By Anonymous - 12/01/2015 01:14 - Australia - Attadale

Today, after listening to a group of my friends ranting on about how much they love babies and can't wait to have them, I got to witness their looks of horror and disgust as I expressed my desire to not have children. I also happened to be the only girl there. FML
I agree, your life sucks 33 883
You deserved it 3 737

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Steve95401 49

There's nothing wrong with not wanting to have kids. A lot of people have children who should never have been parents.

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As a girl, I really don't want kids. But if I were a guy then I'd be fine with it.

yea because as a wrong perception it seems to you girls that after having a baby you won't be having that slim figure of yours .

yea because as a wrong perception it seems to you girls that after having a baby you won't be having that slim figure of yours .

????? Orrrrr the bit where having children can be life-threatening? The agony of childbirth? The crazy hormones and the morning sickness and the rest of it? It's not exactly a party, man. And it certainly isn't a mere matter of one's figure.

#42 you are so part of the problem, dude.

Wow #42 that's incredibly unfair to blanket sweep and devalue so many women's opinions as something vain like that. You don't know what reasons they have for not wanting children. Not hard to come up with reasons either gender may not want them (and I assure you women can think just as well as men) off the top of my head it can interfere with a career, some single people would prefer to have two parents involved in the child's life, they may not have financial stability, they may simply not like children or the kinds of messes they bring, they may also recognize the responsibility of having another human beings life entirely dependent on you and be afraid of accidentally harming them. And BESIDES that even if a woman didn't want to have a child because of what it does to her body (sickness, extreme pain during childbirth, hormones apparently never entering the equation in your mind)1. who are you to judge if a woman would rather not put herself through that? And 2. I rather doubt you would volunteer for it

... Or maybe they watched Alien at the wrong age and for some reason still equate pregnancy to that movie even though they know it's absolutely absurd. But seriously, just because you have a uterus doesn't mean you have to use it. Not everybody wants to pass on their genetics, and it shouldn't be so taboo for us not to want to.

I still wouldn't be fine with the responsibilities if i were a guy.

63, I thought I was the only one who still sees Alien as the textbook for how pregnancy really is! Of course I know the movie's not realistic...the process was way faster than in real life! :p

It's got nothing to do with not looking good, idiot.

Reading the FML's about the spawn of the devil children i wonder what spawn is in my stomach :o should have read before i go pregnant i know how ya feel no more after this!

Hm hopefully you will be one of those people who is very happy about her child once they're with you. Good luck miss best wishes to you and your child :)

Your display picture scares me a little...

Ultimately, you have the last say, but I just find something fulfilling in the thought that I will hopefully have children someday, and I hope you get to experience that as well! :)

You hope she has something she does not want..? Imagine you told me you were allergic to dogs and I said I hope you get one anyway

Way to completely wish away someone's agency. GJ, #45. Putting it politely doesn't take away the meaning.

35, I never want to have children. I hope you never get to have them either. See how rude that is? Some people (you) want kids. Other people (OP and I) don't want kids. Negating our opinions makes you an awful person.

Having had two demanding, whiny, manipulative exes in my life has made me a more resilient person, 35, so I hope you come to understand the joys of singledom in the same way! Oh, wait, wishing misery in whatever form it may take on another person isn't nice. Nvm.

#30, I don't recall saying "not all" anything.... Not sure what you're referring to. Regardless, this is super simple, people. OP has an opinion. That opinion is valid. That opinion should be respected and left alone. It's her body, it's her life, it's her rules. It's her decision and there's nothing wrong with it. There is absolutely no reason to come up with quirky alternate scenarios in which everyone's opinions swap and we Freaky Friday our way out of here. Just leave it alone and accept that her opinion, at this very moment, doesn't need to be questioned. Also go me, totally replied in the wrong space.

Whoa I totally typed the wrong # in there. Sorry! I agree with you 100%, it was the thread starter I was referring to. Somewhere close to a "not all men" train of thought.

Haha being typed in the wrong spot doesn't take away your point and in my humble opinion it's a good one :)

xluciferx666 21

It's perfectly normal to not want children some people want them some don't I don't see why people overreact about those who do not want them

UhHuhHoney 20

I know how that feels. I'm 22, almost 23, & my family wants me to have kids so bad. No thank you.

martin8337 35

Good for you, OP, don't have kids until you are ready or not have any at all. The world has too many people anyways.

WHAT!? YOU'RE A WOMAN AND DON'T WANT KIDS?!!? BUT, WOMEN ARE SUPPOSE TO POP OUT BABIES, IT'S THEIR DUTY! Seriously, screw anyone who judges you for not wanting kids. I'm a girl, and I find the thought of getting pregnant and having kids to be horrifying.