i think they've gotten even more evil with time too. :P

[RetroLounge]

37. But you are one...

:hide:

RL

[jeff30997]

40. Hide better than that !

Cause Ava's gonna kick yer butz! :D

[RetroLounge]

43. ...

:D

RL

[Ava]

45. not anymore fool

:P

[RetroLounge]

82. Hee...

:hi:

RL

[MountainLaurel]

76. Not that that's ever stopped anyone

Mr. Laurel pretty much didn't like most kids when he was one.

[Symarip]

41. I share your sentiment

And I'm in my 30s. I think Carlin said it best - kids are like any other cross section of the population: some winners, mostly losers.

[LibDemAlways]

48. I thought so, too, and stayed happily childless for

many years until I got a little surprise when I was 39. She's the light of my life, and I only regret that she didn't come along sooner.

You are a very intelligent young woman, and whatever decision you ultimately make will be the right one for you!

[Ava]

53. i'll probably have a family years from now

i was kind of joking with the OP after watching my little sisters this afternoon. they're a handful!

if i do have kids it will be much much later in life considering i have no desire to get married or start a family at a young age. ;)

[LibDemAlways]

59. I got married young. I was 20. My daughter

was born just in time to help us celebrate our 20th anniversary.

Here's a true story. When I called a good friend of mine to tell her our family would be expanding her excited totally honest response was, "You're getting a dog. How wonderful!"

[WritingIsMyReligion]

54. Foul, ungrateful wretches.

:D

[Ava]

63. prexactly

:P

how've you been? :hi:

[charlie and algernon]

55. you watching the Omen remake on FX now?

just don't name your kid Damian and you're fine.

[Ava]

62. i haven't seen the remake

i can't bring myself to it. i'm a fan of the original, and don't want to see how much they've ruined it.

[charlie and algernon]

66. yeah, it's pretty bad

Gregory Peck is now Liev Shreiber and Jerry Goldsmith's legendary soundtrack is gone and replaced by ... Marco Beltrami???

[Ava]

68. yup, glad i skipped it

though i do love me some liev schreiber

[Danger Mouse]

57. You'd hate my life...

I have an 11 year old sister, I teach Sunday School on weekends, and I work as a teaching assistant during the week.
I took my sister and three of her friends shopping for Halloween costumes tonight. The weather was absolutely lousy, but I didn't mind doing it terribly.

[Ava]

60. dude, i have three little sisters

i live with two six year olds and one 8 year old until i leave for college next year. i pick 'em up from school and watch them in the afternoons taking them to their karate, swim team practices, and anything else they have going on. my parents both work and i'm glad to help.. but they certainly are a handful.

[Danger Mouse]

64. that why you hate kids?

[Ava]

69. i don't hate 'em

i just don't particularly like 'em. :P

i love my sisters, but other kids drive me insane.

[Danger Mouse]

72. i hear you. i just look at it this way.

when kids act like idiots, it's mostly due to the fact that they're just kids and bad parenting.
when adults act like idiots, they have no excuse.
that makes it easier.

[MountainLaurel]

75. That probably IS why she hates them

:evilgrin:

[Danger Mouse]

79. Correcting Hulk's grammar make hulk VERY ANGRY!!!

HULK SMASH!!

[MountainLaurel]

88. It wasn't a grammar correction Hulk.

Just pointing out that such exposure to children is probably what led her to dislike them.

*whimpers*

[NanceGreggs]

58. When my daughter was about six ...

... she noticed I was completely engrossed in a book I was reading at the time.

"What's that book you can't stop reading," she asked, wondering what I could find so riveting.

"It's called Small Sacrifices," said I.

"Well, what's it about," she asked.

"It's about a woman who tried to murder her own children."

"Yeeew - where'd you find a book like that," she queried.

"At the bookstore," I replied, "in the self-help section."

[Ava]

61. ...

:spray: :rofl:

[NanceGreggs]

65. Made you spit ...

... and ROFL - which means I totally win.

Belated Happy Birthday, AAA (As Always Ava) - you are a joy to us all.

[Ava]

70. lol, thanks

:hug:

[NanceGreggs]

81. Right back at ya!

:hug:

[DarkTirade]

67. And for some reason I'm reminded of the introduction to the movie 'Idiocracy'

:P

[wartrace]

71. I have refrained so far. I dislike their company.

They are soooo childish. Seriously. I don't enjoy their company at all.

[InvisibleTouch]

73. Likewise.

I'm too old to safely have a baby by now, anyway, and I don't see myself adopting, either. There are some kids that I get along with very well, if they're bright and curious and interested in the world around them ... but I still wouldn't want them in my home. It's better for us to be honest about that in advance, than to make a mistake that would adversely affect multiple lives. Nothing to apologize for, and nothing to allow yourself to be guilt-tripped over.

[no name no slogan]

74. I thougth the same thing at 18-- and I think the same thing at 39, too

I like other's people's kids in small doses, but I have no paternal instinct whatsoever.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

77. I felt the same way

for most of my life.

I hated it when dumb asses told me I would change my mind.

I had a great youth without having kids...

Then I hit my 40's...

Eva- I am going to turn 52 in January. My son is 9 and my daughter will be 8 in November.... I would not change a single thing about them. But... honestly, I am NOT a kid person.

But... all the kids in the neighborhood end up here to hang with me and my kids. I am the neighborhood mom. :shrug:

No matter what, do what YOU want. Have kids don't have 'em. Just be YOU.

I adore you and have watched your videos for YEARS and you are one great, almost grown up!

xoxo

Gilligan

[Lex]

78. Most parents I know don't seem to like kids either.

Screaming at them, smacking them, and talking about what a pain in the ass they are.

[Xipe Totec]

80. I've heard that line before

From a dear friend; a physics braniac from Oxford no less.

Who now has three children of her own, and has become a midwife by profession.

He that speaks ill of the Mare, will buy her.

- Benjamin Franklin

[Solon]

83. I love kids, but at the same time, I don't want to subject the world to my spawn...

so I have quite a conundrum here, because, since I know I'm evil, who knows what depths of evil they would achieve! :evilgrin:

[enigmatic]

84. Not having children is the best decision I ever made

Other than marrying Mrs. E , of course :D

Don't let anybody guilt trip you into having if you don't want them. It's your choice, whater you choose..

[Iggo]

85. I love kids!

But seriously, I don't need no carbon copies of me. There's enough kids out there already.

[grannylib]

87. It is a really individual choice; if you still feel that way as your life

goes on, then you are wise to not have them. Parenthood is not for everyone! And even those of us who wanted and have them are not always as good as we'd like to be, that's for sure...
I just can't get over people like Susan Smith who kill their children; that freaks me out more than almost anything.

[Lucian]

89. I'll never have children either.

Because I can't stand them.

[UndertheOcean]

91. have them for what ? Dinner ?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

92. i love my baby brother... all other kids are a nuisance

[Eurobabe]

93. It's OK Ava, my daughter (she's almost 27) doesn't want

kids of her own either, she's been saying that since she was about your age. I told her it's fine, she's in charge of her own destiny. My 2nd hubby never wanted his own children.

Nothing wrong with it at all.

[Heidi]

94. Nah, kids aren't evil, and I like 'em okay. But I don't feel that I need one of everything

I "like okay." :hi:

[Blue_Tires]

96. you are not alone...

[dropkickpa]

97. At 18, I fucking hated kids

And certainly didn't want any, at least right then. At 32, I like my own kid most of the time and my niece and nephews, but that's mostly it. I'm still not particularly fond of children. They're annoying and squeaky.

[mikeytherat]

100. I knew at a young age I didn't want kids, and so did Mrs. Rat.

Married 18 years this month, and still no kids.

Lots of furry little friends, though.

mikey_the_rat

[mnhtnbb]

101. Having kids will change your life--forever. You can't return them.

You also can't predict whether you'll get boys or girls or whether they'll be normal (nothing medically
risky).

It takes a lot of money to raise them.

I do think the old saying of "when in doubt, don't" definitely applies to having kids.

[Shine]

102. I used to think that, too.

:hug: Seriously, I NEVER thought I'd have kids.

And then, somewhere in my mid-20's my perspective changed.

If there's one thing you can count on in life it's that EVERYTHING CHANGES.

Of course, it's perfectly OK if you don't ever have kids, I'm just sayin' you might change your mind with the passage of time.

Or not. :D

:hi: Hey, how'd ya do on your SAT's?