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WCDT: 2352-2356 (31 Dec. 2012-4 Jan. 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread

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Method of Madness:

--- Quote from: Welu on 02 Jan 2013, 09:42 ---I personally have never wanted children. There's no real reason other than I Don't Want To.
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That's a perfectly cromulent reason.

--- Quote from: Welu on 02 Jan 2013, 09:42 ---Millipede uterus.
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Ha, I was wondering if today's comic was Jeph's way of letting people know he never intended to have kids, but then I saw that his post for the quoted comic was "man I can't wait to get my vasectomy" (which he may have since had? I dunno) so I guess no little Jephs.

sitnspin:

--- Quote from: Welu on 02 Jan 2013, 11:46 ---I get bugged when I'm asked to further justify my lack of desire for children. I usually want to say, "Surely there should be more reasons needed for having children rather than just wanting them because? Just wanting a child doesn't mean it's a good idea to have one. Not wanting a child is a very good reason to not have one since if you don't want to be responsible for another living being for the rest of your/their life, they'd probably ended up resented against at the least."

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Thank you. I was an accident, my parents were not looking to have a kid, and they ended up being rather horrible at the parenting thing. They are dead now, and while on a certain level I miss them, there is still a whole lot of resentment left over.  I don't want to have kids, and while I have plenty of justification for not wanting them, the lack of desire alone seems a good enough reason to not do so.

The fact that, given my sexual orientation, becoming pregnant would involve an expensive and lengthy ordeal only adds to weight to it. Adoption is an alternative that is also lengthy and expensive.

Personally, I find the apparent need for many people with children to tell us non-breeders to tell us how awesome it is to be a parent and to ask how we could possibly NOT want to have them or to ask the "So when are YOU going to have a kid?" to be  bit obnoxious. I don't tell people not to have kids, all I ask is that they don't try to pressure me into it.

I don't mind being an "aunt" though. I am an only child, but there are a few kids out there who think of me as an aunt because of my relationship with their parents.

Related to the comic: I don't find it all that surprising that Faye would consider the possibility of having kids someday. Beneath the prickly sarcastic armor, Faye is a fun-loving gal and rather child-like in her enthusiasm and rather protective of her family of friends. I could see her being a great mom: loyal, protective, and attentive. The messy bits would drive her nuts, as they do with all parents (I assume), but playing with the kid and teaching it to get by in the world (in her own cynical way) I think she would really enjoy.

Carl-E:
Found it!  Mom nom nom. 

Overkillengine:

--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 02 Jan 2013, 10:59 ---There are lots of good reasons not to have children, and all the ones mentioned so far seem reasonable. Frankly if you don't actually want to have them, I think you shouldn't - we have far too many people on this planet to have more just for the sake of appeasing social expectations.

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/scrooge paraphrase butchery

If they'd rather not, then they had better not do it and decrease the surplus population.

But yes, having children is a huge responsibility that should not be taken on trivially. I see so many people my age spawning without thought; or thinking the child will bring them some sort of fulfillment; or will make someone else happy, or fix their destined to fail relationship...and all I can feel is pity for the poor child subjected to that, and resolve not to make that mistake myself.

Tova:
Generally speaking, I quite like other people's kids. That's all I'll say on that topic.

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