Reply #25: Kind of depends I guess. I'm not really into having kids.

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My biological clock isn't ticking despite the predictions that it one day will, and I very likely may not be able to have children.

My life is pretty fulfilling without children, and I have hopes and plans that could adversely affect parenting, and be adversely affected by parenting. Often, spending time with my friends children leads me to assert firmly that I'm not interested in yard-apes of my own.

Even so, I'd have to say it depends very much on the circumstance.

If it truly means that much to someone I love deeply enough to share a life with, I suspect I'd give it a serious try. I'm a fairly intense and deep person and I don't tend to love lightly. Abandoning such a relationship over any single issue wouldn't be simple matter for me.

There are many ways to have children in your life if childbirth isn't an option, including adoption, fostering, the big-brother/big sister programs and miscellaneous test tubes.

I'm not really in a hurry to try parenthood, and I've made sure the men in my life have know that before we've gotten deeply involved.

Maybe I just don't like giving a black or white answer meant to cover all potential opinions on a given matter.