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[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 months ago

It was bad enough to have to get through the world of children and especially teenagers once. I have zero desire to ever watch and accompany someone else having to go through that hell.

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[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago

Having no kids. I currently have no children and do not plan to. I am satisfied with my life. My only real concerns are about who would support me when I age. Not monetarily but just in case my mind starts to slip and I need someone to help me get the help I need. I don't feel comfortable having a child or adopting with that being the sole reason.

[-] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Never considered the who would support you in advanced age argument. But I live in the US and any children I have would end up as probably the poorest generation to ever exist in this country, so not them I suppose.

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[-] newbeni@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

So, I have a few family members getting on in age and they are worried about the same thing. In one instance, they hired a house cleaner to come on once a week, just purley my happenstance, but she is able to let us know if said family member feels "a little off base"

[-] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago

Single uncle with 2 nieces is where it's at 😉

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[-] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 5 points 5 months ago

I love kids, however, with the current situation of our planet and the inhabitants of it, no more. I just hope that our youngest will be able to grow up and live a full life. Shit is going downhill at an accelerated rate.

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[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I made the choice to not have kids. I didn't want the responsibility and I didn't think I'd make a good parent. I'm in my late 40s now, and honestly - it's been pretty great. It was the right choice.

[-] Rockthisrobot@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

Late 40s. I wanted kids, or at least I think I wanted kids. Might have just been society telling me I wanted kids.

Regardless, kids never happened and I’m glad. My partner and I both agree this world is messed up. And honestly, I probably shouldn’t pass my messed up genes to a new generation.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

My wife had my first when I was 39. I wish I had had kids sooner. I love going to minor hockey games and taking to my daughter about her crafts and school.

[-] azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Absolutely no kids ever even if I wasn’t gay or had ability to adopt. I don’t remember my childhood positively at all, I think my parents should’ve never decided to have kids, and despite me trying hard to not be like them, I found myself making similar mistakes. I don’t understand people being so obsessed about having kids and saying stuff like “wait until you got ur own”, I’m like bitch it’s not happening ever unless it’s a nightmare I wake up all wet after with relief that it’s not real

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

I would probably be a mom by now if I could be, not because I want to be but due to regular happenstance, but with everything I face and everything having kids could add to that, I don't trust myself as one, with both bad genetics and a fear of imbuing a bad childhood at play.

[-] arxdat@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

The moment humans brought nuclear armaments into the world was also the moment that we severed ourselves from our humanity. We are still living in the shadows of metaphorical guns to our heads. This escalation of madness has led us down a very dark path, and for that reason, I'm out.

[-] Shou@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Wars have always been brutal and involved murdering/raping citizens. Don't act like nuclear power made a change in morals. Only thing that changed is the scale. The darkness has always been there.

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[-] Kimdracula@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

I don't have social life. I want kids. It's a fucking contradiction.

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