Are Parents With Only One Kid Selfish?

[DTXwavey_02]

I’m an only child, but my dad had 6 other kids so I wasn’t lonely and also I had my cousins who I consider my siblings. It wasn’t too bad, and I never had to share anything

 

[Paper Boi]

nah you just a co-dependent bytch who has feelings of loneliness easily as revealed in your threads about wfh

 

[CrimsonTider]

This is another problem I think. My daughter doesn’t really have anyone to play with. She hangs out with neighborhood kids and she loves meeting other children, but nobody else in my fam has any kids of their own.

My wife doesn’t speak to her side, and they have a shyt load of kids.

Your wife needs to reconnect with her fam. Wtf

 

[Satsui no Hadou]

Your wife needs to reconnect with her fam. Wtf

It’s not that easy. Let me just say that narcissists are real. I wouldn’t have believed any of it myself until I saw it with my own eyes. I don’t blame her for cutting off contact.

 

[CrimsonTider]

It’s not that easy. Let me just say that narcissists are real. I wouldn’t have believed any of it myself until I saw it with my own eyes. I don’t blame her for cutting off contact.

I didn’t say it was easy but there has to be some kind of level they can meet at even so the kids can develop relationship. If not it never be nothing but regret

 

[Tres Leches]

 

[WhenWeWereKings]

People say this to me all the time. Guess I am selfish by their standards. But my son has siblings and cousins to hang with. Why I gotta go get myself tied down with more kids?

I can provide health insurance and he goes to private school. Having more kids severely hampers my ability to continue doing that.

I'm not married (and not looking to be anytime soon) so not really interested in having more kids out of wedlock.

Women love the fact that I have a child that I take care of because it shows that I'm responsible but also the fact that I only have one. (Shows discipline.) So even the broads who "don't fuk with baby daddies" still give me play.

No baby mama drama. (his mom is married and settled and we get along well)

I'm 40 my son is 13. (no fukkin way I'm starting over at this point.)

I make decent money. I have the free time to work extra hours to make extra money. I have extra money to now invest in other shyt to make me even more money so I can work less. Obviously having another child fuks that up.

I get to travel regularly. (It's much easier to get a family member to watch one teenaged child as opposed to a gang of them.) As I type this my son has been out of town visiting my parents for the past three weeks. What are the odds that two 70+ year olds will willingly watch a gang of toddlers for damn near a month?

Why would I fuk that all up by creating another mouth to feed and which creates more bills to pay? Nah I'm good. Call me what you want.

 

[Gloxina]

I was an only child until I was 10.

My problem wasn’t being an only child my problem was having no siblings or cousins close to my age.

All my local cousins were 10+ yrs older and I’m the only girl. I wasn’t lonely, but they were grown by the time I was really becoming aware of the world so they gave advice and direction, but I didn’t really have cousins who served as contemporaries in a sense. I had a lot of friends though

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

Only kid syndrome and I know them nikkas lonely

No because they don't come with coupons.

Serious note there are too many factors. Affordability, convienence, complications of birth may have been too much and the list goes on.

 

[Vandelay]

I was an only child until I was 10.

My problem wasn’t being an only child my problem was having no siblings or cousins close to my age.

I'm the baby of the baby in my family. My sister and all my cousins are 10+ years older than me. I'm closer to my sister kids age than my sister. We're 14 years apart.

Having 1 kid isn't selfish. Just make sure they always have peers their own age around them.

 

[1thouwow]

I’m an only child, but my dad had 6 other kids so I wasn’t lonely and also I had my cousins who I consider my siblings. It wasn’t too bad, and I never had to share anything

 

[Rawtid]

No. If one is all they can afford that’s all they should have.

 

[DTXwavey_02]

I’m my mothers only child. My dad had 6 other kids with 5 other women

 

[JerseyBoy23]

It depends. My aunt was trying forever and her pregnancy with my cousin had complications and made her bedridden in the last few months of pregnancy. In that case, I don't think it's selfish or if a doctor says there will be complications if they try for a second. In they are both under 40 though and the first pregnancy had no problems, I might question them though.

Thankfully our family was big so he was only really lonely from Monday through Thursday's.

 

[1thouwow]

I’m my mothers only child. My dad had 6 other kids with 5 other women

You ain’t grow up with them? Spend time with them