Those that don't have kids

[MWOS]

Less :/

[Deleted]

ML has no impact on my decision to want kids.

H and I decided we wanted kids. I want them sooner than him thouh.

[fuckstick]

It hasn't changed my desire for kids at all. Some days it makes me wonder, "Oh god I hope I can handle stuff like that when it happens to me!" but I still rabidly want children.

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Sept 27, 2012 15:59:54 GMT -5 fuckstick said:

It hasn't changed my desire for kids at all. Some days it makes me wonder, "Oh god I hope I can handle stuff like that when it happens to me!" but I still rabidly want children.

:Y:

[pantsparty]

Um...I don't think they've swayed it either way. Maybe reinforced my decision a little bit more. I like my sleep as well. And vaganus scares me.

[omeomi]

Hasn't changed my mind a bit.

[lucky513]

m so indecisive

but Im going with they make me want to have a baby more

[babygirlpriest]

We wanted kids but it just wasn't in the cards for us. Reading about the less-than-awesome days does sometimes remind me of the perks of being child-free.

[janegold]

I already wanted kids but all the ML cuties make me more excited for them. In the meantime though, I'm enjoying having freedom and being able to sleep when I want.

[Awkward]

It hasn't changed my eventual want for them, thought it has opened my eyes to the realities and expenses. In college I thought I wanted 5. Today if I could get 2 that would be fantastic.

[scotty]

The nest and IRL woke me up more to the time, effort, responsibility, best personality type for the job. So, less. But, I do sometimes want to rent a baby and dress it up. Pref. a girl.

[Deleted]

More, because seeing adorable pictures of adorable babies makes me want one right now.

[Some Funny Name]

Just when I think I couldn't be less interested in having kids, someone posts about diaper blow-outs or a horrendous birth story. That pretty much just cements it for me. No kids. No way. No how.

[noodleskooze]

Definitely more. Then I go over to MM and feel the opposite, because obviously kids aren't MM. So I'm staying here.

[wrathofkuus]

I never wanted them in the first place, but reading the stuff from mothers here makes me look at getting pregnant as less of a disappointing downturn in life, and more as a huge goddamn terrifying disaster.

[fuckstick]

Also I think being here has made me worry a little more about the possibility of IF. I already worried about it before, but since I've never tried to get pregnant, I have no idea. Also dude is getting old and I'm certainly not getting any younger!

[falada45]

We are still undecided and ML hasn't changed my mind either way.

We both want kids, at least somewhat, but are worried about affording them. We might just have our pets and call it good. But I like knowing that children are still an option. Whenever we have a serious discussion about not having children EVER I get sad. Even though it's probably for the best.

[Muddled]

Neither. Both. I don't know.

What I don't want to do is turn into someone that forgets that my kids are only the center of my world and no one else's. Not my mom's or my brother's or my IL's, just mine and Brad's. This is what I have learned from ML.

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Sept 27, 2012 15:59:29 GMT -5 skippingstones said:

ML has no impact on my decision to want kids.

H and I decided we wanted kids. I want them sooner than him thouh.

Same.

I love hearing the stories though!

[berbles]

A little of both, depending on the day.

Sometimes the stories are horrifying and I think I'll never be able to handle/afford kids.

Other times the stories make me realize that no one is perfect and all parents are just winging it 90% of the time. And that makes me feel better about my abilities.

The kid pics make my ovaries explode every time. So in that sense, ML has pushed me more toward kids.

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Sept 27, 2012 16:03:30 GMT -5 TR said:

More. But it has made me think that one and done might be ok instead of two. Two seems exponentially harder than one.

This is where I'm at.

[Deleted]

ML has zero influence on my decision to procreate or not to procreate.

[Deleted]

It hasn't impacted my desire for eventual children but it has made me insanely jealous of stay at home moms.

[zombiemuse]

It just reinforces my decision to not have children.

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Sept 27, 2012 16:00:58 GMT -5 sameoldash said:

more. and i already realllllly fuckin wanted my own little army.

You can have one of mine. I'll share.

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Sept 27, 2012 16:23:16 GMT -5 sameoldash said:

Sept 27, 2012 16:20:57 GMT -5 @jlm523 said:

You can have one of mine. I'll share.

by all means, send one on down. you make beautiful little ladies.

You can have J. She's the quiet and well behaved one.

[TemperanceBrennan]

I'm going to say more. My husband has wanted kids for awhile now and I'm the one who has said we needed to wait. I'm having major baby fever now and seeing all of the new babies is making my logical mind lose the baby argument.

[lust2hart]

I think that whatever one's position on having kids was before they came to GBCN will just be reinforced by the board. So in my case, I was never wild about having kids. So then I read the stories on here and I'm like, "Yep, I have no interest in that."

I would be really interested to hear from someone whose position has changed, though.

[ralphlauren]

Way less

[Muddled]

Sept 27, 2012 16:33:55 GMT -5 lust2hart said:

I think that whatever one's position on having kids was before they came to GBCN will just be reinforced by the board. So in my case, I was never wild about having kids. So then I read the stories on here and I'm like, "Yep, I have no interest in that."

I would be really interested to hear from someone whose position has changed, though.

Good point.

I came on with no position. Now I am leaning toward yes, but I think that has more to do with my age and IRL influences and less to do with the boards. I think.