Posted on 01/03/2005 8:31:56 AM PST by qam1
Now you're gonna have to explain that one to me.
"...How birthrates color the electoral map [thread]..."
That article basically told me that it is WAY too expensive to properly raise six kids in Manhattan, but that it was achievable in more rural areas of the country. There are millions of childless families (urban, suburban, and rural) who chose to re-elect President Bush to office.
~ Blue Jays ~
Well, since it seems like you're asking for input, I'll pipe up. Try to have a baby. The horses can wait. You might wonder why you even wanted to do that sort of stuff after you have a child.
It's totally fair to have a child at 40....if you can. Most women's fertility starts going downhill at 27, so I know this sounds kind of harsh, but you're behind already. I'm speaking from experience, BTW. You have a small window of opportunity now, and if you want to play now, and pay later (awful infertility treatments that cost a fortune and are rarely successful) it's your choice.
Of course, adoption is also an option....a great one IMO, but it's not for everyone. It costs a lot, and takes a lot of time, so 40 for many adoptive parents ends up looking really young.
Best of luck to you.
I can grok to that sentiment.
I'll bet many 'child-free by choice' women will change their minds when they're 50, 60, or even 70 years old, however. Thanks (or no thanks) to modern medicine, we'll be seeing even more of the 'elderly mom' spectacles than we're already seeing now.
Bad idea for the kids.
....47 here and never married. I suppose we should of married any slob and had kids because it seems to be expected and our duty (/sarcasm)....otherwise we are self-centered and selfish
I guess Rush Limbaugh is really selfish too....even though he gives millions to charities...
That makes no sense. I would imagine that over their lifetime, childless couples would pay more into society than they get back.
Common sense is seriously lacking on the part of liberals. Why we would even need to explain to them why school vouchers are good (vice property taxes to pay for public schools)is evidence. :)
Yeah, the hardest time I had with raising children was my first. It seems a though once you have three, having any more than that is no big deal.
My parents took us camping in Northern Michigan. Of all the memories we have those are the ones we talk about the most. "Remember when dad stubbed his big toe on that tent stake and instead of cussing he just said, 'Gee, that felt so good I think I ought to do it again.'"
I take it you don't comprehend statistics.
I stated an observation. There are many old ladies living in FL and AZ who have no one to take care of them. There are many apartment managers who make regular trips to make sure their lone tenants are still alive, because no one else, not a single family member checks up on them. Yes, they find dead bodies. Sometimes they have no one to notify.
When my friends were in their 20's, they would be truthful and tell me how they regret having kids........and let's not forget that ALOT Of kids born today are accidents.
And the beat goes on ...
And those of us without children are getting tired of the ignorance and arrogance of you.
We both have a case of describing eyesight to the blind.
Don't attack those who have decided otherwise, and I won't attack you.
Another issue, particularly in "blue" areas, is that to *properly* raise a child can be an immense challenge. For starters, trying to get by on a single income where I live (mandatory in case of a child, ain't gonna be no day care, no way, no how) is no small task. Oh, and mind you, I utterly refuse to take on any more debt than our current mortgage. Secondly, in terms of schooling, the real choices, in order to avoid the disgusting efforts of pedophilic peddlers of the Gay Agenda and other evil programming, are home schooling or private schooling. Add all that up, and, quite honestly, if we are to have kids, either we must move (and face lower income) or we must accomplish something in situ that borders on a miracle. In summary, it is pricisely my insistance on conservative standards of both child rearing and finances that has counterindicated having a child just yet.
I know of a similar type who dumped her fertility-drug enhanced triplets off at day care six weeks after giving birth. Why bother?
Good point. But I think deep down, even the ones who think that they would would be heartbroken if their child died.
I know what you mean. One lady actually refused to be seated next to us at a restaurant when we were out with our kids (4, 3, and 5 months at the time). My boys were sitting quietly and eating their food...not at all being obnoxious (I have a cure for that, lol).
She was quite loud about her reason for wanting to be moved, too. Nice lady.
That's great that they aren't going to have children just to have children, but then the man assumes that the fathers he knows thinks he's the lucky one, and the woman wants a party for not investing herself in the next generation. Some greyhounds are better off, though, and that's to their credit.
I know a couple who choose to remain childless; they are politically conservative.
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