Me and my partner are not sure whether we want to have kids . Sometimes we want to and the next day we are completely against the idea . The reason we want to have kids is that we want to grow our inner circle , have more people in this world who we can call our family. And we don’t want to have kids is that it will put extra pressure on us , less freedom for next 10-15 years. Wanted to understand why people have kids or don’t have kids . Please share your thoughts :)

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Having a kid was the best thing ever happening to me beats traveling and fun weekends

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You don’t travel with your kids?

My husband and I don’t have children by choice and couldn’t be happier. We get to sleep in on weekends, fill our days with activities that interest us, and take amazing trips. We are also going to retire at 52.

I completely understand that there is a love and joy kids bring that I’ll never experience. And I’m okay with that. Most parents I know are exhausted. A couple of them have even confided in me that they are envious of my life choices.

If you don’t have children, my advise is to find purpose elsewhere - hobbies, volunteering, etc. Your friends will begin to have kids and for a while, that will become their purpose…at least for many of them. I am very involved with volunteering at a dog shelter and live in a place where I can mountain bike and ski. I feel very fulfilled and have zero regrets I didn’t have kids.

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Our purpose is to reproduce life.

What do you think we are? The only thing that separates us from the animals outside is indoor plumbing.

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I wouldn't trade my kids - but I'd loan them out for a spell. I was ambivalent about kids. We have 2. There will be days you wanna throw them out the window, then there are days where they're your magic salve. Then the teenage years hit....
I threaten to sell them BOGO almost every 2 weeks. They call me out on it (coz they're smartasses). Overall, we have kids coz we wanted to and that came with the good, the bad and the ugly.
Tradeoffs - sleep, money, time.
Best parts - little punks that become your world, that basically are your ticket to grandparent guilt trips FOREVER.
Greatest part - when they leave the house to go to college, and my grocery bill doesn't look like I bought out Costco every week.

I never knew if I wanted kids. I never grew up imagining myself as a mother or wanting kids, and I never even wanted to be around my friends babies (they scared me!). After my husband and I had been married for three years, we felt that we had such a strong relationship and so much love we basically wanted to share our lives and love with another human (we had gotten a dog so tried that too. FWIW the dog is way more annoying than the baby). I was late to the game compared to my friends (pregnant at 34) but it is unexplainable- the feelings you have for this little human truly change your priorities whether you care or not (we knew that would happen, so NBD for us). We do a lot with our baby, go on long hikes, hit up breweries, go out to breakfast, lunch and (early dinners), shopping and a few flights under our belts too. I will say it is definitely exhausting but the fulfillment outweighs the exhaustion by a long shot. Every stage is amazing and fun, seeing him grow is the coolest thing ever. Our lives feel so much more purposeful with him and cannot imagine life without him (or our dog).

Kids are terrible and 75% of the time their parents are also completely insufferable

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