[girls] do you consider genetics of your children?

I don't think about looks so much. I worry about things like medical problems, like mental health issues, cancer, heart disease. Stuff like that.

Sometimes I ask myself "is it fair to create another living creature knowing that it might end up suffering from X problem?"

I still haven't come up with an answer yet, though. I also don't have children.

lol Usually if someone has genetics I would find undesirable then I find them undesirable. Its not "hmm I wonder what he'd make my kids look like" but rather "wtf is up with that?"/ "oh yeah :D" lol

I don't really care about looks-- like what my grandfather used to say: two uglies make a pretty! ^__^ Haha jk

What I do think about though is things like cancer and stuff like that. I come from a family with a history of breast cancer and depression, and my man has a lot of diagnosed mental disorders in his family. To me, thats the biggest decision to whether or not I should have kids.

But besides that, I don't think looks should be on the forefront of your mind. What we find attractive (a lot of the times) depends on what we were raised with, and it's largely cultural too. If you love this person you're with you're gonna think your babies are cute no matter what!

i think about it sometimes, because im a mix myself i wonder what my kids would look like if he was white or asian or black.

I have thought this time and time again with my bf, had him for 10 years now. But i dont like his nostrals or his hair line. I guess I must like him cause I stay with him and care about him a lot! and also always think about what I've heard: 2 people that truelly love each other will have beautiful ofspring. And its like look at all the ugly people, momw and dads must not love each other. Also tells you how many people settle for less. But i think of what my daughter would look like with his nostrals and then nothing becomes much of that thought, as in me caring what her nostrals look like or if it would really bug me, so it must not.

In a society where looks DO matter I think it's foolish to say you don't care how your kids will look. You force them to be born when they didn't ask to so you better give them as much assets as possible from the start. Think about school bullying too!

just brown haired guys for me. I dont want my kids to inherit my reddish hair lol

I don't know that it would change who I ended up with, but I would take a double-take if the guy I was with shared similar predispositions to diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease, with me. My genes pretty much nix the ugly factor, so no issues there ;)

when I got pregnant with my daughter dillinger,genetics was definitely not something I was lookin at....anyway my baby girl is healthy and happy...with beautiful skin....lol

I do, I consider myself very intelligent and fairly good looking, I wouldn't jeopardise my children's possible genetic expression for the hope or promise of love. That's all

If you didn't think the guy was cute then why did you go out with him.

Your brain doesn't have to ponder it. Your instinct will do it for you. People can reproduce just fine without the help of genetic testing.

we probably all do subconsciously. I learned in human growth and development that how cute babies are has a large impact on the love we feel for them, but of course everyone has their own idea of beauty - or at least should, naturally.

Uh, I wouldn't break up with someone because I thought they were ugly my children would be horrible. I would just in general want someone who is around the same level as much. And I don't want kids...to my knowledge.