married w/children.. Oo, or not.. ;p Options

[DivA]

how does everyone here feel about marriage; also, is it within your life's plan to be married & have children in the upcoming future - or, do you feel that marriage is not for you?

in essence, where do you stand?

[DarkEpyon]

I'm (supposedly) the last one in my family to pass on our name. My parents are cool enough to care more about my personal happiness than passing on genes. Marriage just sounds too complicated and expensive. Throw a kid in the mix, and those numbers just go up and up.

Don't get sick a lot now? Wait till you bring home that little human petri dish from the hospital.

Think parenting is tough now? Wait till 5 or 10 years from now. You can't even lay a hand on a kid without them suing you. Kids nowadays are smart-mouthed belligerent punks. When/if the fatherhood thing happens to me, I'll be damned if I let my kids grow up like that.

Me tying the noose? Having kids? Probably not. If I want sex, there's always Vegas. The price of a hooker is actually less than that of a wife over time. I know this isn't the response one would expect from the son of a married couple of nearly 25 years.