The many benefits of a child-free life

~~Cuthbert~~ · 12-31-2013, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I was beaten growing up but I wouldn't say they were savage to the point of physical abuse. I do get what you are saying though about how the two can be related to each other.

Belts, shoes & book treatment.

Them ones where you're stood against the wall and flinching before you've even been struck

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Can see a thread idea: Is it OK to hit your kids

djchameleon · 12-31-2013, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Christian Benteke

Belts, shoes & book treatment.

Them ones where you're stood against the wall and flinching before you've even been struck

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Can see a thread idea: Is it OK to hit your kids

lol that is the kind I got as well but include wooden spoons, extension cords and switches that we had to go outside and pick our own.

There is already a thread about that. I would have linked you to it but using my phone. Laptop is in the crapper.

Engine · 12-31-2013, 06:42 AM

One benefit of a child-free life is that you never have to decide the best way to beat your kids.

djchameleon · 12-31-2013, 07:24 AM

Or you could raise them without beating them but i get your lame joke

The Batlord · 12-31-2013, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ladyislingering

Not especially, but do us a favor and eat rat poison.

TheBig3 · 12-31-2013, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ladyislingering

As long as I've been alive, I've never had a desire to be around children. I've never wanted one of my own, and I've never been able to find any reason why it would be a logical decision for me (or anyone).

Usually when people find out about this, they're aghast. They're so offended by a woman in charge of her body, making her own decisions about what she wants or doesn't want to do with it. They can't believe what they're hearing. I get a lot of hate for my lifestyle, and it surprises me. The love of my life has the same beliefs I do about the childfree life: it's fabulous, rewarding, and what we'll keep on doing forever. Neither of us want children, and here's why I believe a lot of people could benefit from swearing off the social pressure of having children.

Think about it: why do people have children? Most of the time it's because that's what they think they're "supposed to do". People follow this ridiculous recipe for the "perfect" life, and they lose themselves in it.

First I'll discuss the things that we enjoy as a childfree couple, then I'll let you in on my personal freedoms and pleasures that would be robbed from me if I made the mistake of having a child.

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As a childfree couple, we are able to:

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There are many more that I'm possibly forgetting, but our life is truly beautiful because we don't have any kids, and never will.

Some of the little things I enjoy as a child-free woman:

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And that's just the beginning of how rewarding it is to be child-free.

Now for the poll: do you see a necessity in breeding?

The future of our family will be determined in these next few months. We could establish a dynasty that would last a thousand years... or we could collapse into nothing, as the Targaryens did. I need you to become a man you're always meant to be. Not next year, not tomorrow... now.

zombie kid · 12-31-2013, 01:44 PM

I think that people are very quick to point out the negatives of having children or kids in general, while completely ignoring positives. That's the general feeling I get from this topic.

FETCHER. · 01-01-2014, 04:51 PM

I don't really like children and don't wish to have them when I'm older and settled.... Yet even to me you're making them out to be like gremlins you accidentally poured water over and fed after midnight.

Lisnaholic · 01-01-2014, 06:06 PM

^ That´s a perceptive comment, FETCHER. A thread called "The many benefits of a child-free life" should devote more time to listing benefits, instead of grumbling away about babies. They certainly aren´t monsters and even at their most disagreeable, it might be as well to remember, "OK, I was once like that too - I´m going to give that little creature some leeway."

To take my own advice, some benefits of a child-free life might be money, peace and freedom from some responsibilities, I guess, although I personally have sacrificed some of those in favour of a child-full life.

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Couldn't be any more spot on Lis.

^ Thanks, Plankton. You gave a great description of a turning point in life that many proud fathers never forget.

ladyislingering · 01-01-2014, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by zombie kid

I think that people are very quick to point out the negatives of having children or kids in general, while completely ignoring positives. That's the general feeling I get from this topic.

positives of children:

eventually they'll be old enough to help out around the house.
eventually they'll get a job.
eventually they'll move out.

the prerequisites to any sort of return from unnecessary breeding are just too unpleasant, though. Why bother with a child, which you have to tend to pretty much 24/7 for years and years on end when you can just get a cat or any other creature that'll clean its own ass, eat what it's given, and be cute regardless of what they do?

View Poll Results: How do you plead?
I'm a parent	11	17.74%
I'm a child-free woman/man	24	38.71%
I want to have kids someday (please explain)	18	29.03%
I'm undecided	9	14.52%
Voters: 62. You may not vote on this poll

12-31-2013, 06:42 AM	#283 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	One benefit of a child-free life is that you never have to decide the best way to beat your kids. __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.

12-31-2013, 01:44 PM	#287 (permalink)
zombie kid Music Addict Join Date: May 2013 Location: in a grave. Posts: 77	I think that people are very quick to point out the negatives of having children or kids in general, while completely ignoring positives. That's the general feeling I get from this topic.