Is it normal to worry about the consequences of not having kids?

I'm almost 24 and I don't want kids. I've never wanted kids and this isn't anything new.

However, I'm starting to get worried about the potential issues with my future partner(s) and future self(ves)

Any thoughts on this?

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Comments ( 16 )
  • thegypsysailor

    These days it should be pretty easy to find a partner who is like minded in this. Just imagine how wonderful your life would be if you didn't have all the expenses of kids in a two income family. You could retire younger and with a lot more money and you wouldn't have to feel guilty that you were contributing to the ills of the world by birthing children who most likely won't be able to find work, a house or even a partner, by the time they graduate from school.

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    • plainsight90

      Thank you!

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  • KeddersPrincess

    Sometimes, I think about this too, as I also don't want kids, but there's lots of other people who don't want kids either. I've got two friends about to get married and they've both decided on not having kids.

    I'm not going to say it's not going to be harder to find someone, but it's definitely possible. Don't be discouraged. Also, don't give in just because you want to be with a person. Having kids or not is a big issue and if you guys don't see eye to eye on it then it's not going to work out.

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    • plainsight90

      KeddersPrincess, of course. I can't be with someone who won't take me seriously when I tell him that I will not have kids, and in fact, if I were to get pregnant somehow, I am getting an abortion. While I think that a lot of men will agree at the time of the conversation, I worry that some will change their minds after a few years.

      Compatibility ain't easy.

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    • JaxX

      Yes and down the road when one changed their mind and the other stands firm,well, someone call lifetime and get this on tape.

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  • Cuntsiclestick

    I don't want kids either. I'm bi and I see men as the more beautiful gender, but for strategic purposes, I might just find a woman because I can't stand children. I don't even have an attachment to my own neices and nephews so a kid is just out of the question for me.

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  • JaxX

    You'll change your mind,or you'll regret it down the road. If you don't beleive me,save this message a prove me wrong. Ive knownpeople who have said the same thing.goodluck. ps: this is how cat women are born.lololol

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    • GreyWulfen

      Having kids is definitely the thing you'll regret earlier.

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    • plainsight90

      I am 110% sure that I will still not have any interest in having kids in the future. I don't hate them, I just don't see myself dedicating my life to raising and being responsible for a child for 18+ years when I could be doing things that I think are better with my life. NO DISRESPECT TO ANY PARENTS OUT THERE. I RESPECT ANYONE WHO DEDICATES THEIR LIFE TO RAISING ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.

      I am not at all worried that I might change my mind or regret it. My only worry is not being taken care of when I get old and when my partner dies....unless I die first lol.

      JaxX, I don't do pets either lol!!

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      • JaxX

        Lol ok as long as you dont.become another animal hoarding cat lady ahaa

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  • ParadiseLost1323

    I laugh at white girl jokes and fat girl jokes.
    And I'm both so yeah you're normal. At least you have humor in your life. Lol

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  • RoseIsabella

    future self(ves)?

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    • plainsight90

      Yes.

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      • RoseIsabella

        How so?

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        • plainsight90

          Dementia and nobody wants me..

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  • thr

    How about thoughts of there being someone you know, when the people you know now are dying off?

    I think it is fine, if you don't want children, and you can live a happy life without them, and if the topic wasn't consequences of not having kids, I could think of several reasons not to have kids.

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