Getbig.com: American Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure
Getbig Main Boards => General Topics => Topic started by: Frank Clairmonte on August 26, 2014, 09:08:11 PM
-
Do you want to have kids?
-
Sometimes
-
Do you want to have kids?
Nay.
-
It's immortality how the fuck could someone turn that down.
-
It's immortality how the fuck could someone turn that down.
Dream on. Your genes (to be precise - just half of your genome) will be dilluted to nothingness in like two to three generations. Immortality is - living on and kids are just a desperate attempt at that.
-
I have 5 and I absolutely love being a dad, the oldest is 14 the youngest is 2 mo.
-
Depends what time of day it is.
5:30am my son wants me to get out of bed and put Spiderman on the TV for him downstairs - don't want kids.
3:00am my 18 month old daughter shouts "Daaaaaaaaaaadddddddeeeee eeee" because she wants a teddy she's noticed at the other side of her bedroom. - don't want kids.
7:00pm both run down the hallway and try to open the door at the same time when they hear me pull on the driveway from work, and look just as excited to see me as they did 100 times before - want to have kids ;D
-
Do you want to have kids?
You shuldnt even have to ask that question.
Having kids is the ULTIMATE alpha male behaviour.
-
7:00pm both run down the hallway and try to open the door at the same time when they hear me pull on the driveway from work, and look just as excited to see me as they did 100 times before - want to have kids ;D
Dogs do the same and demands way less time lol..
-
Depends what time of day it is.
5:30am my son wants me to get out of bed and put Spiderman on the TV for him downstairs - don't want kids.
3:00am my 18 month old daughter shouts "Daaaaaaaaaaadddddddeeeee eeee" because she wants a teddy she's noticed at the other side of her bedroom. - don't want kids.
7:00pm both run down the hallway and try to open the door at the same time when they hear me pull on the driveway from work, and look just as excited to see me as they did 100 times before - want to have kids ;D
Planning on teaching your kids to shoot an Uzi anytime soon? :-X
-
I would never bring a child into this shit hole of a world. You think the economy is bad now? Most kids today will not be able to find a decent job, let alone one at McDonalds. It only gets worse from here.
Not having a child ensures that no women can extort money from me, now or later. It's the only way to avoid Murphy's law.
Majority of women MUST have kids... regardless of how many college degrees they have, how high up in the corporate world they are or their social status. By the time they turn 40, their biological directive needs to be fulfilled.
-
I would never bring a child into this shit hole of a world. You think the economy is bad now? Most kids today will not be able to find a decent job, let alone one at McDonalds. It only gets worse from here.
Not having a child ensures that no women can extort money from me, now or later. It's the only way to avoid Murphy's law.
Majority of women MUST have kids... regardless of how many college degrees they have, how high up in the corporate world they are or their social status. By the time they turn 40, their biological directive needs to be fulfilled.
50% of all female CEO's have one basic thing in common: NO KIDS.
-
It's immortality how the fuck could someone turn that down.
I had a Galapagos tortoise named after me at my local zoo. With an life span of 175 years, that's a close to immortality as someone is going to get.
-
50% of all female CEO's have one basic thing in common: NO KIDS.
only 50% ???
-
Dogs do the same and demands way less time lol..
Bingo! My wife and I have 3 dogs ( 2 shelties and a mutt , all from the rescue shelter).
I'm 55 and on wife #4. Never wanted kids, and never had kids.
I consider them to be work, money and stress. ;)
-
50% of all female CEO's have one basic thing in common: NO KIDS.
50%, not 100%.
If I only had a dime for all the women I heard say they didn't want kids and later had one.
Tick, tick, tick, tick... goes their biological clock.
-
only 50% ???
Remember that's only the CEO's .
For example, my wife never had kids.
She moved her way up the banking ladder and is now an exec VP in leasing and capitol for a major bank.
While plenty of successful woman have kids, it's tougher to raise a family and give your career 100%.
-
I had a Galapagos tortoise named after me at my local zoo. With an life span of 175 years, that's a close to immortality as someone is going to get.
Damn dude, having a tortoise named after you is very cool.
-
Damn dude, having a tortoise named after you is very cool.
Donations help.
-
Are women who don't want kids mentally stable? It seems most women do want kids what does getbig think.
I'm kinda indifferent but as I get older I want them less and less. :-X
-
Are women who don't want kids mentally stable? It seems most women do want kids what does getbig think.
I'm kinda indifferent but as I get older I want them less and less. :-X
If not carreer woman - most probably a head case (and a potential freeloader on a mans expense).
-
Last woman asked me that I replied: No, I just like fucking you.
-
Remember that's only the CEO's .
For example, my wife never had kids.
She moved her way up the banking ladder and is now an exec VP in leasing and capitol for a major bank.
While plenty of successful woman have kids, it's tougher to raise a family and give your career 100%.
My gf's mom had 2 kids (my gf and her brother). She's a VP at a bank in Toronto and makes more than enough money to live as she pleases. Her dad owns his a business, not 100% sure what he does, but from the sounds of it its a multimedia production thing for corporate events (I may be wrong). So having kids isn't necessarily a death sentence to your career. Plus, they had theirs at an older age, I think around 35 or 36 they had their first. By that time they were both comfortable with money and were ready for kids.
-
Do you want to have kids?
My wife and I already have a 2 year old son.
Mostly I love him, sometimes I really love him, many times i just tolerate him, and there are times I wonder why we had him.
Real talk.
However, kid is going to be a monster. At 2 hes in the 95th percentile for height, 90th for weight, hes as big as a 4 yr old..... too early to tell how his structure will be, but he looks to have my broad ass shoulders.
And hes already tearing apart mechanical things and trying to figure out how they work, so it appears he got his fathers mechanical aptitude.
Genetics i guess.
-
Yes, but only after I have moved to my country of choice.
-
>:(
Bingo! My wife and I have 3 dogs ( 2 shelties and a mutt , all from the rescue shelter).
I'm 55 and on wife #4. Never wanted kids, and never had kids.
I consider them to be work, money and stress. ;)
yea howard thats where i get my dogs from also,its called animal rescue force in englishtown,NJ. either that or if i see a stray walking down the street hungry n cold i pull over n try to bring it back to my house n feed it n help it out.i have an 8yr old son who is totally cool, he wrestles n works out with me. i enjoy being a dad,its hard at times though but u got to roll with the punches just like anything else in life u do.he tells me the funniest shit ever,he has me rolling on the ground laughing so hard
-
4 plates benching by 18^^^^^^
-
My gf's mom had 2 kids (my gf and her brother). She's a VP at a bank in Toronto and makes more than enough money to live as she pleases. Her dad owns his a business, not 100% sure what he does, but from the sounds of it its a multimedia production thing for corporate events (I may be wrong). So having kids isn't necessarily a death sentence to your career. Plus, they had theirs at an older age, I think around 35 or 36 they had their first. By that time they were both comfortable with money and were ready for kids.
That's one of the good scenarios too - having them no earlier than 35. But female (if of that age) must have great genetics, then issues with pregnancy are unlikely.
-
But to answer the question, eventually I'd like a couple kids. Two is more than enough, I actually have no preference for what gender, I'd be happy with boys or girls. But I think I'm going to wait it out until I at least hit 30 (25 right now), but probably later than that, barring a condom tear.
-
That's one of the good scenarios too - having them no earlier than 35. But female (if of that age) must have great genetics, then issues with pregnancy are unlikely.
Very true. I remember in high school we had a section in biology about reproduction and there was some study we read that women having kids after 40 increase their chances of having a child with Down syndrome by like 50%! My gf is only 2 years younger than me, and if we end up having kids together, I'd like it to happen while she's younger than 35 or so.
-
Men, if you learn nothing else from getbig, please learn this.
If you're not set in your career/education, in love with the woman you want to spend your life with, and at least 28 years old...
Run, don't walk, but RUN to your nearest doc, get a vasectomy. Keep wearing a raincoat, but you don't get tricked or have any accidents.
THEN, when you're 34, career and education all set up, you're with the girl of your dreams and laughing at the irresponsible idiots you dated at age 28... THEN You go get it reversed, and do it up right.
-
Men, if you learn nothing else from getbig, please learn this.
If you're not set in your career/education, in love with the woman you want to spend your life with, and at least 28 years old...
Run, don't walk, but RUN to your nearest doc, get a vasectomy. Keep wearing a raincoat, but you don't get tricked or have any accidents.
THEN, when you're 34, career and education all set up, you're with the girl of your dreams and laughing at the irresponsible idiots you dated at age 28... THEN You go get it reversed, and do it up right.
when i'm 34 i hope to have arrived
at that point women will be throwing themselves at my 20" arms and shiny mercedes
-
i was 41 when i had my first kid/son, my wife was 27 or 28.i made sure i had all my fun n got my share of pussy before getting married ;)plus at 40 my pattern of thinking changed alittle i think, i started to think about what happens when im old n dont have no one to care about me,or am i gonna miss out on (what dads n moms say is the greatest feeling in the world of watching their own baby coming into the world),i figured i had alot of fun with-women,sports cars,partying and just enjoying lifes pleasures in general and it was about that time to take on a new chapter in my life n see what happens. so far its been great,but there have been scary moments also,like hearing your son whos only 1 yrs old gasping for air n your trying to rush him to hospital,or seeing him put a double AA battery in his mouth that he found under a couch n praying that u can get it out before he swallows it. like i said being a dad is the greatest thing in the world but its also a very stressful journey, i started having anxiety attacks after my son was born,u start to think u r gonna lose your breath n u start driving to hospital,at one point i drove to the hospital 25 times in 1 month.i would park in the emergency room lot n sit there :)id calm down n just drive home n i was fine,just being at the hospital relaxed me.it all started after i had my son so i think its safe to say it was the pressures of being a parent
-
Dream on. Your genes (to be precise - just half of your genome) will be dilluted to nothingness in like two to three generations. Immortality is - living on and kids are just a desperate attempt at that.
That's why you have multiple kids fuck nuts.
Ideally 300-400, make an impact on human genetics.
-
50% of all female CEO's have one basic thing in common: NO KIDS.
So that's what, 2 out of all 4 female CEO's?
-
"I don't think I ever wanted to be the man who loves children. But, from the moment they're born, that baby comes out and you act excited. You hand out cigars. But, you don't feel anything, especially if you had a difficult childhood. You want to love them, but you...don't. And the fact that you're faking that feeling makes you wonder if your own father had the same problem. Then one day they get older and you see them do something and you feel that feeling that you were pretending to have. It feels like your heart is going to explode." Don Draper - Mad Men
-
Run, don't walk, but RUN to your nearest doc, get a vasectomy. Keep wearing a raincoat, but you don't get tricked or have any accidents.
THEN, when you're 34, career and education all set up, you're with the girl of your dreams and laughing at the irresponsible idiots you dated at age 28... THEN You go get it reversed, and do it up right.
A vasectomy is for life. They can be surgically reversed only within the first six or so months after the procedure. Even within the first few months, they are very difficult, risky and expensive to reverse, and reversal is not guaranteed. Surgical reversal can have side effects too. Your body can naturally reverse a vasectomy too in some cases, but only within the first few months after the procedure.
-
And now I'm in.....
I respect all the opinions thus far, as with anything in this world there are usually two sides to an argument/question/statement, etc. For those who do not want kids, and don't have them, God bless you! I don't think there is much worse than having a child and neglecting the needs of that child to the degree that we are seeing in this nation.
I have 3 kids, and while I'll be the first to admit that it is by far the hardest thing I've ever done, it is also, by far, the most rewarding thing I have ever done. I can't imagine my life without them. I would definitely do it all over again knowing what I know now.
Have a great day Get Big!
-
NO!!! as others have stated this world is way to fawked up to bring kids into anymore....I lol at people who have kids thinking they will take care of them when they are old....there are old age homes full of geezers who believed that too...no guarantees in life....7 billion and climbing on this planet I htink the species has done enough....selfish people are the only ones having kids...growing precious little snowflakes so they can live through.....what a joke!!
-
No.
But alpha male behaviour involves getting several women pregnant
-
Dogs do the same and demands way less time lol..
My daughter and I try to spend every Sunday together.just me and her. Go to the movies, get some frozen yogurt and talk. I want to know her as a person, not just "my daughter". We will take a cruise through the mountains , listening to music.
The other day we went and rode the gas powered go karts. We used to do that all the time when she was a kid and it brought back so many memories, we took some fun pictures and made a new memory too. Where do you buy a dog that does that ?
-
I already have to watch over junior
-
My daughter and I try to spend every Sunday together.just me and her. Go to the movies, get some frozen yogurt and talk. I want to know her as a person, not just "my daughter". We will take a cruise through the mountains , listening to music.
The other day we went and rode the gas powered go karts. We used to do that all the time when she was a kid and it brought back so many memories, we took some fun pictures and made a new memory too. Where do you buy a dog that does that ?
8)...
-
"I don't think I ever wanted to be the man who loves children. But, from the moment they're born, that baby comes out and you act excited. You hand out cigars. But, you don't feel anything, especially if you had a difficult childhood. You want to love them, but you...don't. And the fact that you're faking that feeling makes you wonder if your own father had the same problem. Then one day they get older and you see them do something and you feel that feeling that you were pretending to have. It feels like your heart is going to explode." Don Draper - Mad Men
this,,and when you see your father and mother react to your children or say''oh this one reminds of you 'behavior or way they do things'it clicks,,again you have to be there/listening/helping/growing them as they go esp as children...
-
My daughter and I try to spend every Sunday together.just me and her. Go to the movies, get some frozen yogurt and talk. I want to know her as a person, not just "my daughter". We will take a cruise through the mountains , listening to music.
The other day we went and rode the gas powered go karts. We used to do that all the time when she was a kid and it brought back so many memories, we took some fun pictures and made a new memory too. Where do you buy a dog that does that ?
good point
one of my favorite memories ever is when my father used to let me drive the car in a big empty lot where i grew up starting at about 9 years old.
and go karting
you sound like a good dad groink
-
My daughter and I try to spend every Sunday together.just me and her. Go to the movies, get some frozen yogurt and talk. I want to know her as a person, not just "my daughter". We will take a cruise through the mountains , listening to music.
The other day we went and rode the gas powered go karts. We used to do that all the time when she was a kid and it brought back so many memories, we took some fun pictures and made a new memory too. Where do you buy a dog that does that ?
Now this is a cool dude through and through....what the hell, I'm even jealous, I wish you could take me out riding go karts and buy me ice cream. Fuck, I'm ringing my dad right now we need to talk and iron out some issues.
-
A dog is for you to wipe your shoes on when you get home and eat your leftovers
Just like a daughter!
-
Thanks guys. I love my kid and dont think I'm father of the year or anything. I just do my best.
Its bittersweet watching yourt child grow up, my daughter is a beautiful young woman now, not a kid anymore. And you miss when they were little and you were their universe. But at the same time you love the person they have become.
I actually wrote a poem about this recently..I'll never share it here...ha ha
-
Do you want to have kids?
Yes with Goodrum. We are going to adopt.
-
Yes with Goodrum. We are going to adopt.
What, you not going the natural route? I'm shocked with this.
-
My daughter and I try to spend every Sunday together.just me and her. Go to the movies, get some frozen yogurt and talk. I want to know her as a person, not just "my daughter". We will take a cruise through the mountains , listening to music.
The other day we went and rode the gas powered go karts. We used to do that all the time when she was a kid and it brought back so many memories, we took some fun pictures and made a new memory too. Where do you buy a dog that does that ?
I would not like to do that with my dog, so...
-
Are women who don't want kids mentally stable? It seems most women do want kids what does getbig think.
I'm kinda indifferent but as I get older I want them less and less. :-X
My current wife never wanted kids and she seems sane and normal.
BUT, she married me, so she must be a bit off her nut. :D
-
And now I'm in.....
I respect all the opinions thus far, as with anything in this world there are usually two sides to an argument/question/statement, etc. For those who do not want kids, and don't have them, God bless you! I don't think there is much worse than having a child and neglecting the needs of that child to the degree that we are seeing in this nation.
I have 3 kids, and while I'll be the first to admit that it is by far the hardest thing I've ever done, it is also, by far, the most rewarding thing I have ever done. I can't imagine my life without them. I would definitely do it all over again knowing what I know now.
Have a great day Get Big!
Good post and sums up all sides of this issue quite well. ;)
-
My current wife never wanted kids and she seems sane and normal.
BUT, she married me, so she must be a bit off her nut. :D
Good point. I guess if I did have kids I would want her to be a career woman and I would stay home with the kids for the most part.
-
when i'm 34 i hope to have arrived
at that point women will be throwing themselves at my 20" arms and shiny mercedes
loser dream, a U back on cheap polish vodka again :D
-
I have 2 and I wouldn't change it for anything..... Changes your life and snaps you into provider/protector over night... Unless your a worthless piece of shit that is..
Being said, I never really thought about having them, just comes naturally when you settle down, look forward to watching them grow up, then see them have there own etc
Couldn't imagine growing old with no familly, each to there own ... But you must get moments of deep regret
-
i love kids...was a stepfather to 3 girls for 7 years....only had them on weekends but they were just great!
would love to get some of my own when i'm in a stable relationship that i feel fine in.....would suck to get one with a one night stand who is also crazy though...
-
Couldn't imagine growing old with no familly, each to there own ... But you must get moments of deep regret
Just like these who married and had kids... That's how life goes.
-
so happy i don't have any
FUCK that
-
I'm 19 and I've already decided I want kids. What's not to love about raising your own son and turning him into an alpha male? 2 kids and 1 dog would be ideal but not till im mature enough and financially stable
-
i think marriage and children is over rated, vastly
there are other things in life
like bodybuilding
traveling
hookers
steroids
sipping on drinks on the beach
-
i think marriage and children is over rated, vastly
there are other things in life
like bodybuilding
traveling
hookers
steroids
sipping on drinks on the beach
NICE LIST...
-
I have 2 and I wouldn't change it for anything..... Changes your life and snaps you into provider/protector over night... Unless your a worthless piece of shit that is..
Being said, I never really thought about having them, just comes naturally when you settle down, look forward to watching them grow up, then see them have there own etc
Couldn't imagine growing old with no familly, each to there own ... But you must get moments of deep regret
Thanks for the nice post. BUT , what exactly do you mean with " it just comes naturally"????
-
Eyo fuck kids
Y'all's can take mines
-
NICE LIST...
vs children:
-noise all the time
-expensive
-a big weight tying you down, no more freedom
-these days a lot of them go bald and have oversized feet
-
If you live childless with absolutely no regrets, none at all, there is something wrong with you.
-
If you live childless with absolutely no regrets, none at all, there is something wrong with you.
Doesn't look like I'll be having children unless its an accident. Job just won't allow me to settle down. Most guys say I'm lucky and I can't imagine having a kid with my lifestyle. But yesterday I took my bike to the racetrack these little kids were on the go cart track racing 50cc bikes around the track. Those dad's were so proud. I missed one of my sessions to watch them. If that was my kid I'd be so proud.
So not having a kid is something I'll have to accept and I'm fine with that. But if I said I don't want a mini me, something would be fucked up.
-
Every kid/teen I ever heard of who rides bikes has busted bones. A classmate in highschool into motocross had a cast on some part of him for the better part of 4 years. A buddy of mine's kid recently broke his ankle bad and spent two months on crutches with some question as to whether he would have lifelong issues as a result. Latest reports are that he won't have lingering issues and is finally off the crutches, doing well, and is now back to riding the motocross bike. :-\ Okay.
My kid wouldn't like me. I'd be a paranoid dad.
-
Every kid/teen I ever heard of who rides bikes has busted bones. A classmate in highschool into motocross had a cast on some part of him for the better part of 4 years. A buddy of mine's kid recently broke his ankle bad and spent two months on crutches with some question as to whether he would have lifelong issues as a result. Latest reports are that he won't have lingering issues and is finally off the crutches, doing well, and is now back to riding the motocross bike. :-\ Okay.
My kid wouldn't like me. I'd be a paranoid dad.
This isn't motocross. Those kids sit up high and go over jumps. When these kids at the track crash they just slide into dirt and hay bails. You don't have to be as flexible on a sport bike like you do on a dirt bike, so the amount of body armor at the track is way better.
-
I love having a child, but I'm one of the rare types of young people who actually WANTED to have a child so that needs to be weighed.
Daughter is almost 11 months now and sweet as heck. Super alert, super playful and the most adorable child I've ever seen (I know, everyone says the same thing...). Circumstances would probably be different if she was a whoopsie-baby, but even so I think I'd still enjoy being a father just as much.
Spent almost the last 6 months being a stay-at-home dad while my wife wraps up her nursing degree. It's difficult, especially now that I'm picking up courses and heading into pharmacy or medicine myself. We still plan on having another couple of children, but I imagine it being easier once the wife's making big bucks as I have an easier time focusing on academics without being distracted as easily. More financial independence will mean it'll be easier to enjoy parenthood even more. I wouldn't trade it for the world. Nothing's invigorated me and given me an appreciation and lust for life than being a parent. It drives me to be the best person I could be. And I hope that I can become an inspiration to my children or at least die trying my hardest.
Totally appreciate people not wanting to have kids. Some don't make the connection. I know a few dads who either have their first or even second or third child. Some of them don't make "the connection" with their child. That sounds foreign to me because I want to murder anything that causes my girl any sort of discomfort, but for others they just don't bond the same way. I pity them and don't think they're stupid or selfish at all. Children occupy a huge portion of your life and you're either entirely committed or you're not. It's not for everyone and I don't think people are evil if they don't feel head over heels for children.