Does anyone here NOT want or have kids?

Not at the moment, the future is undecided, but I probably will.
I mean, I’m only 22.

@asmonet I don’t think age matters. But it is good to wait

Oh, I agree. But generally, 22 and carefree don’t mix with babies. :)
Besides, I’ve got like what, eighteen more years that I can figure this out in? :P

My girlfriend left me two months ago.
She was the only one I would have a child with.

@asmonet yea, exactly

I’m 28 and just not quite there yet, emotionally or financially. Also, things are great with the relationship, and we’re not ready to throw that kind of wrench into it.

I do not want kids. I am 35 and not planning on testing the biological clock anytime soon. The main reason is I think babies, infants and toddlers are annoying, boring, irrational little animals, for the most part. Yes, even the kids I am related to. I have been thinking about fostering lately, but not because I want kids, because my wife and I have skills to help turn around troubled youth. I want to help out the world and people some way; foster kids could be it.

@Likeradar yea, it is a wrench isn’t it

@tinyfaery good for yall

I don’t want kids and I am almost 40.

I don’t have the patience to deal with them, and kids need lots of patience and guidance from parents and other adults as they grow and learn to navigate their way through the world. This is also why I am not a teacher.

45, wanted one, but I’m infertile and adoption didn’t work out for us.

@aprilsimnel me too (minus the being 40 thing)

Not really. My boyfriend and I don’t really want them. He doesn’t like kids and I’m kind of ambivalent which is not good in a mom.

We’re young, we may change our minds later, but for now? No.

Yes, me! I’ve never really had a desire to have them, and i don’t feel the need to have ‘em, i don’t think they’re all cute and stuff, or anything of that sort. I just don’t want ‘em. Not from my body anyway. IF i ever wanted one, i may adopt.

@JellyB So you wouldn’t mind having the financial burden?

@Facade Oh, right now i can’t even afford to have children anyway. Well, i suppose i can, but i have other things i want to spend my money, AND time on, right now. I want my time and money to do with as i please, and not be bound to spend it on children.

@JellyB sounds good

@Facade :)

I don’t. I can’t stand kids.

I don’t have kids, and I don’t want kids. Which is good, because they’re unlikely to happen for me without a great deal of effort.

I have two because it is the coolest thing in the world to bring up children. Simply amazing!

I don’t want to reproduce but I have thought about adopting but to be honest, at the moment I don’t feel the need to raise a child at all. People keep telling me I’ll change my mind and if I do, I hope I will still consider adopting.

@Leanne1986 don’t you hate when people say you’ll change your mind?

@Facade Yep, I do feel like people are saying I will change my mind because having children is what we are “supposed to do” and not because they actually KNOW me well enough to think I will change my mind. I’m sure nature has ensured that most species feel maternal/paternal from a young age to ensure the continuation of said species but I have never felt broody or maternal towards small human beings. I have plenty of animals who I love dearly but when it comes to children, I like to be able to give them back as I get bored of them very quickly!!!

@Facade
Biologically speaking, it is not good to wait. Socially and economically, it is.

I am uncertain if I want to have kids. Depends if I find someone that I am interested in having kids with. If I do have kids, it would be two at the most.

I never wanted kids and never had them. I don’t look back and wish that I had had them.

I’m 24 and undecided. I like children and think I would be a great parent. The thing that’s holding me back is the state of the world and what I think the future will be like. If things don’t turn around, I won’t bring them into this kind of place.

I’m also not financially stable enough to have children at this point and there’s too much I want to do, like travel the world, as much as possible. I also have endometriosis and I bleed when I exercise sometimes, so the idea of having to push that hard during birth kind of scares the shit out of me.

If, someday, I decide to have kids, I’ll probably try to adopt – for my own health reasons and because I figure why not help out the children that already exist?

@DrasticDreamer you make a good point

a parent here. My sister made the decision not to have children. She’s 40. To date, she still says it’s her best decision. I admire her for her decision and not caving to her ex’s wishes. or my mother’s constant, “are you sure?” question!

Just like I had the desire to have children, she had the opposite. It’s not for everyone, and for those that stand by their decision, I have a world of respect for those people.

@cak good

I’ve never been really pumped about kids and my last three girlfriends have enforced that. Everyone tells me that I’m going to meet “The One” and it will all become clear/change. Standing by

Not my time and also I want my alone time.

I used to think that I definitely wanted kids. After a divorce and some other life altering incidents, I’ve become undecided. Taking care of myself in the past year has been rough enough. I can’t imagine having a kid tagging along.

Right now, I haven’t decided on whether to get a girl or not, let alone kids