Not everyone wants kids. Not everyone realizes men get pressure about this, too.
From Childfree Me, in response to Why I’m OK With Not Wanting Kids by Andrew Bruskin:
Thank you for posting this article, Andrew. Most of the articles I have read on this subject have been written by women, so it is nice to see a male point of view.
As a fellow childfree person, I can relate to a lot of what you say here. What I’ve noticed amongst people who have actively chosen to remain childfree is that many of us simply have never had the burning desire to have children. Oftentimes I feel that either you have the itch or you don’t.
It can be frustrating to listen to some of those who disagree with this chose tell you that you are selfish, strange, not fulfilling your destiny of human procreation, and how you are going to die alone and how you are making the wrong choice.
Live and let live, I say.
Also, I’ve always believed it would be much worse to bring a child into the world knowing full well you do not want one and treating said child horribly/in a neglectful/resentful manner than altogether deciding you do not want to have children at all.
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Just like whether or not you have sex, Wether or not you have kids (assuming your ‘fertile’) is up to the ‘Gatekeeper’, the misses. It doesn’t matter what you think, unless you practice some form of ‘Birth Control’ on your end (Withdrawal, condoms etc.) just accept results and do your best.