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Why don't you have Children yet?

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  • DKLS wrote: »
    Why thankfully? have you bred?


    i agree with you but in a less PC way.
    1 - they suck the life out of the wifes' tits
    2 - you have to watch BoB the fricken Builder instead of match of the day
    3 - Turkey Twizzlers and potato shapes for tea instead of T-Bone steak
    4 - Pontins instead of Barbados
    5 - You have to spend a fortune at Christmas on somebody who has no idea what's happening
    6 - no more sex incase you wake the baby
    7 - you can't get wasted without having to phone the babysitter every twenty minutes
  • Lovelyjoolz
    Lovelyjoolz Posts: 1,070 Forumite
    i agree with you but in a less PC way.
    1 - they suck the life out of the wifes' tits
    2 - you have to watch BoB the fricken Builder instead of match of the day
    3 - Turkey Twizzlers and potato shapes for tea instead of T-Bone steak
    4 - Pontins instead of Barbados
    5 - You have to spend a fortune at Christmas on somebody who has no idea what's happening
    6 - no more sex incase you wake the baby
    7 - you can't get wasted without having to phone the babysitter every twenty minutes

    You forgot:
    8 - no more sleep as the baby screams 14 times a night
    9 - no more sex because the stiches haven't healed
    10 - no more sex because the wife's pelvic floor has been compromised to the point where there's no point anymore..
    11 - no more sex because you're both too tired to care anymore
    12 - Eau de baby sick instead of Eau du male
    13 - dirty nappies
    14 - going grey, bald and barmy by age 40 because of all the above
    You had me at your proper use of "you're".
  • i'm sure we can think of more.

    aha..

    15 - you won't keep the mother-in-law away.
  • LisaB85
    LisaB85 Posts: 2,008 Forumite
    i don't.. i use sunbeds and look younger than the ones (with kids) i went to school with

    See knew there was a reason I thought you were a black man :D
  • LisaB85
    LisaB85 Posts: 2,008 Forumite
    I had ladies problems a couple of years ago, my periods were horrific and I'd bleed/be in pain for a couple of hours every day for about 3 months without a break! I was diagnosed with pcos, luckily the depo has worked wonders and I love it but if it didn't work I'd have happily let them rip my bits out but there is no way they would....rather let me suffer.

    In July I had a cervical cancer scare, I decided there and then that if it came back showing there was cancer I'd have not bothered with chemo I'd have let them take my womb etc.
  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
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    DKLS wrote: »
    Why thankfully? have you bred?
    I've bred lots of things. Chickens, ducks, cats and even beans for a few years.
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • bestpud
    bestpud Posts: 11,048 Forumite
    What is wrong with simply answering: 'I don't want children' or 'I can't have children'?

    Am I missing something? :cool:
  • Person_one
    Person_one Posts: 28,884 Forumite
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    bestpud wrote: »
    What is wrong with simply answering: 'I don't want children' or 'I can't have children'?

    Am I missing something? :cool:


    Its a conversation killer, best avoided.

    "So do you have kids?"
    "No, I can't"
    "Oh...so, erm, cats?"


    Its worth remembering that you are enquiring about the state of somebody's reproductive organs and how they intend to use them, which is generally frowned upon.
  • bestpud
    bestpud Posts: 11,048 Forumite
    Person_one wrote: »
    Its a conversation killer, best avoided.

    "So do you have kids?"
    "No, I can't"
    "Oh...so, erm, cats?"


    Its worth remembering that you are enquiring about the state of somebody's reproductive organs and how they intend to use them, which is generally frowned upon.

    It's not something I have ever asked and I'm never likely to either.

    I thought this thread was about stopping people in their tracks, so it would work to give a very simple, no nonsense reply then, wouldn't it?
  • poorly_scammo
    poorly_scammo Posts: 34,024 Forumite
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    I give an honest reply: I don't like children. I prefer dogs.

    For me, there's nothing more to say than that really.
    4.30: conduct pigeon orchestra...
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