Do you have kids?
 

Considering the age range on this forum skews older with most ranging from 25-30+ year old adults, I'm wondering how many people here are parents.

Many such as Andrew, Jester, Cylon, etc. have talked about their kids on these forums before. Others like biganimefan just made a thread recently saying he is planning on naming his second son, "Leonardo."

So I'm curious, how many other parents do we have on these forums?

I've talked about mine, I have 2.

Cylons here, as namedropped.

Yes, I have successfully mated and produced offspring.

It sounds so romantic when you phrase it that way...

Deliberately rendered in cold, harsh, scientific terminology. :twink:

Yes, my genetics will be passed on for another generation, thank you for asking!

I'm in my mid-20s and never plan on having kids.

I need a neutral in-between answer on "no." It isn't a solid want or don't want for me. It's more centered on the circumstances.

No and never want to.

Yes and want more!

With your new wife? That would make you kids step-siblings.

Not that I know of :ohwell:

I remember always wanting to be a younger dad and wanted to have 3 kids by the time I was 25.

Funny.

Now I'm 32 and both kids and marriage are things I'm debating if I even ever want.

Doesn't not knowing this scare you at least a little? :teek:

Happens all the time.
.. they would be termed half siblings. (one parent the same)
Step is when a couple who already have children each marry each other, no blood relation

Btw, it's funny you made this thread,Cubed. this guy I knew back in HS became a father a few days ago. He is...28 or 29 years old afaik. It was odd when I found out his fiance was pregnant.

I don't, but I would like to in the next couple of years.

But we'll see what PCOS has to say about the conditions of that acquirement of children.

Yup! But what can ya do?

If you're being serious, I'm sure whatever girl that is would contact you for child support. Since it never happened, I don't think you have anything to worry about.

It's like Maury or Jerry Springer where they ask, "Who the baby Daddy?" "Are you the Baby Daddy?" "You are NOT the father!"

https://i.imgur.com/5FqCQBx.gif

How don't even know if you have them? Did you have one night stands with women you've never seen since then?

Not necessarily. I know a few cases where a Shadow Baby Momma comes out of the woodwork like a ninja when the kid is already like 12-15 and BAM, the guy gets slapped with all that back child support and everything.

And with this post you made millions of men worldwide sigh in relief for still being virgins.

Now I feel compelled to post the "You are NOT the father" gifs from the Maury show.

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All these Baby Daddies overjoyed that this one particular woman they were with wasn't impregnated by them is hilarious, yet these same guys probably have 4-5 other kids with other women. :lol:

That meme is old af, CC :lol:

Kinda makes me sad though for the guys who are heartbroken when they find out they aren't.

My sense of pop culture has never progressed since 2005. :lol:

My answer is- complicated. Yes, I have reproduced, though it was entirely unintentional. Like a few others here, I never really wanted any. Just wasn't something I felt compelled to do. Plus, I know from experience raising other people's kids for several years (three of my cousins all between 8-12) that parenting was not for me. So I opted for adopting out. Turned out a good friend who could not have any more offered to adopt her. So it all worked out. We are still a (distant) part of her life, but without the burdens parenting entails. She knows who we are and that is enough.

Lol don't worry about it. I'm kinda like that, too. it's just that it's been ages sicne I've seen those gifs.

Yeah that really sucks when a guy raised and loved a child thinking they was his only to find they weren't. ... sad for the child too.

Tbh I dunno why most people are still eager to have kids these days. It's hard enough to feed yourself these days. having someone else to feed seems even worse. Guess it all boils down to the survival instinct or not letting the species die. Also, I have a feeling guys only feel like fathers once the baby pops out off mommy's belly. Perhaps many men just have kids in the first place because their wives want a kid and the man is like "alright".

None. If it happens one day, cool. If not, there are SO many kids in my family already.

I admit, growing up, I was always fascinated by the stories of new dads recounting how, when they looked into their newborn baby's eyes, "My life was changed forever! It was this amazing magical moment that struck me hard!" I was really looking forward to that.

Nope. There wasn't ever that moment. There was just a lot of placenta and poo and bloody goo and crying. But after that first hellish year they're truly a joy. Don't regret it a bit and look forward to more.

Btw, my brother is in his mid-30s and has no kids either. At this rate, me and him will be the last two member of our family. The clan is gonna die with both of us most likely. Which seems kinda cool tbh. Being the last member of your clan. Anyone else in this situation?

Has anyone ever made one of these for Splinter?

I dunno, I've known women who I think had a kid out of feeling it's some kind of obligation as a woman and maybe shouldn't have, though the husband is TOTAL dad material and the more loving parent.


:tlol: But you're stuck with them anyway! (Granted I suppose he could have chosen not to care...)

You know, one toddler (that being my nephew) in this house is enough. I pity Splinter for having dealt with four.

I dunno why more women aren't scared of having kids. Pregnancy and labour seem very rough.

Tbh, developed nations have lower and lower fertility rates these days. Unless things change and we start getting poor and African and Asian countries start getting richer than Western countries and Japan, Korea, etc. our ferility rates will just keep on being low. It's mostly immigrants having a lot of children in Europe. People in general have less kids nowadays and when they do they have them later as in after 30.

Lots of developed countries have fast ageing populations.

Here are some ranks. Dunno how credible they are:

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/...the-world.html

I didn’t give birth to him, but I have a kid that I’ve had since he was 14.

I went from single living alone to instafamily. Its awesome!

Might adopt someday, but I am not capable of having my own children anymore.

I had a few really bad years... Won't get into it here, but depression took hold and there were more than a couple nights of waking up in strange apartment with someone I recognize but don't even remember talking to. I feel like that's all out of my system now though; so now I'm just worried about one of those nights coming back to haunt me at some point.

I'm not gonna have kids since I have Sickle Cell. It would be irresponsible of me to pass those genes.

So it's like one of those movies or TV shows where the main character wakes up in a strange bed, looks around in a daze and says, "Where am I? How did I get here? What did I do last night? Aw, crap."

And then the person removes the sheets and finds themselves naked, sees some girl walk by, and then grabs his jeans and runs out of there. I think I've seen this movie 50 times over.