![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smokingbootNever wanted kids, knew it from the time I had words to form the ideas. Just not for me, not this lifetime and if this is the only lifetime, not ever. I have only ever had two moments of possible doubt. One was on seeing the beautiful baby in Grosse Pointe Blank, and the other is this:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/683246987694536
If R was the hubby and these were our sons, then OK, possibly. But in fairness, my kids would not be like this. One would do nothing but read and refuse to go out, one would despise reading and refuse to come in, and both would most likely see ghosts/get messages from aliens.
Honestly, I think I've saved the planet a lot of hassle.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/683246987694536
If R was the hubby and these were our sons, then OK, possibly. But in fairness, my kids would not be like this. One would do nothing but read and refuse to go out, one would despise reading and refuse to come in, and both would most likely see ghosts/get messages from aliens.
Honestly, I think I've saved the planet a lot of hassle.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2025-03-30 11:43 am (UTC)That said... My kids dance for me on my birthday. I guess it's a thing?
no subject
Date: 2025-03-31 09:41 am (UTC)Yes, I feel very fortunate to have been born when I was.
no subject
Date: 2025-03-31 06:45 pm (UTC)I know many people who've made a decision not to have kids, and they all seem happy, and furthermore, many of them are very involved with kids and have a rich intergenerational life, even without having ones of their own. But even that's not necessary: finding your best possible way to be human and enjoy other humans is where it's at, and people are so very various, it's natural that some want to have kids terribly and others register a huge NO THANKS.
... I do think, on reflection, that possibly we're missing out by not having your kids in the world, especially given their supernatural sensitivities, but sometimes life requires sacrifices *sigh*
no subject
Date: 2025-04-01 06:09 am (UTC)It's good to have options. Yours are wise words, 'finding your best possible way to be human and enjoy other humans is where it's at!'