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In reply to the discussion: To Conservatives: I do not want kids, so get over it!!!!! [View all]Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)71. Washington wasn't fertile--Martha came to the marriage with two kids...
...who survived out of four, a son and daughter. Alas the daughter had epilepsy and died in her teens. Very sad! So it's not quite the same. Washington wanted to have kids, but couldn't. These people are haranguing those of us who could have kids but choose not to--and granted, probably also annoying those who want kids but can't have them and shame on them for that, too.
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To Conservatives: I do not want kids, so get over it!!!!! [View all]
Lady Freedom Returns
Feb 2013
OP
People don't have social support, enough income, or social safety net.
Manifestor_of_Light
Feb 2013
#1
The idea that women like me are going to hurt the economy in the future is...
Lady Freedom Returns
Feb 2013
#4
I agree with the OP, and I know about the points you make. Nevertheless, it is not my
Dark n Stormy Knight
Feb 2013
#101
She already had noted that she had heard the arguments, yet you reiterated them and
Dark n Stormy Knight
Feb 2013
#115
Nah, they'd just fall on their knees in public and demand that God Heal! HEAL! you . . . .
hatrack
Feb 2013
#142
China, South Korea and Japan are all having a much greater problem then the US
davidpdx
Feb 2013
#148
I always launched into a spiel about my four-legged furry children and how lucky I am &
hlthe2b
Feb 2013
#2
No, but the little fucker thought it was funny to dress up and drive around on holidays....
A HERETIC I AM
Feb 2013
#46
Hang in there. I have always found that, if you scratch the surface with these people,
Squinch
Feb 2013
#38
It kind of broke my heart for her. Because she was actually a well meaning person, and
Squinch
Feb 2013
#125
Bingo. I get static all the time from married co-workers for still being single
Populist_Prole
Feb 2013
#82
That always makes me feel badly for them. But it also seems to me that living a life without
Squinch
Feb 2013
#105
I don't think you're at the end of your biological means. But certainly, if you don't want kids,
Iris
Feb 2013
#78
My mother was 35 when I was born, and 37 when my brother was born. Not even
SWTORFanatic
Feb 2013
#81
With this new kick starting about the fear of not having enough workers in the future,
Lady Freedom Returns
Feb 2013
#21
Odd part is that the running out of people thing seems to be the reason..
Lady Freedom Returns
Feb 2013
#29
Funny, on the one hand you have fundies talking about the need for more people
hughee99
Feb 2013
#37
If we really needed more workers we could always make it easier to legally immigrate to here.
eShirl
Feb 2013
#27
That is what I thought, but then again right wing dumbness can't look at that.n/t
Lady Freedom Returns
Feb 2013
#33
Hang in there. I'm 60 and still get questions like, "Why didn't you have children?" To which
livetohike
Feb 2013
#28
What is bad is the intervention session that a couple of old ladies did.
Lady Freedom Returns
Feb 2013
#45
Ironically enough, the people I've encountered like this appear to be crappy parents. n/t
winter is coming
Feb 2013
#85
I lack the maternal gene also, which is fortunate because I had monster endometriosis starting at
catbyte
Feb 2013
#43
I sometimes on the receiving end of the stigma of being single, some people are real A-holes
Populist_Prole
Feb 2013
#93
Hurt the economy? Are these the same people who don't want illegal immigrants made citizens...?
Moonwalk
Feb 2013
#60
I Suppose Those People Missed the International Reports about Overpopulation of the Earth?
dballance
Feb 2013
#62
It's really nobody's business. I don't criticize people for having zero kids,
Nye Bevan
Feb 2013
#74
I'm fortunate to live in a relatively secular, MYOB, liberal corner of the country, I guess.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2013
#109
Yep. They're insistent that they be given the freedom and liberty to tell others what to do.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Feb 2013
#130