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Originally Posted by bretonbanquet
I'm no baby lover - never even held one - but I'm quite surprised at the level of distaste for kids on here. And the love of money is a bit surprising too - sure, it sucks to be poor - but what vital s**t are you dudes spending your money on that would be so jeopardised by having kids around? ButterCookie is right when she says there's no sense in selfish people having kids only to make them miserable - that's true - but equally it's not really anything to be proud of in the real world. In most social situations, comments like some on this thread would result in people making excuses and quietly edging away from you.
Some might say that if you don't leave anyone behind when you go, and you spend your whole life devoting all your time and money to yourself, what was the point in being here?
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I don't hate kids and yes parents give up some little things in life but gain something extraordinary when raising kids in the end I think. And that's what matters, not all the Friday nights you gave up. I don't have kids but am surrounded by nieces and nephews who adore me and think the world of me and that's fulfilling enough for me to know in some way I'll leave something behind when I go by the people who loved me if I do go through life never having a kid. Every one of us needs to leave some kind of legacy behind be it through loving friends and family and people we knew. I don't think it'll come through houses and clothes and all the cars we bought ourselves while here, that stuff fades and is immaterial. I don't think you have to have kids in this life to leave a lasting legacy, but leave something behind through people that's everlasting and what matters. I don't think anyone of us childless people want to be just a face in the family photo books when we're gone.
Hey Monalisa, who was Leonardo?
Was he Andy Warhol?
Were you Marilyn Monroe
Hey Mozart, what kind of name is Amadeus
It's kinda like Elvis
You gotta die to be famous
I may not go down in history
I just want someone to remember me
I'll probably never hold a brush
that paints a masterpiece
Probably never find a pen
that writes a symphony
But if I will love then I will find
That I have touched another life
And that's something
Something worth leaving behind