People with or without children?

Question

If you have children, when and why did you choose to start having them. If you don't, why don't you and when do you plan to (if ever)?

Answer 1

I don't as I don't want to subject them to rubbish such as High School Musical, McDonalds and Bratz.

Answer 2

At the time when I had my first child it was the natural way to go, we both had good jobs were buying a house together, married, my body clock was ticking so when I was 23 I had my first child. We had Emigrated to Australia three years earlier but had come back to England so it seemed the right time. Over the years I had two others and they are the light of my life, all grown up now, I have two grandaughters.  

Answer 3

im 24 and i haven't had children because ive had to finish school and get stable with my life..financially and because i want to be married before i have kids... im thinking of getting married within the next 2 years, and kids probably 2 years after  i marry..

Answer 4

ive got a boy he is 13 months old he is the very best thing that has happened to me in a long time bless his soul  

Answer 5

I'm 18 and I've been with my girlfriend for 4 years.

We're hoping to do some traveling and finish our education. I want to make sure that we're financially stable and in a good home before we have children. We're both emotionally ready, but I'd much rather wait until we've done everything we want to do in life before children.

Answer 6

My husband and I felt that we were ready and start trying for a child at the very beginning of the year and we got our wish im 24 weeks prego. We decided to start our family and be the people we were dying to be a mom and dad. We had been through everything to test our realtionship (his tour to Iraq, me trying to join the air force but ran in to problems that caused me to be sent home.) The Next step was a kid and we went for it.  

Answer 7

When I got to my late twenties I just started wanting a baby..I had NEVER been interested in them before that. I had my 1st at 31 and my second at 35.

Answer 8

do not have kids at the moment but would not mind having babies now. am 24 and would like to have three kids and tend to finish at the age of 30.

Answer 9

I had wanted a baby for as long as I could remember. I wanted to do it the "right way" ie be married with a house etc.. I met my husband when I was 24 and had our son when I was 28. We bought the house when our son was 9mths and got married when he was 2.  I had our daughter when I was 30. There never is a right or wrong way of doing things just what you feel is right

Answer 10

I didn't chose... I got drunk and had unprotected s*x.  She's the best mistake I ever made!!

Answer 11

My 1st child was totally unexpected, as my partner had been told by his GP that he couldn't have children due to chemical poisoning.

He was the best thing that ever happened to me!

When he was 3, i wanted him to have a sibling, so we had our 2nd son.

Answer 12

I have not got any children yet, but i would love to have some. As soon as i am settled down in a long term relationship and the girl says she wants to start trying for a baby, then i will.    

Answer 13

I chose to have children with the stick turned pink.

Answer 14

6 years after we were married, we were financially and emotionally stable and wanted a baby to complete our family.

Answer 15

I hated other people's kids and I wanted my own kids. lol.  We started trying for kids 4 months after we got married and we already had a house to live in by then.  Of course we always wanted little ones like us running around.  And we were getting bored with our regular daily lives. lol. We're certainly not bored anymore!

Answer 16

i had my 1st child at 18 then my 2nd at 20 and my 3rd at 22. love um 2 bits love the closeness of them all

Answer 17

I can't stand children who are not controlled by their parents and cause havoc where ever they go.

I will never have children and my wife is of the same ilk.

If you are in Britain be afraid! From what I have experienced and what is reported in the news children are evil. (NOT ALL BUT A LOT)

  

Answer 18

When we had a house suitable and were financially able(we were also married and felt emotionally the time was right,in our very early 20's).

Answer 19

I waited until I was married, out of college, had my own home, financially stable, had insurance, and had a car. Oddly enough, I was 22 at that point. I had my first son, Carter, at 22. It was the right time for me, I think. And at 24, I had my second, and I just continued from there...

Answer 20

We can't have kids, and reaching 'midway' are blessed with no worries about them. We have nephews and nieces coming out of our ears and always give them back at the end of the day! we can then return to our lovenest and continue trying!

As Ronald Mcdonald would say:

              "I'm loving it"  

Answer 21

i m 24 n dont really feel responsible enough lol..however i see myself having them in the next 5 yrs when i feel the time is right and can afford to ..

Answer 22

I didnt plan to have a baby yet, but didnt know when I wanted one. I sometimes got urges to want one to have someone to call my own and raise but then I would think about my free time and sleep that I would lose so it was 50/50. I have been with my bf now for a little over 5 yrs and we never used protection, sometimes I thought I couldnt get pregnant but one weekend it happened he did get off in me and it was around my fertile time of the month. I was freaked out and happy, and sad, and mad and confused and scared all at the same time. I am 25 by the way. But as I thought about it, I thought okay I have had a good amount of fun, young years to do whatever. I am almost 30 and I didnt want to be that old and then have kids cause that means I would be 50 when they are just turning 20...I thought they would think I was old or older than most other parents and I didnt want that, so I figure once she is 20 I will be 45 and thats more normal. I didnt want any younger cause I was still getting my self straight with a job, cars, place to live and trying to enjoy my youth, so I thought 25 was a good year, even though she wasnt planned, Im glad it happened. My brother who is 26 has had 3 boys with his wife already so I was next, once the family found out I was having a girl everyone was so happy, the first girl grandchild out of 6 kids, 4 are half bro & sisters. So I am happy now for my little girl due December 28th, 2008. And I have no clue if I will have anymore kids, I will decide after I have the first one. And If I do decide it will be about a year or two later.

Answer 23

well only 1 of my 4  pregnancies was planned..

1st i was on the pill but still fell Pg(that was a shock)

2nd misshap with the pill

3rd was using condoms but didn't a couple of times.. sadly i lost that baby at 13 weeks and almost lost my own life

4th planned pregnancy fell the 1st month

"mistakes" happen it's how it's dealt with that's important

Answer 24

I was very logical about the whole thing (non-emotional). I never had that "baby urge," but when I was 29 I thought, based on my age and my marital status, it was about time. I was never a goo-goo ga-ga baby lovin' type of person, but once I held my little one in my arms, all that changed immediately. I couldn't wait to have another and got pregnant again when he was 9 months old, and am now thrilled to have two precious little boys.

Answer 25

already was blessed with every wonderful thing in life...a great job, wonderful family, beautiful house, and the best husband...we are putting the cherry on top right now with the birth of our son

Answer 26

I got married when I was 24 and we wanted to wait a few years to start our family. We decided to pay off our house and get completely out of debt first. It's been 5 years now and we're making our final house payment next month and our first baby is due in October.

Answer 27

Our's was a little more planned out.  We waited until we had been married 6 years before we started trying to conceive and when we couldn't, we started fertility tests.  Never got pregnant and never found out why.  So we adopted both of our children.  They are beautiful kids and our lives are so enriched by having them.  My son is 16 and my daughter's 11.  We are so blessed.