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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And if you can't understand that bringing a child into the world and raising them with love is more meaningful to most people than climbing some BS corporate ladder... well... frankly I'm glad your DNA won't be included in the next generation[/quote]

This is OP - and I realize this is sort of a trolly response, but it's one I'd actually like to address. I think a lot of people assume that people - like me - decide not to have kids because we put career ahead of family. I'm sure that's true for some people. But it's actually not the case for me or for many of the other people without kids who I know.  For many of us, not having kids has given us a lot of flexibility NOT to have to climb the corporate ladder. I know a lot of really interesting people with kids - and I also know a lot of really interesting people without kids. People who are pursuing the sorts of jobs that it might be hard t do if you needed to make enough $$ to save for college, or live in a good school district.

Anyway, I don't mean to sound defensive. It's just a strange stereotype of people with no kids - that we're all wearing suits on the weekends and using all that time we're not with kids to go earn some more money. I guess I should say - I am happy to answer anyone's questions about what it's like to not want kids, if anyone has any.

Again: I really do appreciate those who took the time to give such thoughtful responses. [/quote]

Hi OP. I'm the quoted PP. You made some good points. My trollish sounding post was mostly in response to the poster on the previous page who said women only have kids because they can't find anything else meaningful to do with their lives. (Wrote two posts back to back and this one got bumped to next page).

Your point about being able to do any job you want without having to afford daycare, college, house in the best area, etc is a very valid point.

I have a baby and plan to have another kid -- I couldn't imagine a life with no kids and no family of my own though.[/quote]

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