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

[Afroforce]

I'm kinda for the life mate without marrage deal, who says you have to be legally bound to be in love? As for children... I have about... 7 siblings. 3 words.

Fuck.
That.
Shit.

Thank you.

[Ellianna]

wow ..very interesting topic here... marriage/life partner deal, life partner...just not for me, marriage is a show of a life time commitment, a symbol, a promise to each other ..ya know what i love seeing that's so rare..going out to the store or something and seeing a couple in their 70's-80's still holding hands. It's so rare to find someone/something that great, that after 50 years of being commited to each other you still have that Awesome of a bond.

As for children... my daughter is 5 now gonna be starting school, while she wasnt planned and i was pregnant before 20 there's no way i'd do things differently and i was one who never wanted kids all the joys of being a parent FAR outway the times where she severly TRYS my patience, the first time she smiled, the first time she rolled over, first time she tried to crawl..the first step, the first word and now her first day of school is coming up in a couple months. As far as giving birth goes... i'm with nynaeve, I had a very very trying labor..28 hours of an Enduced labor (meaning they gave me a drug to make me go into labor) i was a high risk pregnancy, i had toximia...a few doors down from me there was some chick screaming like a banchee and jesus somone should have just knocked her out...she was over dramatizing. it's not that bad at all. and when it's all over with and you get to hold your baby for the first time... you dont even think about it, because you've got this beautiful baby. yes i said BEAUTIFUL. I'd do it all again too, The IV in my arm, the cathider, the stictches where they cut me... i'd do it all over again.

[Astrid]

[Astrid]

[DivA]

history..

history is vast - spanning across aeons of time unaccounted for, but within our measure of history is where the decline of sexes become apparent (in moral, ethic & social matters..), more-so now than ever...only when men remember compassion, while women reclaim self-worth shall we advance together as a race blessed.. ^^ however, this is not to say that there is no hope; quite the contrary, there are decent folks that walk the earth - perhaps fewer in number than that of the masses, but there are women that see the world with eyes open, & men that transcend lust for pain & suffering..

have faith, says i..

[Azrael]

Even after I finally move out of the home(next 2 years hopefully), I don't really see myself married w/children anytime soon. I'm not sure if I ever will get married or have any children. It's not that I don't like kids or anything, it's just that I don't think I would have the time or patience for it anytime soon. I'm more focused before getting myself set somewhere static first before I even consider the possibility.

[Wiryu]

As to where i stand, i guess i'd have to say i'd like to get married and have children some day. Doesn't matter what gender the child is to me, theres a joy you can share with both kids, i too like breaker would like to see my child succeed. As for kids being "beligerent punks" it's true some are, but are/were you even a little?

I think it all has to do with how you raise your child, raise it well, you won't have a beligerent punk, neglect him/her, you have a child who will likely raise hell for you and likely everyone else. I'm a man who in just about all cases puts family first, when/if i have a family of my own, i plan to do the same for them. But i guess in the long run, yah, i'd like to get married and have kids some day, and if my signifigant other only wants life-partner, i'm not picky, i can settle with that too without problem ^_^