By loser - 02/03/2016 00:20 - United Kingdom - Leeds

Today, my mum asked when she's getting grandkids. I had to tell her that, at 21 years-old, I hadn't even managed to get a boyfriend yet. FML
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Same thing different taste

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That's okay. Not everyone want kids or has had a relationship yet.

Don't let external pressures change the way you think. It's your life; do whatever makes you happy. You have all the time in the world.

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What if you don't even want kids? I hate people who think the only reason for life is to reproduce. I'm 22 and don't think i'll ever want kids. They're loud, annoying, needy, filthy, messy, and they're a huge financial burden. Yeah no thank you i'm fine. They constantly want attention or need you to do something. Like no daddy wants to be left alone for a while. I'm not trying to convince anyone else not to have kids. Go for it if you want them, I just don't. I have 2 brothers so i'd be fine with being an uncle as long as at the end of the day I don't have to take them home with me and deal with the annoyance. Go for a visit but if they start bothering me I can leave. Parents can't just leave.

No I realize I was annoying and a huge financial burden and all that stuff. But i'm not anymore. I understand they're needed. But I don't need them. You have a kid if you want. I don't want an annoying baby waking me up in the middle of the night constantly crying or when they're kids waking up way too early and waking me up. I'll buy my nephew/niece a present for a birthday but raising a kid must cost thousands of dollars a year. Yeah no thank you. I'm fine with just a visit with occasional present.

Thats all true and fine, but that does not make me like children or want to produce any of my own.

Completely agree. I don't want children, and I get awful reactions ... People shocked, telling me I'll change my mind, or even yelling at me to tell me how horrible I am. It's just a life choice. And #41, just because we were once kids, it doesn't give us an obligation to have kids.

She needs to calm down a little there. You have plenty of time for all of that. It'll happen when it happens.

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I don't even understand why this is a bad thing. like my parents are hounding me and im like if i even have kids it won't be untill im older. im 23

it's ok, I was 18 when my mom bugged me about it. I'm 31 years old and I still get asked when I'll give her grandkids. soon mother...soon..

Tell her to find some hobbies if she finds her life boring. Or to have other kids herself.

It doesn't seem like it, but there are loads of peole who have never had a SO. I am 23 and I have only ever had one boyfriend really and it wasn't for long. There are plenty of people who have never had one, never kissed anyone etc. You really aren't a loser. But you could try online dating if you like, it isn't a bad way to go about it I think - a lot of people meet online. Or join a club and see if you meet someone there.

I used to get that questions often, "Where are the grandkids?" I started replying with, "Do you want the son-in-law first?" The questions definitely became less frequent!

Your mom must have a terrible view of the point of relationships if she thinks they're only for queefing out babies.

Isn't it great when parents and grandparents are more baby-hungry than you are? Go to Build-A-Bear and buy them a grandbaby. That should shut them up for a few years.