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What's the weirdest argument you've heard about my you should have children?

Just wonderin'....I've heard lots in my 28 years of marriage!

I think the weirdest and most selfish argument that I have ever heard was, "Who's gonna take care of you when you get old?" Can you believe that? As if it's fair to conceive a child just to be your nurse when you get old?

Because of our decision to remain childless we have been able to retire early and set up a future where if we need to be taken care of, we'll be responsible for that ourselves. It's as if that is a foreign concept. Or do you think it's just grasping at straws to scare us into having children?

Sometimes I think people with kids just want everyone to suffer equally :o) and are a little jealous of childless couples. Just me, or have you felt that too?

I think it would be interesting to hear what people have used to try to motivate/intimidate/scare you guys into having children!

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Permalink Reply by D'Holbach on July 30, 2009 at 4:45pm

"It's so selfish not to have kids." Apparently, creating a miniature version of oneself is a selfless act.

Permalink Reply by damian on July 30, 2009 at 5:03pm

The other day, this guy was working me over. He said "When you have a child, that's your heart. It gives you motivation. You're being selfish"

Permalink Reply by Jaclyn Nicole on August 1, 2009 at 2:24pm

My favorite: "Having a child gives you a sense of purpose." As if my life is pointless without a whining tiny sticky smelly obnoxious version of me.

Permalink Reply by Prog Rock Girl on December 16, 2009 at 10:56pm

Yeah, what if you don't like yourself?

Permalink Reply by Jason Spicer on August 1, 2009 at 3:06pm

"There is no limit to the Earth's population, because God will provide. You should have as many children as possible because otherwise you are denying potential souls access to heaven." Cuckoo. Cuckoo.

Permalink Reply by Jordan on January 18, 2010 at 9:47pm

Have you heard of the quiver full movement? It is sad and funny at the same time.

Permalink Reply by Jonel Burge on September 5, 2012 at 3:15am

I think you mean it's Terrifying and Funny at the same time.

Combine Pro-life, anti-environmentalism, and Dominionist Christianity with the idea that every unfertilized egg is a murdered child, and boom, you have the Quiverfull Cult.

Also if you've seen the Duggars, they're Quiverful--they get free healthcare from the government thanks to an arranged term of representation in the government, and they've declared themselves as a church, so they get $66,000 back in taxes every year, and they pay exactly zero taxes in.

On top of that they practice the "blanket method" of training where they beat their infants if they crawl off a blanket, as well as punish children for not appearing happy all the time.

on top of that Jim-Bob and many other quiverfull dads use their sons for free labor in businesses like construction or mechanics, while the daughters are all used for free housework, domestic chores, education, and do everything from cooking to laundry for all the younger children--the mother only cares for the youngest until she has the next baby, and then at about 1 1/2 years old it's handed off to one of the daughters she's already had to be cared for. They're forced to be parents and work full-time jobs so their mother and father can "be debtless".

Also usually families are much worse off than them--the youngest usually sleep on the floor, the oldest on barracks/cots or often more than 6 to a room. Easiest way to grow a cult--don't recruit members, they might leave--raise kids, and when people criticize you, you can just claim that they're being intolerant while you refuse to let your daughters marry anyone but the man you choose for them.

Permalink Reply by Prog Rock Girl on January 29, 2010 at 6:58pm

God provided really well to all six billion of us so far.

Permalink Reply by Susan Stanko on August 1, 2009 at 7:19pm