Is it weird I don't want kids at 32?

I would argue that you have not truly lived intill you have had children of your own. Rather than your life ending.

That felling I get from my son when he smiles at you or comes for a hug or just wants to snuggle up with a film. No amount of "hanging with mates" or nights out or holidays will ever beat that feeling.
 
Thanks for all the advice chaps :)

You like me Mr OP are way too immature to have a kid. You need to grow up crap loads.

I cannot deny this - I just want to do what ever, when ever. I'm still young at heart and maybe just also don't want the next phase to begin (and become 'old')

Perhaps in the future I'll update this thread with news like the OMG OMG OMG slow labour thread currently running (minus the slow labour part hopefully)
 
I would argue that you have not truly lived intill you have had children of your own. Rather than your life ending.

That felling I get from my son when he smiles at you or comes for a hug or just wants to snuggle up with a film. No amount of "hanging with mates" or nights out or holidays will ever beat that feeling.

That'd be a stupid argument because you haven't lived until you've lived and since you only get one roll at that dice, it's pretty important to do whats right for you, not what some random forum person thinks you should do.

No offense though, I'm glad your choices worked for you. :)
 
There is absolutely no reason to WANT to have kids in XXI century. In terms of planned decision, it's still done, as a lifestyle choice, but reasons to specifically want a child, especially for men, no longer come into equation, for about 40-50 years now.

I disagree, as would many men. I don't see how you can think that people choose it as a lifestyle choice rather than one through want.
 
It's my opinion, and of course not fact that it is very selfish to bring a child into the world at the moment. To many people on earth, not enough resources. By the time a child who is born now grows up, (although not set in stone, who knows what we might invent) from prediction it is very likely that child will be born into a world of high prices, wars for water and energy, horrible temperatures, overcrowding, joblessness. Most people are going to have it very very hard indeed.
 
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If you can afford a child and your wife wants one then tbh i would suck it up and let her have one. You may find that she will want kids more than she wants you and then guess what... she gets a kid and stays with you or leaves you to get with someone who does.

if your wife wants one badly enough you will have to cave eventually
 
If your misses really wants them and is 33 and you are still putting it off, maybe you need to have a long think about whether you both want the same things out of life as holding her back from kids is a killer for a relationship in the long run!

+1

If she gets to the age and isn't able to have kids she will hate you forever more. I've known I don't want kids for a while now (28) and I'm open about it with the people I get into a relationship with otherwise it's just not fair.

KaHn
 
Did you tell your missus that you didn't want kids when you first dated ?

For me if you really don't want kids then the sooner you tell the missus the better as then at least she can make the choice of staying with you without kids or leaving you to find somebody who does want to have kids with her. It's bang out of order to drag it out beyond the time when she can have a baby.
 
I think as others have alluded to - you should speak with your partner and perhaps re-evaluate what you both want from life.

There's certainly nothing wrong with not wanting kids and I too was born "late" in terms of my parent's age. I'm not sure if there is a switch in most guy's heads that makes them suddenly want kids, and children are typically (unexpectedly) thrust upon many unwilling parents in our society.

Sit down, talk to the wife, and you never know, you may change your opinion!
 
at 29 I had a choice between divorce or kids, it wasn't an ultimatum but my wife desperately wanted kids and I didn't. I couldn't have lived with her knowing she was miserable and the thought of letting her being happy was all that really mattered, if that meant moving on and letting her do the same then so be it.

However, we had a kid. She's is the most beautiful kid you could ask for, intelligent and funny even at just 16 months. I love her more than anything and I wouldn't be without her.

But I still miss the old times, lie in's, doing what I wanted when I wanted, having time for myself instead of 2 jobs + the house + being a dad.

I am not sure what is worse, had we have divorced over it or the feeling now of having this amazing child and still missing the old times :( Worst part is, she is now speaking about a 2nd and while I love the little one to bits, I am terrified of having another.

it's not something you should do because you have too, or because it's an accident, however it's not fair on your wife if she wants them.

Being a parent is life changing, and it's not just the obvious of lack of sleep and money, it's silly things like developing a fear of death (happens to a lot of parents), it's not all bad things, you stop caring what people think as you run around chasing them around hobbycraft shouting "I'm going to bite your bum" while they run away laughing :D
 
If your misses really wants them and is 33 and you are still putting it off, maybe you need to have a long think about whether you both want the same things out of life as holding her back from kids is a killer for a relationship in the long run!

This.

Would be a hard thing to deal with as its a potentially massive part of your lives. I wouldn't be with my Missus if she didn't want kids as I do, it was one of the reasons for our relationship amongst the rest. One person wanting and another not wanting kids is a potential deal breaker.
 
It's my opinion, and of course not fact that it is very selfish to bring a child into the world at the moment etc

Funnily enough when I got married in 1980 I said exactly the same thing and apparently my Dad said the same thing back in 1957 when he got married.
 
I disagree, as would many men. I don't see how you can think that people choose it as a lifestyle choice rather than one through want.

No, in this century, a planned parenthood is a pure lifestyle choice. Even if we leave alone the "pregnancy as a method to get more rooms and money out of powers that be" scenarios and focus purely on middle and upper class fully planned pregnancies. It is still a lifestyle choice, ie. you get a house, a car, a pet or a kid, or both and you make your life revolve around one or the other for number of years.

In planned scenario most people decide to have kids for no other reason than to complete set up of their nest/house, as an alternative person "to love" in ones life. In case of most families lifestyle choices follow career first, for a decade, then go into "house making" mode in second decade, to which gradually one adds a cat, a labrador, and up to two children. But also, to put it brutally, as a method of repairing the nest. As a reboot of the "love" element in "house" environment after relationship strain following the "career years". This scenario is very pronounced in UK where average age of middle class pre-planned parenthood age goes up with every decade, and now oscillates in late 30ies and early 40ies.

It's no longer "want" as a existential requirement (in the way you "want" and pursue things in life - ie. "I want roof above head and food on my table for my family"), it's "want" in lifestyle sense and in cold hearted clinical terms, it's relatively selfish one - you make a decision to follow that lifestyle, together with accessories to play it - estate cars or 4x4's, nannies and extra space in household dedicated to "it", while relying on the rest of society to maintain the health of, educate and provide your child with a job or purpose in the future at considerable cost of many not being able to afford this lifestyle in their lifetime.

All of the above make me sound like a heatless a-hole, and I hate myself for saying this, but in purely sociological terms, in 21st century, in our lifetime, as the society ages and the costs of maintaining 0-21 age group far outgrows costs of maintaining retired age group (happens already) we will see reverse of all policies surrounding children and encouragement to "have" children. Couples will be financially rewarded for not having one (already happens in some countries). And as soon as free education and financial support for children is revoked, "kid" lifestyle will be replaced with open top sports car and holiday homes as lifestyle choice.
 
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My wife is 33 - she has been wanting kids for years now but I'm not feeling compelled to have them :confused:

Aarg what to do

Just like most others guys, right.

Loads of guys aren't that interested in kids but then their wives persuade them.

What do you do? Make a decision about what's more important, your wife and kids or no wife and no kids. Will you end up resenting her for pushing you into having kids or resenting yourself for having them when you never wanted them?

Me and my wife never want kids, it was a conversation we had right from the start. These things have to be laid down early on. Before nuptials.

Don't listen to your friends telling you you'd be a great dad, they always say crap like that to make their own tepid lives seem more interesting.
 
In 21st century, in our lifetime, as the society ages and the costs of maintaining 0-21 age group far outgrows costs of maintaining retired age group (happens already) we will see reverse of all policies surrounding children and encouragement to "have" children. Couples will be financially rewarded for not having one (already happens in some countries). And as soon as free education and financial support for children is revoked, "kid" lifestyle will be replaced with open top sports car and holiday homes as lifestyle choice.
This will not happen, in fact quite the opposite. There are not enough young people to support our ageing population.

The thing is, you can make a mindful, and intelligent discussion about a subject, for example, you could ponder the physiological reasons behind human sexuality. At the end of the day, you're still gonna go home and fap. It's human nature, you're human, and when the time comes - it will feel completely natural.
 
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