Why would someone want a baby? [Archive]

MrPink

02-22-2007, 11:10 PM

I don't fuckin get it. They just seem like a waste of money and time. It's just illogical to want one. They are not cute or funny. They often smell like piss n shit. As a parent you would invest a huge amount of money and you never get it back. You have to deal with the kid gettin in trouble when he/she gets older. It may be fun sometimes to have a kid, but I think that a dog would be much more fun.

bobrobot

02-23-2007, 02:03 AM

MrPink wrote: I don't fuckin get it. They just seem like a waste of money and time. It's just illogical to want one. They are not cute or funny. They often smell like piss n shit. As a parent you would invest a huge amount of money and you never get it back. You have to deal with the kid gettin in trouble when he/she gets older. It may be fun sometimes to have a kid, but I think that a dog would be much more fun.  Where do you think you'd be if nobody wanted babies???

BeerBandit

02-23-2007, 02:21 AM

Legal Organ Harvesting.

Dan 'Hampton

02-23-2007, 02:29 AM

Maybe it's not so much that you want a kid but the fact that the condom broke and you don't want to kill it and so you have it. 

OGC

02-23-2007, 02:33 AM

MrPink wrote: I don't fuckin get it. They just seem like a waste of money and time. It's just illogical to want one. They are not cute or funny. They often smell like piss n shit. As a parent you would invest a huge amount of money and you never get it back. You have to deal with the kid gettin in trouble when he/she gets older. It may be fun sometimes to have a kid, but I think that a dog would be much more fun. Then get yourself a dog and have some fun. I would applaud you if you really feel this way if you stick to your convictions and don't have any children. The world would be better if the people who didn't want kids didn't produce them.

sailor

02-23-2007, 02:57 AM

bobogolem wrote: MrPink wrote: I don't fuckin get it. They just seem like a waste of money and time. It's just illogical to want one. They are not cute or funny. They often smell like piss n shit. As a parent you would invest a huge amount of money and you never get it back. You have to deal with the kid gettin in trouble when he/she gets older. It may be fun sometimes to have a kid, but I think that a dog would be much more fun. Where do you think you'd be if nobody wanted babies???  exactly!  very lucky his parents were illogical.

cupcakelove

02-23-2007, 03:38 AM

MrPink wrote: I don't fuckin get it. They just seem like a waste of money and time. It's just illogical to want one. They are not cute or funny. They often smell like piss n shit. As a parent you would invest a huge amount of money and you never get it back. You have to deal with the kid gettin in trouble when he/she gets older. It may be fun sometimes to have a kid, but I think that a dog would be much more fun.People having kids really makes you upset doesn't it?  You might want to try locking yourself in your house and turning off any forms of communication that might connect you to the outside world, so you don't have to be exposed to people doing what people do.

Bob Impact

02-23-2007, 04:53 AM

Why would someone want a baby? Because they're hungry silly goose!

Death Metal Moe

02-23-2007, 05:01 AM

MrPink wrote: I don't fuckin get it. They just seem like a waste of money and time. It's just illogical to want one. They are not cute or funny. They often smell like piss n shit. As a parent you would invest a huge amount of money and you never get it back. You have to deal with the kid gettin in trouble when he/she gets older. It may be fun sometimes to have a kid, but I think that a dog would be much more fun. I felt a lot like you when I was a lot younger.  I mean I still don't want kids right now but I'm not angry at people with kids anymore.People have kids for a variety of reason.  Some healthy, some not so healthy.  I hope that people who don't want kids or shouldn't have kids DON'T have them, but as we know, life hardly ever goes according to a plan.I don't know why people want children but I've gained a lot more respect for people who choose to.  I don't understand yet what they get out of it, but as others said in this thread, my parents raised me and your parents raised you.They chose to sacrifice a lot of things in their lives to bring you up.  So give them a little respect at least.  If you don't want kids then don't have them.I think I remember you saying you're a college kid, right?  I was an angry young man once too.  Don't sit around being mad at people for things you can't or shouldn't be able to effect.  I used to do that and it's misguided energy.  You shouldn't care what people do with their lives, worry about your own more.  I quickly found that using the energy I wasted on their lives to worry about my own was much more productive.

walking joint

02-23-2007, 05:01 AM

MrPink wrote: I don't fuckin get it. They just seem like a waste of money and time. It's just illogical to want one. They are not cute or funny. They often smell like piss n shit. As a parent you would invest a huge amount of money and you never get it back. You have to deal with the kid gettin in trouble when he/she gets older. It may be fun sometimes to have a kid, but I think that a dog would be much more fun. yeah...a dog never smells like piss or shit.  they never rip furniture or pee/shit in the house when they are young.  a dog wouldn't eat its own vomit...no way.  babies are cute.yes they do cost alot of money.  but my family always gets my parents nice things for birthdays and Holidays, so you do eventually get some of it back.  and if I was rich they would get alot more.  my son is only 4 months old and he does all the baby stuff...other then the occasional crying at 3AM i love it.  and he is damn cute and that makes him funny.

grlNIN

02-23-2007, 05:04 AM

The only way i'm having a baby within the next 10 years is if it comes out a Corgi.

Bob Impact

02-23-2007, 05:08 AM

That would hurt!

grlNIN

02-23-2007, 05:21 AM

<img src="http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9453/corgipuppyaw8.jpg" border="0" />Worth it.

Death Metal Moe

02-23-2007, 05:25 AM

<img src="http://www.luxist.com/media/2005/12/puggle.JPG" border="0" width="250" height="182" />Puggle?Adorable.

mendyweiss

02-23-2007, 05:26 AM

To Eat ?

sailor

02-23-2007, 05:30 AM

grlNIN wrote: The only way i'm having a baby within the next 10 years is if it comes out a Corgi. i'm not attacking you, but how old are you?  priorities change over time.  stances taken in the bloom of youth can look silly in retrospect.  now, you'll tell me you're 47.  :)

grlNIN

02-23-2007, 05:33 AM

I'm newly 22.It still doesn't change the fact that i'd rather give birth to a puppy than a human.

Death Metal Moe

02-23-2007, 05:33 AM

The most important thing I've learned as I approach 30 is life changes, fast.  And your life priorities can change even faster.Don't say you're commited to anything 100% because life will prove you wrong in a flash.

sailor

02-23-2007, 05:35 AM

grlNIN wrote: I'm newly 22.It still doesn't change the fact that i'd rather give birth to a puppy than a human.  for now.  that's all i'm saying.  a lot can change in your life by the time you're 32.  not that it definitely will, but it might.

sailor

02-23-2007, 05:36 AM

Death Metal Moe wrote: The most important thing I've learned as I approach 30 is life changes, fast. And your life priorities can change even faster.Don't say you're commited to anything 100% because life will prove you wrong in a flash. exactamundo.

BeerBandit

02-23-2007, 05:41 AM

I'm 29, and I finally reached the point where I was ready to have children, mainly because...  ...I was bored.  Apart from touring the world, which doesn't really appeal to me too much, I've done everything.  Drink, drugs, sex, music, movies, books, museums, art galleries, friends, family, college, career.  It just got old.  Time to try the next challenge.  Think about it,  a brand new human for you to mold and shape any way you want.  That's reason enough for me. That and the tax break.

grlNIN

02-23-2007, 05:41 AM

Like my interest in this thread went from 65% before your posts to 11% after them?

sailor

02-23-2007, 05:42 AM

grlNIN wrote: Like my interest in this thread went from 65% before your posts to 11% after them? ouch

LordJezo

02-23-2007, 05:46 AM

I want kids so when I get old and can't do anything anymore I'll have someone to look after me and do the dishes and shovel the driveway.

RoseBlood

02-23-2007, 05:51 AM

mendyweiss wrote: To Eat ? yummm<img src="http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q200/HappenstanceMe/Random/ffff.jpg" border="0" width="300" height="225" />

BeerBandit

02-23-2007, 05:54 AM

You don't want to eat baby.  There all head, and there ain't no meat in a baby head.

EliSnow

02-23-2007, 05:59 AM

MrPink wrote: I don't fuckin get it. They just seem like a waste of money and time. It's just illogical to want one. They are not cute or funny. They often smell like piss n shit. As a parent you would invest a huge amount of money and you never get it back. You have to deal with the kid gettin in trouble when he/she gets older. It may be fun sometimes to have a kid, but I think that a dog would be much more fun. Other than my wife, my daughter is the most important thing in my life.  The joy she brings to me, just by my looking at her, or the pride she gives me when she does something for the first time, is worth more money than I have spent on her to date or could probably spend in my lifetime.  And you know what?  She is cuter than anything in the world (and I'm looking right at you Baby Love) and she is funny.  Will she cause me grief and trouble down the road?  Of course, but if you're not going to do something because of problems down the road, then you should forget about life altogether, because in anything, you will have to deal with problems continuously.  Whether it's your job, your wife, your sports team, your tv show, etc, or anything else you like or love.  At some point, it's going to cause you pain.  But it may also bring  you greater joy than you thought possible.I've owned a dog and I have a child.  And I loved that dog, and yes, a good deal of time I had more fun with her than I have had with my child since she was born 17 months ago.  But I willingly gave that dog up for adoption (tho' it broke my heart), when I realized that right now, I couldn't have a dog and a child.  There are more important things than "fun."  My daughter is definitely one of them, and we still have fun playing with her toys, games, etc.  You may not understand why people have children, but it's not "illogical."  You just don't understand, which is fine.  You may never understand, and it may not be for you.  That doesn't mean that it doesn't make sense for other people.

MrPink

02-23-2007, 06:28 AM

I know it seems weird that I don't like kids, yet I was one. I consider my parents saints for all the shit I did. I'm an only child and they said after adopting me they don't want anymore kids. Anyway, I also don't like kids because I plan on working in New York in a few years and I want a good apartment. I'm going to do the right thing and not have em because I would be a horrible parent even if I wasn't a student.

BeerBandit

02-23-2007, 06:35 AM

MrPink wrote: I know it seems weird that I don't like kids, yet I was one. I consider my parents saints for all the shit I did. I'm an only child and they said after adopting me they don't want anymore kids. Anyway, I also don't like kids because I plan on working in New York in a few years and I want a good apartment. I'm going to do the right thing and not have em because I would be a horrible parent even if I wasn't a student. Well, amen to you sir.  The last thing this overcrowded world needs is more children parents don't want.  I do know a lot of people who subscribe to the "I would be a terrible parent" reasoning, as well as those who say, "I just don't want to bring a child into this awful world."  If only more people had your responsible attitude.

Jujubees2

02-23-2007, 06:38 AM

Before I got married, I really didn't want kids because they are such a responsibility.  But after getting married, I found myself the father of two of the best kids a parent could want.  Yes, they can cause trouble and yes, they can be expensive, but to see life through the eyes of a child is priceless (not to mention seeing Christmas through their eyes).  Along with my wife, they are the most important parts of my life and there is nothing that I wouldn't do for them.