Being childless past 40

[winb83]

Are you capable of loving woman??. You could raise another Man kids if you really love a woman who made a mistake getting pregnant by an a$$hole.

Look at the whole single mom thing. Forget about what the internet says, I think you would be the perfect man for a single mother

Romantic love itself is a concept beyond my comprehension. I want what I want from a person and beyond that I'm done. If they need something from me and I can easily give it I have no problem doing so but I'm not really putting forth much effort. The only relationships I can maintain long term with people are ones where I don't want anything from then and they don't need anything from me. Romance has wants and needs both ways. I don't want to be in a position where I want or need someone from someone else and can't provide it myself.

As for parenting I'd be the kind of parent that if my teenage son wanted to bring a girl home and have sex I'd let him and just require he use a condom and not get her pregnant. I'd allow my teen to drink alcohol if they wanted. I'm not parent material. I approach everything from a logical practical stance. My thought process is he'll probably drink or have sex anyway so if I offer a controlled environment chances are he'll do it safer. Parents aren't supposed to behave that way. When I was a kid my parents forbade me from doing a lot of stuff I did behind their back anyway. Probably the same for most. Parents who had sex as teens forbid their teens from doing so ect.

 

[Taadow]

How old is the wife?

37. This is her third child, doe.

 

[bigdaddy88]

Life as you know it is about to flip,gonna be unrecognizable..it's better u don't have kids this generation..a.i will take over and folks are gonna be on that universal income and in that ready player one shyt ..
However I feel u and folks around,parents siblings and society will talk shyt,but they would talk even if I did have kids and everything u were supposed to "have"

 

[Taadow]

Are you capable of loving woman??. You could raise another Man kids if you really love a woman who made a mistake

 

[The BasedFather]

I got one boy and there’s days he drives me up a wall and other days it’s all love.

You’re definitely gonna have to put that independent part of you on the bench for a good few years while raising them. Like the days of me being able to just wake up on off days at whatever time and go to the gym. Or randomly getting a text from some chick that wants to kick it later and me being free. Or hell just going to a sit down restaurant when they’re younger

Then a good portion of your money is going to daycare, diapers, milk…etc

It’s all worth it in the end though. I can’t wait until he gets older and we’re training for sports or when we take family vacations somewhere and make memories.

I lowkey wouldn’t mind having a daughter if possible.

 

[Address_Unknown]

I always said that I wasn't having kids until I could afford to give them the lifestyle I had growing up.
I'm back on the upswing in terms of financial stability and what's not, but I also had to realize that the quality of women I've been frequenting aren't necessarily ones I want to have a kid/family with either. Secretly hoping my sister takes that "Grandkid" pressure off by having a Youth I can be Rick/Captain K'nuckles to their Morty/Flapjack but if this situation persists at 50 (Roughly a decade from now) I might have to go Robert Deniro and get some young(er) woman pregnant and be one of those "Dirty old Dads" women call you when they realize the seed you with isn't from your offspring, but IS.
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[King Poetic]

You aren't old enough to have the decision to not have kids come back to bite you. I'm fully aware this decision comes with a price and came to terms with it a while ago. A lot of parents rely on their adult children as they become seniors and the adult children make great sacrifices for their them.

Your totally right

Since 2017 i been taking of my dad who recently died in 2021 of cancer and now im taking care of my mom…

I know i don’t have any kids and that day probably come when and if i reached old age I won’t be able to do much as well and will not have anyone there for me….

 

[ItsPeople]

One is the burdens you carry as an only child. I get it OP. I’m an only myself.

 

[Devilinurear]

In a way I'm kinda sad how I let my parents down in that respect. My mother and father will never know what it's like to have a grandchild or even a daughter-in-law or see their son with a family of his own. They have to live every day knowing their line ends with me. I really wish they had another child who could have gave them those things but I'm not capable of it and I'm all they decided to have.

I know society looks down on me for my choices and that doesn't bother me but what does is that my parents never really got what they deserved. Not that I want to give it to them but they still should have got to experience it. Being a grandparent is one of life's great joys for the elderly and they were robbed of it.

You should have told this to real friends not this place

 

[Dont@Me]

Are you serious man?? Fukk them kids

 

[sayyestothis]

So what do u do?

 

[Zero]

My brother gave my parents grandkids already, I'm good.

This. Thanks sis

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

There is still time to unload inside a fat white sow with a neck tattoo that works at Zaxbys. You have to improvise.

 

[MikelArteta]

Having a kid is one of life's greatest joy

 

[Vandelay]

Came to the realization 2 years ago, I'm going to be an old dad if I even have kids. Now is probably the worst time to have kids in decades. I don't even want an accident baby, everyone telling me they're on birth control.