FriendlyShadow
Well-known member
I know it seems like a fatuous type of topic to bring up coming from a fifteen year old, but I was wondering if some of you would or would not like to have children. I'd like to state that I have respect and have no problem with people/couples who want or don't want kids because it is entirely up to them. Now, as for me, I don't want to procreate babies into this world. I mean I NEVER want to. Some of you may think it's selfish, but I think the world is to me, it's just over populated, I know for sure I wouldn't make a good mother since I'm so careless with things and have to raise the baby financially, pregnancy(and I'll be honest, I really don't want to experience the pain of giving birth or having to push the baby out of me either.), they cost a lot of money, ect. Now, what I don't get is people trying to convince in a way that I'll change my mind in the future. They say things like "You were a child once, where would you be if your mother didn't have you. "I used to say the same thing to my parents, I bet you'll grow up to have 6 kids." To the childless people/or to the people who want or like to have kids, again I respect you if you want to have a kid/kids(Unless if it's not because of a selfish reason like "I need someone to take care of me when I get older' only you won't know if the kid Will actually take care of you. "It's what people were meant to do and we were born to carry on the family gene, the human race would die out." I don't think just because a few couples aren't going to have kids, doesn't mean the race will die out anytime sooner you know.) What frustrates me more is that people come up with these irrational statements, like they think that these are the facts of life, example : It is selfish because everything revolves around you if you don't have kids. "You say that now but wait until you're biological clock starts ticking and you will feel differently" "The bible told us to go forth and multiply." I mean where are they getting all of this data from of childless people. Is it the media, is it what the bible told them, I mean I don't understand why anybody wouldn't want to be proud of the person who doesn't want kids saying that they are making a responsible choice instead of rushing to grow up. I mean, it's great that a couple who wants kids had them actually planned out instead of an accident(if it was for dumb cause), but I don't get why some people who want kids/ and even some childless people who do want children have to pester the poor people, including me, on why you should bring a newborn into this world. I know, when I said I didn't want children many of you will be thinking I'm too young to say that now. Now of course I can't predict the future if I'll ever change or not(heck I bet people who've said I never wanted kids at my age probably still think so in their 30's 40's 50's or even older.) but I think I know myself better than anyone else and smart enough to make my own decisions without letting anyone convince me otherwise. I don't know, what do you think? Am I overreacting?
