Until recently, (and of course during my divorce) Children were not considered adults in the state of Indiana for the purposes of Child support until the age of 23.

 

Your only 24, give it 10 years or so

 

I don't have any kids. Many of my friends do though. I know a few of them are jealous, because they told me, that my wife and I have decided not to have kids. It is a personal decision that we have made together. Some of our other friends have taken it badly, like we were insulting them and their choice to have kids. I feel that if you want kids, and can provide for them, that you should have them and love them. If you don't want kids, take the necessary precautions.

As for regretting kids or anything: It does no good.

 

on all counts.

I am getting married later this year and would like to have kids within 3 years (I only ask for one son since I want to have the same bond with him that I have with my dad). It helps that everyone we know that has children who are our age are very happy. I respect the opinion of those couples who don't want to have kids, but I myself couldn't imagine not having them, expensive as they may be .

 

<never wanted kids, never wants kids.
Have no desire whatsoever, don't even like holding or looking at babies/kids.
Don't like hearing them whine, and can't stand to hear them cry.

 

for those of you who hasn't had kids but want them because you want a "mini-me"...not gonna happen dudes. i've got 2 boys ages 4 and 2, and any fantasies about having 2 boys that are like me have been tossed out of the window long ago. they do look like me from various angles, but neither are me or even a 50% copy of me or myself at their age. there are aspects of their still nascent personalities that i love, there are aspects that i absolutely know is from my wife's side of the family , but they are their own persons, and all i can do is provide them with the best opportunities and strong values & morals (not in the evangelical way, just a disclaimer) that my parents offered me.

do i regret having kids? yes, sometimes when i'm so mad at them for breaking my laptop, my digital camera, my DVD player, and hiding my things from where i usually leave them after a thousand times of telling them not to. i'm sure there will be further heartaches and anger towards my kids for doing the wrong things, but that's because they are my kids and i only want them to be good people making proper decisions in their actions.

i'll also agree with another poster that i have to take responsibility for their well being and therefore buying new toys is now pending my budget - i did get the porsche (my wife's birthday present for me ) but that's because it fits in the budget...however that turbo kit to get the cayman to 450WHP...well that's gotta wait for a few years...or never.

 

oh, and a further comment: after having kids i've became much more emotional when reading about someone else's child dying or seeing another child in pain or in trouble - call it instinct but it boils my blood to read about child molesters and child killers these days. when i was younger that's just crime & statistics, now it's...somehow more personal.

 

That made me laugh so hard.

I'm 23 and kids arent anywhere on my radar either. I finally got my business off the ground. I've got a mortgage to pay and so many other things I want to accomplish. At this point in life, I couldnt handle it. I would embrace it if it happened but I'm still climbing. Unfortunately I cant deal with any distractions. I can barely hold a relationship. I keep hearing blind ambition will leave me lonely. I dont think so. My biological clock isnt exactly ticking.

 

I do not regret having my daughter, although there are those times that I wish I could put a muzzle on her. She just turned a year on the 29 of April and has been teething and she has an ear infection from what we found out today so the last couple of days she has not been good at all (lot of crying and screaming). Also my daughter has had issues with her feet since she was born and has been in casts for most of her life. Every time they re-cast its a whole new experience with a couple of days without sleep. Even then I still do not regret it. I could not imagine what the past year would have been like without her.

 

I regret having relatives who have kids stay over for Thanksgiving weekend.