Is it normal to dislike children?

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I realize that mostly people will try to breed and leave an offspring. But is it possible that not all of us are trying to pass on the dna? I'm tired to be looked upon as a monster every time somebody shows me babies or baby pics. I really and honestly hate them. I'm a grown up, 30 year old guy so it won't pass and I've been like this since i could generate a cognitive thought. I've worked in schools with teenagers and they were totally cool, but kids under ~10 around make me experience something between annoyance and repulsion. Obviously, I'll never date someone who has kids and refuse to be in a place with children (holiday family gatherings) more than 5 min. Does anyone else feel this way?

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  • Lockets
    11 years ago

    Normal. Unless you want to be a parent or there are kids that you know within your own family, you might find them pretty annoying!

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    11 years ago

    A lot of people don't like or want kids. I personally, can't stand kids unless I have some sort of authority or influence over them, but most of the kids that I deal with come from nonchalant teen-mother or non-involved parent households, and on the flip side, helicopter parents households.

    I once lived in a tight knit neighborhood where everyone knew everyone and in that situation, dealing with the children was a wonderful experience, especially as I was an older figure and had the skills to relate to them so I was more often than not respected.

    Otherwise, kids are fucking annoying.

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    • jondoerandom
      11 years ago

      That's the issue here.. from any point of view I'd just rather not deal with them at all.

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      • NeuroNeptunian
        11 years ago

        Then don't. Kids suck.

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    I don't want to have kids. I can't stand them and allot of them are pain in the ass. People have actually tried to guilt trip me into saying that I'd have children, but to have to sink that low is pathetic. It's normal.

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  • flutterhigh
    11 years ago

    Just, uh... picture them naked. It makes you less nervous, or something.

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    • jondoerandom
      11 years ago

      Oh..god.. there's something fundamentally WRONG about picturing kids naked! LOL

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      • flutterhigh
        11 years ago

        No shit.

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  • snafu
    11 years ago

    I hate kids !! I would never be cruel to them i just don't like them. we're condotioned to believe that we should marry and reproduce, crap crap crap
    women who have kids lose intrest in there husbands and get fat. and then wonder why there men like slim women. babies = fat MOMs fat moms unshaggable

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    • lufa
      11 years ago

      not all do, some women who stay fit, return to their shape after having kids.

      It's partly genetic but also being disciplined about diet and exercise.

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    • jondoerandom
      11 years ago

      That's a valid reason. fair enough!

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  • nAt2017
    11 years ago

    There are lots of identical questions on this site. Try and find answers from those threads.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Yeah it's normal. Lots of people don't want kids, i sure as fuck don't but i was tricked once. Worst feeling i ever had.

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    • flutterhigh
      11 years ago

      Yeah, I've heard giving birth is painful.

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      • [Old Memory]
        11 years ago

        Thats her problem, i guess it's karma for stealing my seed.

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        • lufa
          11 years ago

          lol

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  • Jeaneathean
    11 years ago

    Call me immature, selfish or both, but I have never been able to stand the little fuckers.

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  • lufa
    11 years ago

    Well if you don't like kids, don't have them. I only hate the ugly, stupid and obnoxious kids. The pretty, nice and bright ones are great. I have nieces and nephews and I love them as if they were my own.

    It's just amazing to watch them learn and their adorable over-exaggerated responses to things. The cheesy jokes that adults won't laugh at, the kids will.

    I'm the opposite of you, I like them when they're young and once they become teens-they get mouthy, ignorant and rebellious. They usually chill out in their 20s and realize the adults do know better than them-usually.

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  • *~ThePurplePixie~*
    11 years ago

    Personally, this seems like a big loss.
    Yeah, some children are obnoxious whatnots, but my own kids have been brought up to be really respectful (most of the time...!).

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  • wanda678
    11 years ago

    good people will have a good children; clean, quiet, empathic. not those emotionally manipulated ADD monsters high on sugar.

    breeding is obviously pushed by corporate agendas. that's why people who shoudn't have chidren breed like rabbits.

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    • jondoerandom
      11 years ago

      Unfortunately we don't live under a dictatorship that can choose for us who's allowed to recreate and who's not. For better or for worse, you know.
      Nazis used play around with this idea to create a superior gene pool by selecting superior "breeders", we do it all the time with our pets and farm livestock.

      Still I don't suppose it's right for a democratic society to intervene in people's lives.

      But this is a philosophical subject, for myself i can only say that i hate any kids, regardless of their upbringing and mental disposition.

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  • KeddersPrincess
    11 years ago

    I can't stand children either. I can't stand when people show me pictures of their babies. I can't stand when people bring children and babies around me. They annoy me beyond ALL reason and I can't stand them. What's even more annoying is when I tell people that I don't want to have kids, and they assume they know me and think that it's a phase and I will change my mind later on in life. But I know myself...and I don't like kids, let alone want some of my own. I promise, you are not alone. It isn't a fact that everyone wants to have children. It's even more annoying when you're female like me, and everyone thinks you are supposed to have some sort of "motherly instinct"...I was born without that.

    Just remember, everyone is different. Some folks love kids. Some can't stand them, but it doesn't make you abnormal :)

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    • jondoerandom
      11 years ago

      I've heard a lot a theory that some males can feel this way because of our genetic imprint that basically drives us.. I'll put it bluntly - to reproduce as much as we can and move on to reproduce some more.
      Hence, some males might not experince this protective instict.
      So, even though this is absolutelty nowhere on my list of priorities, everyone around me has been trying to cast their opinions on the matter.

      I'm surprised to see a girl saying what you've just said.
      Needless to say- I absolutely agree that this is not a phase.. I could've accepted it when I was 18, but I'm 29 and still feel the same way.

      Thanx for your reply!

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      • KeddersPrincess
        11 years ago

        You're welcome :)

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