[hopespringseternal]

Not having children is a definite sign of immaturity. It never occurred to me to have kids, even after I married, until a grew up some. And then the kids came and I found out I only thought I was a grownup.

I was frustrated for a while that I had no time for all my little projects and hobbies. After a while, it dawned on me that the kids are more challenging and rewarding than anything else I will ever do.

Most people without kids simply can't relate. They see the time demands and constraints of children to be heinous, even on people other than themselves.

But the older I get, the more I feel my own mortality, the more I realize that time spent on myself is more of a necessity than an entitlement or priviledge. And spending too much time on myself is just vanity, a waste that neither makes me nor anyone else happy.

[Bella_Bru]

Not having children is a definite sign of immaturity.

Having children that you cannot afford is a sign of immaturity. Having children even though you despise screaming, snotty brats is a sign of immaturity.

[Aquinasfan]

But the older I get, the more I feel my own mortality, the more I realize that time spent on myself is more of a necessity than an entitlement or priviledge. And spending too much time on myself is just vanity, a waste that neither makes me nor anyone else happy.

Well said.

[Stone Mountain]

Not having children is a definite sign of immaturity.

Making blanket statements that have no basis in reality is a definite sign of immaturity.

Just because you weren't able to mature without having kids doesn't mean that the rest of us can't...

[zoobee]

Not having children is a definite sign of immaturity. It never occurred to me to have kids, even after I married, until a grew up some. And then the kids came and I found out I only thought I was a grownup.

I think you are a$$-backwards. Had you 'grown up' before you had kids....my bet is you never would of had them.