Poll of the Day > Do you like kids?

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I can tolerate kids in short bursts. I could never imagine trying to raise one though.

I can tolerate kids in short bursts. I could never imagine trying to raise one though.

Considering getting a vasectomy in the near future...

Three people (myself included) that work with kids like them and everyone else who posted so far sounds like some kind of anti-social freak that may or may not be legally forbidden to interact with kids regardless of their feelings.

God, I wish it was that easy for women...

I can tolerate kids in short bursts. I could never imagine trying to raise one though.

Can't you just get your tubes tied if you wanted to?

Lmao

..... I don't see why it's funny that I asked a legitimate question that I don't know the answer to, but okay.

Can't you just get your tubes tied if you wanted to?

To be honest, my mom had almost no trouble getting her ovaries removed after I was born.

She was told that having another kid would kill her though...

Yeah I mean you can't see how that scenario would make is easier for her to get sterilized? She needed a major health complication.

..... I don't see why it's funny that I asked a legitimate question that I don't know the answer to, but okay.

Three people (myself included) that work with kids like them and everyone else who posted so far sounds like some kind of anti-social freak that may or may not be legally forbidden to interact with kids regardless of their feelings.

Three people (myself included) that work with kids like them and everyone else who posted so far sounds like some kind of anti-social freak that may or may not be legally forbidden to interact with kids regardless of their feelings.

Kids are easy to deal with. People that aren't good with them have grown up into adults that can't interact with a child.

No.
I also don't want to hold your damn baby.

..... I don't see why it's funny that I asked a legitimate question that I don't know the answer to, but okay.

For the record too I wasn't laughing at you personally just lmao'ing at the idea of it being easy to get sterilized as a woman

Kids are little balls of sunshine?

I don't understand why the vast vocal majority of people online hate them on a deep level, I think it's off-putting. It's like high-minded progressive people in particular seem to be sprinting to make the logical choice to get neutered asap because they just never got over this hangup, and they get offended when you suggest maybe they have an issue.

Then they get pet dogs and cats and treat them like they're their kids to fill their maternal instinct they deny they have. The truth is that thing isn't a person, it's an overgrown rodent that's infesting your home. It will live 7 years and die making no impact on anything and it doesn't matter. You will never be able to connect or communicate with it on a real level, and you don't know what it's thinking. It won't look after you when you're old or give you purpose in life. You pretend you don't want commitment but you will maintain 4 of them at all times for the rest of your life, raising a bunch of stinking neutered animals as your legacy. You talk to them and make inside jokes with them like they can hear you the same way a schizo talks to the voices in their head.

10 people hate me now.

Well aren't you a little f***ing ray of sunshine.

Now THIS kind of shit really irks me. People who hate kids just stay out of the way of people who like kids, but why do people who like kids always act like people who don't are all fucking psychopaths or something? It is so frustrating. I am absolutely repulsed by kids but I'd still easily jump in front of a car to save one. I understand the value of children. I hate to hear about children who get treated badly.

I can see why people would like kids. They are our future. They are innocent. They can be very sweet, they depend on you, they can even be like a part of you. Many people feel like they could never do anything more beautiful than raise another human being. I can sympathize with that. But for those of us who don't want kids of our own and don't like being around them it's different. Why can't you sympathize with that?

Some kids are alright, I mean, they're people who are all different. But kids, especially little ones, are also loud, annoying, stupid, disgusting, uncoordinated, and germ-ridden. Being pregnant, giving birth, and being postpartum is a genuinely awful experience. Your body will change in crazy ways and will never be the same. Financially you will probably never be where you once were or could have been. Mentally you will be exhausted. You can't do as much of the things you used to for fun. You lose years of time to yourself. Anyone who thinks it's easy to deal with kids either doesn't have any or had a loved one who would do all the hard parts for them. Part of what makes mothers and fathers so badass is how difficult their job is. It is NOT easy and it is NOT always fun! I respect the Hell out of parents.

But even if it's not your commitment and not your kid, some people just don't fuck with all that mess. Now I've met some genuine brats but that isn't to say it's always a kid's fault when they act badly in public, especially if they're really young. I don't blame them. I just don't want to be around them. Is it really that hard to understand that not liking kids doesn't equal being some sort of sociopath? Get over yourselves. There was no need to bring that kind of attitude here.

In fairness, we dont all do that.

Well aren't you a little fucking ray of sunshine. Calm down a little.

Ok fine, I was reactionary. Declining birth rates are due to other predictable factors, and I take it all back. Sorry.

Every now and then a stupid Conservative thought that my dad taught me long ago pops up and I have to squash it, and this one's basically "intelligent people have to have kids to outnumber the dumb people".

Ok fine, I was reactionary. Declining birth rates are due to other predictable factors, and I take it all back. Sorry.

Every now and then a stupid Conservative thought that my dad taught me long ago pops up and I have to squash it, and this one's basically "intelligent people have to have kids to outnumber the dumb people".