Child-Free and Carefree

ABC News ^ | February 14, 2002 | Geraldine Sealey

[sinkspur]

All the happily childless should found their own nation somewhere on an island or something, then they won't have to pay for anyone else's kids and can go forth happily into extinction. Sounds like a fair solution to me.

And some of us who have children might join them, if only to get away from arrogant jerks like you.

My two are grown and gone and, frankly, though I love them deeply, I don't miss them one bit.

[oremus]

If there are some who are genuinely needy, yes we should share.

But again, I had a good idea for you folks, no?

[biblewonk]

Prov 30:15,16

There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

[Nonstatist]

The fact that SS has become pay-as-you go is the government's fault, not the childless couples.

Where have you been hiding? It's always been pay-as-you-go. They are taxed to pay for this years recepient (including their parents), and somebody else's kid will be taxed to pay for their benefits..

It's selfish but legal. Which doesent make it something they should want to crow about, however.

[Bump in the night]

Re #18

Yea. Right. Whatever!

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

If there are some who are genuinely needy, yes we should share.

But should we be forced to share?

If you think so, maybe you should move to China.

[Bella_Bru]

And I won't even go into my wife's icicle vision and ability to shop faster than a speeding Visa card.

It's Valentine's day. Hopefully that icicle vision will miss you today. ;-)

[Phantom Lord]

(Your statement exposes your ignorance)

How so?

I know a very "religious" roman catholic women. Never mind that she is divorced. But she is so religious and devoted to her faith that when her son married a non catholic and the ceremony was not in a catholic church she refused to attend. She also refused to attend a rehersal dinner for the wedding of her best friends son because the name of the restaurant it was at was "The Witchery". She also refused to attend the wedding the next day because it wasnt in a catholic church and the groom wasnt catholic and the bride was.

And would you care to guess why she refused to attend these things and where she got the instructions to not attend them because it would go against her religion??? I'll tell you where... HER PRIEST!

This lady and her priest are wack jobs.

[independentmind]

People don't exist for the state. The state exists for the people. This is the difference between communism and the republican form of democracy.

Kind of disappointing that it took over 100 posts on a conservative website for someone to point this out.

[oremus]

I'm only suggesting a solution for the happily childless whiners. They're the ones whining about this that and the other thing regarding other people's children, not me. Frankly, if they don't want to have children, that's their business (and that's not to say it doesn't have a potentially negative effect on society).

[Phantom Lord]

I tried Vegas, my parents were behind me but my wife said no. Plus her mother will not fly and driving from NY to Vegas was not an acceptable thing to ask her to do.

We have considered getting a divorce for the hell of it to get remarried somewhere like Vegas.

[oremus]

No. She is correct, and you are rebellious and deceived. Many thought Jesus was a "wack-job" too. God bless her.

[Phantom Lord]

got FIRED for not selling enough Extended Warranties (missed "quota" by .01 %)

Damn that Clark Howard!

[geaux]

You've got mail.

[hunyb]

are you saying that because i am on the pill, they i am 'aborting' babies every month?

[Bump in the night]

They do, however, expect to collect social security, taxed from incomes of other people's children.... Selfish, very selfish.

Excuse me???? I don't have kids. But I Do pay a sh*tload of my income to social security every year. And guess what... I plan on collecting MY money when I'm an old fart and can't work for it.

[Bella_Bru]

See, we have the Vegas wedding thing all planned out. When I asked my sweetie what about those who may not want to fly, he simply said, "They can take greyhound."

[oremus]

Not necessarily every month, but the Pill does not prevent ovulation 100%, so therefore you can conceive, but the uterus will not be inhabitable and the ovum will be expelled, resulting in a chemical abortion. This is how the pill is actually an abortifacient, but the $$$ Pharma co's don't want you to know that.

When I found this out, I freaked, as I used the pill in my "wild" days.

[freeeee]

she refused to attend

Yeah, but why complain?

Sounds like she did everyone a big favor.

[DonkeyHodee]

I'm childless, more or less by choice, and 50 this year. Am I wrong to be childless? I don't think so. I, too, thought I'd make a rotten mother, so I did a career instead

It doesn't necessarily work that way. A lot of great people came from rotten parents. Most 'great' parents don't have great kids. Look at W.