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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:49 AM Original message |
The assumption that all women want to have children really bothers me. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good for you! Every child has the right to be wanted. Nothing is sadder than seeing |
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Autumn Colors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm 47, childless by choice, and glad |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
64. I think it was Tallulah Bankhead |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. I didn't either, and I never had them. I always thought that |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. When I was younger I told everyone that would listen |
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WillieW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Same here. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not all women want to have or to adapt kids. |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. my boyfriend and I are house hunting right now.. |
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Howler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. I never wanted kids either! |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. I had an overwhelming urge to have children |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
87. CONGRATULATIONS Crunchy Frog! I know EXACTLY how you feel, minus the joy of twins. |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. I am glad that you mentioned the idea that every man wants to be a father is bogus as well. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. One of my contributions to this world has been to forego having children. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
98. Amen. |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #98 |
156. Isn't that how more kids are made? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #98 |
193. Right. Society should not judge people who don't want kids, NOR get in the way of the self-righteous |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #193 |
202. My not breeding doesn't harm an innocent child. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #202 |
283. Actually, the thread isn't about your fatwa against smug yuppie breeders, either. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #283 |
289. Wow! That was some tirade. |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 02:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
102. I know my parents shouldn't have bred... |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #102 |
120. Some people really aren't cut out to be parents |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
139. And with Americans using 5x the resources of the developing world... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #139 |
155. So, ballpark figure- how many lives would be "saved" if the U.S. Population dropped to Zero? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #155 |
163. Yes, I judge selfish people who think they're the only ones who matter. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #163 |
191. And I judge people with such limited vision and self loathing that the only "solution" they can |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #191 |
204. And I judge people who are so consumed with narcissism and grandiosity |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #204 |
228. You know what should humble the biggest egos? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #228 |
274. You two must be a blast at parties. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #274 |
290. I can see you hanging out with Ben Stein at a party right about now. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #155 |
165. Can't speak for the other person, but I would imagine the point is not |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #165 |
168. You pretty much nailed it. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #165 |
192. And do any of the people pontificating on this subject know what the pop. growth rate in the US is? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #192 |
203. It's not zero. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #203 |
209. But Warren DeMontague does have a point. It's mostly immigration. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #209 |
214. Immigration accounts for 1/3 of it. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #214 |
277. "voluntary human extinction movement" |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #277 |
291. Shorter Warren DeMontague: |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #214 |
281. I also like how they make sure to include "voluntary" in the organization's name. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #281 |
293. Awww, whatsamatter Warren, is the big bad website scawing you? |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #209 |
218. So we should have children to support ourselves or some older generation? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #218 |
223. It is pretty awful, isn't it? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #223 |
275. No one is "obligated" to do anything. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #275 |
295. I would describe you as: |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #218 |
240. Pay whom? If the younger generation doesn't exist? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #240 |
249. Some people recognize that they would not make good parents |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #249 |
252. I absolutely agree. But they shouldn't condemn others as "breeders." |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #252 |
255. Yeah, you're with us 100%. After you call us immature narcissists, of course. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #255 |
258. The "breeders" were called narcissists way up-thread. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #258 |
260. Some are narcissists. Some are not. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #260 |
276. I respect people who don't want kids. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #276 |
285. But you do waste a ton of time demanding to be worshipped for yours. nt |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #252 |
261. I don't see where people are condemning others for having children |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #240 |
279. Yes, there is. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #192 |
224. Let's talk a little about hate |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #224 |
241. Hate? It's a statistical number. I could just as easily say you hate children. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #241 |
248. I don't hate children |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #248 |
253. Most Americans aren't having "litters." |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #253 |
262. I think you're reading something into posts that doesn't exist |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #241 |
254. No dear, we don't hate children |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #254 |
273. Bullshit. Hate. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #273 |
288. Uh, you might want to take remedial statistics. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #288 |
304. I'm going to sum up my responses into one post, because really I don't have time for this noise. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #304 |
308. "because really I don't have time for this noise" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 02:52 AM Response to Reply #308 |
309. Thanks for your input. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #192 |
227. PS... |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Never say never |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I think it's too big an assumption. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. In some instances |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. I think you're missing the mark here |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. I don't agree. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I see it a bit differently |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
83. i said never, so did my sister, and several of my friends are child-free |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. I have a friend that said never. Now his wife is knocked up with their 6th |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #86 |
181. did HE say never, or did SHE? |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
132. An interesting comment given the "hobby" you have listed |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
183. And stop telling people what they will feel based on your own experience |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
184. Can't speak for others, but as I aged the more certain I became |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #184 |
185. "All living creatures have the desire to reproduce." |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #185 |
186. I was talking about biological imperatives, not conscious cognitive decisions. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #186 |
189. the drive is not to reproduce ... the drive is to have sex n/t |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #189 |
210. No, the drive is to reproduce. Having sex just for the sake of sex is a fairly new concept. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #210 |
242. for the majority of human history, people did not know that sex lead to reproduction |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #242 |
303. I doubt that. I think that on a subconscious level, reproducing has always been the goal. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #184 |
220. I think mine's broken. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. You Might Change Your Mind |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
178. This statement is so insulting. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #178 |
187. Oh Please |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #187 |
194. "dismiss the experiences of us much older than yourself" |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #194 |
198. How's This |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
257. I changed my mind.... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. I have a sister that decided not to have children. No biggie. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
88. Calling people "selfish" for not having children is just as ugly as people who call women "selfish" |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. Leaves you more time to contribute to the future in other ways. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm 55, do not have children, do have a good job, and |
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Inkyfuzzbottom (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. It is so irritating, isn't it? |
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DebbieCDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. Spot on |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'm 56, never had kids, and everything turned out fine |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. Just encourage your siblings to have kids and then contribute to their upbringing |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
109. So if she is the "last of her line" |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #109 |
128. That does not follow from what I wrote necessarily. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #128 |
211. No, continuing the family line is not a good reason. |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. Trust me, you're not going to change your mind... |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
48. I Did |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
58. i didnt want kids and REALLY didnt want to get married. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. They're different choices and both have good points and bad points |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. We're thinking our middle daughter might not want kids... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. A good friend had a tubal ligation at the age of 20 dispelling that myth once and for all for me. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Did she have a hard time finding a willing doctor? n/t |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Not here in California in 1973. Signed informed consent covers butts. n/t |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. When I was in the medical field I knew doctors who wouldn't do it. n/t |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. California has always had liberal thinking pockets that made this possible |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. My mom had a hard time finding a doctor who would do it when she was in |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. This is what makes it so sexist...having the husband sign like that... |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Yeah, I said the same thing, I told her it was bull, but she went along to get it done. |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
151. Lucky her. I was a single mom of a 10YO when I asked my Dr. to do it. He said NO |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #151 |
172. Good grief! I find that truly sexist behavior on the part of your M.D. |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. That is my question too |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I knew women who asked for ligations as you did and were refused... |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I had a FEMALE doctor |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Yep, that is worse. n/t |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
162. That's funny. |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I have a friend |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Hysterectomy is far more permanent than a tubal ligation... |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
72. yes, agreed, but my friend was/is certain |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. There are more considerations to take in account in addition to having kids... |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. yes, I should have acknowledged that point |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 02:11 AM Response to Reply #40 |
99. I've met two women who experienced that |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #40 |
236. That's similar to what I encountered |
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Career Prole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. I've got a 14 year old daughter who has stated |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #27 |
89. When I was 14 I was going to find a way to marry Nick Rhodes from Duran Duran |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #89 |
114. Not all 14-year-olds are the same. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. I don't know what it is about people but when they get married or |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
60. out of good will. |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 02:42 AM Response to Reply #29 |
103. Oxytocin is a helluva drug**nm |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. It bothers a lot of straight men, too. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. Nope, you're not alone |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. I will be 55 in a couple of months and I have never |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
33. the common assumption is |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. I don't know that it's sexist as much as it is an issue with society |
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Caution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
45. I hate to tell you this but men get this constantly as well. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Patrick Swayze and his wife opted to not have children... |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 05:24 AM Response to Reply #45 |
106. If you don't think it's sexist, check your male privilege please. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. I knew when I was in my 20s that I didn't want children. |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #49 |
115. "No one else is living your life ..." |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. When I tried to get my tubes tied, Dr. said "You'll change your mind when |
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OCAtheist (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. What an ass! |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #55 |
150. I got it done eventually- 1 month before my daughter turned 18 & graduated HS |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. The thing is |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
51. My daughter (25) feels the same way.She was always getting into arguments with her |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
52. firstly, why many tell you that you will change your mind is it is about norm |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. you think your life is a "norm" that you can apply to others |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. lordy, the offense.... how dare i. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. You think in what YOU consider to be the norm |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. ha.... this has become funny |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. I understand your intent, but... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. well |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #80 |
231. You were perfectly clear. Others, in their bizarre lust to be outraged... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #231 |
232. ty |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #232 |
233. Yah - I didn't notice the dates until after I had replied. Sorry bout the thread-necro. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. hey |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
61. This man never wants to be a father. |
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Natalya Slosky (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
63. I'm 27 and child-free. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
65. THANK YOU. |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 02:47 AM Response to Reply #65 |
104. All of the obnoxious parents I know... |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #104 |
124. Parent of two here, and while I know that |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #124 |
130. "Can" and "will" are entirely different things... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #130 |
154. And where, precisely, are the problems of overpopulation most severe on Planet Earth? |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #154 |
173. Wow, you really think the continents are isolated?... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #173 |
190. What exactly is the birth rate in the USA? Western Europe? |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #190 |
205. I shudder to think of what would happen to my mom without me |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #205 |
246. Self-centered people will be selfish |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #246 |
256. It changes everything when someone else's welfare is your responsibility. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #205 |
270. Do you really believe that having children guarantees |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #270 |
299. I'm taking care of my mom. Because I'm a "family values" gal. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #104 |
153. So, the OP shouldn't get shit for not having kids, but people who do are "obnoxious"? |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #104 |
180. I know what may be coming and we are enjoying life right now. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
66. That's because you haven't met me yet |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
67. My brother was constantly asked when he would get married. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
70. I didn't |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
73. I think... |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #73 |
125. Happy Birthday Queen! |
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lady raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
75. I am one of those who changed my mind |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
78. All Liberals should have at least 20 children. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I produced three and one of them produced three... |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 02:49 AM Response to Reply #78 |
105. That's impossible... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #78 |
188. yeah, |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
82. I'm almost 50, and i never changed my mind about wanting them |
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RadicalTexan (607 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
84. I am a 29 year old woman and feel the same way, exactly. |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
85. Excellent post. |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
90. Adoption is a beautiful thing! |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
91. In retrospect, |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
92. You may change your mind, you may not |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
93. Honey, it will always be SOMETHING. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
94. It bothers me too. Always has. |
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shintao (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
95. There goes the sexual figure |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #95 |
244. Spoken like a Manhattan socialite. |
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illuminaughty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
96. I always knew I didn't want children. At 53 I have no regrets. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
97. A lot of people have kids and then change their mind about it. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 07:14 AM Response to Reply #97 |
110. Really? That's funny, I don't know a single person who says that. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #110 |
117. Oh gee well excuse me. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #117 |
134. If no one is mentioning it, how do you know? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #134 |
137. I am not the one making universal assumptions. YOU are. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #110 |
148. I know some. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #148 |
166. Happened to my best friend, whose mom was a heroin addict when she gave birth. |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #148 |
284. Same here |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #148 |
307. Me, too |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #110 |
208. Ann Landers poll from the 1970s |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #110 |
215. That's because you have kids. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #215 |
302. It's like that old joke about Mormons |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #110 |
216. Also, what's your reaction to the Ann Landers column noted on this blog? |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #110 |
221. Also, what do you make of this post? |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #110 |
306. I do |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #97 |
113. A lot? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #113 |
118. Yes. A lot. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #118 |
135. Wow. What a piece of semantic ju-jitsu THAT is. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #135 |
136. This is rich coming from a guy who makes a sweeping generalization based on the people he knows. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #136 |
140. Again. Perhaps you should do some self-examination as to why this topic gets you so riled up. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #140 |
144. Perhaps you should do the same self examination and keep your dimestore psychoanalysis offa me |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #144 |
146. "It is better to NOT have children and later regret it than to HAVE them and later regret it. " |
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RadicalTexan (607 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #113 |
126. I've had a couple of other women tell me this |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. I believe "a couple" |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #129 |
138. If it's one percent of the children born in the world that is millions of people. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #113 |
217. What do you make of this Ann Landers column? |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #113 |
222. Also, what do you make of this post? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #97 |
263. May I just say... |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
100. Sometimes "being a good parent" is not being a parent at all**nm |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
101. Point blank? People should worry about living their own lives instead of other peoples'. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #101 |
141. Ah, I just realized what your former user name is. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #141 |
147. "You expect everyone to kiss your butt because you procreated and people like me ain't gonna do it." |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #147 |
164. Sometimes -- like with our current population explosion -- your business affects our business. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #164 |
197. Please explain, in detail, exactly what "population explosion" is taking place in the USA. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #197 |
229. Could you be a little more racist? I mean, really. nt |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #229 |
271. So the truth is racist? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #271 |
300. The population of the world is INCREASING |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #147 |
225. I refer you back the OP |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
107. I agree 100% |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
108. I've always felt like you do now. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
111. I'm with you.. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
112. there is nothing wrong with not wanting to have kids. that's the idea of CHOICE. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #112 |
145. What about social responsibility? It's selfish and irresponsible to reproduce too much. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #145 |
152. Oh, god, not this shit again. What is "too much"? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #152 |
167. While I may not have the answer, it'd be nice to have the conversation more often. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #167 |
195. I know a lot of people with one. Knowing how much work 2 is, I don't think more than that |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #152 |
219. Oh my. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #145 |
158. i try not to be judgemental, but that duggar family!!! they drive me crazy!!! |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
116. I'm 33 and still feel the same way. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. They don't care for it at all. Look at the responses I got to post #97 |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. My husband and I have been married 35 years and we haven't |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. True. Too bad it's still taboo to even discuss it. |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #119 |
123. This is one of the secrets that is rarely talked about. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
127. And worse is the assumption that all women SHOULD want to. |
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Mr Rabble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
131. As a man, I hear that garbage all the time- |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #131 |
174. Closing in on 7 billion (6.75) as we speak**nm |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #174 |
196. * |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
133. It's a popular topic of conversation. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
142. Actually, married couples get hounded about this, too. The husband of a friend |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #142 |
182. Most every child is conceived on autopilot... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
143. Actually, it bothers a lot of women who don't want to have children. They |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
149. A little tip. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #149 |
171. Bless your heart, I don't know how you did it.... |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #171 |
176. Thanks. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #149 |
212. Hoo boy. |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
157. I'm 35 and no kids |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
159. I'll bet that nobody believes that anymore. My ex GF died of pancreatic cancer at a ridiculously |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
160. I'm 58 went back & forth...didn't have them |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
161. I never felt the need to reproduce |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
169. heres a fun story from my past |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
170. I have quite a few friends who are childless also, and |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
175. People used to tell me that too. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
177. Everyone I know who has children is miserable. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #177 |
206. It does get easier later. And later, it becomes utterly wonderful. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #206 |
213. Oh, lord. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #213 |
245. If you haven't experienced it, you don't know. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #245 |
278. Honestly, what reaction did you expect to get from me? |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #278 |
298. I responded because you only saw the miserableness of kids. |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-29-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #177 |
305. The parents I know who are miserable have adult kids |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
179. Almost 43, no kids, never wanted them. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
199. yep |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 04:07 AM Response to Reply #199 |
237. What worked for me was threatening to doctor shop |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #237 |
239. thank you! |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
200. I have rarely encountered that for some reason - and I had my tubes tied at 21 |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
201. That's funny, I thought they only wanted sex with me. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
207. I agree. I don't want to have children either. |
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BirminghamExaminer (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
226. I have children |
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Blue Dog Dominion (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
230. Anytime "all" is used in an assumption, its usually false. n/t |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
234. Well it could also be like my Ex she wanted to have the kids but when she met me she left her first |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
235. I agree. I NEVER wanted children . I never even liked baby dolls. |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
238. Kids? Nope Not Me and I am 43. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
243. I'm glad people who don't want them don't have them |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #243 |
247. Babies *are* selfish creatures. How in the hell else can they survive? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #247 |
250. Obligation to reproduce...makes me think of |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #243 |
251. Oh brother. |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #243 |
267. You know, this is why those of us who chose not to have them |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #267 |
269. The way they freak out over a few comments on the internet |
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RFKJrNews (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
259. Childless by choice and proud of it! |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
264. I have a bumper sticker that reads: |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #264 |
280. I have one that says |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
265. My husband and I don't want kids |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
266. People should make intelligent decisions |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
268. If there's one dark cloud in what you're saying.. |
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ihatehannity (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
272. well... |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #272 |
282. There are dozens of women right here on this thread who don't want children. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #272 |
286. Yay for heteronormativity! nt |
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vinylsolution (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
287. Reducing the birth rate is a top priority for every nation. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
292. This thread...wow. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #292 |
294. I feel like starting one about circumcision. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #294 |
296. Indeed. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #296 |
297. "Obsession" |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-27-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
301. I'm not sure who has these assumptions... |
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