Would you be willing to have kids?

[Starseedchip]

It's the most selfish thing you can do in my opinion.

 

[Jack4230]

Fuck no why would I allow my someone else to experience my shitty genetics.

 

[FullCircle]

I won't even babysit my own niece due to anxiety. Young kids make me so anxious.
If I'm ever stable enough I might consider foster care. My parents were foster parents and there are so many older kids who need someone to care about them.

 

[Leshen]

No, it's cruel and selfish.
It baffles me that so many depressed, suicidal people who have suffered a great deal still want kids... the breeder instinct overshadows any kind of empathy and logic.

 

[lex]

No, it just wouldn't be fair to them. Maybe if I had my shit together. My parents didn't, and it played a big part into how I turned out. I'd only be passing on the suffering.

 

[J113632]

If there is even a small chance, that through genetic inheritance, my child could deal with the same things i deal with then i want no part in it. I can't help feeling that it would be inherently immoral for somebody like me to have kids.

 

[asdasan]

hard "no"

people like me and the ones who cause others to become like me, must not have children

the cycle must be broken

 

[Sinai Silence]

No thanks, not gonna make the same mistakes my parents made.

 

[Grav]

I didn't "want" to have kids but wasn't opposed to it either. My daughter is an adult now and I can say I've done better than my father.

 

[Wayfaerer]

Certainly, but only under the condition that I had a stable mind, a stable income and a wife who had the same. I realize that that is never going to happen now though so no, not a chance. Hypothetically if I did, I would only bring them misery in such a state.

 

[Numbtopain97]

Absolutely no.

 

[Apathy's Girl]

Not having kids was one of the best things I've ever done in my life. Luckily my husband never wanted kids either so there was never any discussion about it, it was just never going to happen.

 

[DyingAlf]

Up until I was around 16/18 I thought I wanted kids but probably only because I thought that my only option in life was to get married & have kids.
Once I realised that I had other options I realised that I didn't actually want kids at all & I had already learnt a lot about this awful world we live in by then & didn't want to bring a child into that. (That's not a judgement on those of you who do have kids!)
Now that I'm suicidal I'm really pleased I never had any plus I'd most likely have been a shit parent anyway.

 

[BPD Barbie]

Probably not. I can hardly take care of myself let alone some innocent small version of me. Plus I have no idea if my mental health would impact them growing up, if they maybe would even inherit some traits etc. Too many risk factors even though my family line ends with me as I have no siblings and nor does my mother.

 

[degeneratewaste]

Aside from the fact I have a complete phobia of pregnancy, I have no desire to bring any other beings into this fucked up world. Plus I couldn't trust myself to take care of a kid, and my family is genetically predisposed to mental health issues so they'd pretty much be lumped with what I've got. I know I wish I'd never been born. People are so horrible and disgusting, plus the environment will be ruined even more than it is now if that's even possible since no government seems to actually give the tiniest shit about it. Nobody else needs to be brought into the world as it is today.

 

[mpnf]

What for?

 

[Dookieshoes]

Nope.

 

[Nymph]

Never ever wanted children in my life. I've hated children/babies since I was a child myself.

No, I'm an Antinatalist

Same

 

[ladolcemorte]

I have never wanted to have children, and I don't ever want to have them. In fact, I think not having children is the only thing I have done right in my life. My life is a disaster, but at least I didn't drag another human being onto this tumultuous ride...

 

[Deleted member 19276]

I can't take care of myself properly, let alone children of my own. Don't get me wrong, I'd do whatever it takes for them if I had any, but... I don't think that will ever happen and it's probably for the best at this point.

 

[Und0n]

Nope

 

[dec132013]

Definitely not biological ones because I don't like babies/little kids, if i'm ever financially/mentally stable enough I'd adopt 14-17 (hell, even a young adult that just aged out of the system if they still want a parental figure)

Not too confident that'd I'd live long enough for that tho

 

[SnowWhite]

I'm couldn't have kids even I wanted so would have to adopt. But considering my mental state, the last thing I'd want to do is give a child a new home and loving family, only for them to lose it again.

 

[Xiaomi]

I want kids, but I gotta make sure I could support all of them. But seeing where I am right now, I'm not sure if it's possible,

 

[mathieu]

No, I will probably kill myself and leave them abandoned. It's bad enough I'm going to leave my dog that way.

 

[TripleA]

No because i dont want giving something from me to this cruel world. Antinatalist also :)

 

[TimeToBiteTheDust]

I am child-free not antinatlist. I don't want to have children but if someone else want to have is OK.

 

[Mr2005]

For my girlfriend yes

 

[BridgeJumper]

Oh hell nooooo
Im fucked up beyond all repair. Im broken. I cant even take care of my own body properly yet alone that poor child. Dependent on a mother who is only good for starving herself, slicing her skin, doing drugs and rocking herself on the bed at night.
When that guy used me 2 months ago, I was popping that plan B like my life depended on it, and if I ever had a way to I would honestly request to be sterilized :)

 

[Worthless_nobody]

No absolutely not! I never will willing subject an innocent life to this creepy dystopian world, my mental issues, instability and I have never liked kids anyway tbh. I was raped and was supposed to have a daughter (I just couldn't go thru with abortion at time) but she died before birth..I'm conflicted because the event made me want to die so bad because I'm fucked up from trauma yet I never wanted kids and honestly...it was for the best.