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Old 08-17-2012, 08:15 AM
 
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Thats a good percentage of married parents.
Yes its selfish too when married couples have kids they have a difficult time supporting. If you are going to have kids, plan it out and make sure you can live comfortably with them.
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Old 08-17-2012, 08:16 AM
 
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No, she's the stupid person. Manipulative, too. I think it's an even bigger problem when these "deliberate" single moms miss the "coin toss," and end up with a son.

So what if the child is male. I raised two sons just fine on my own and contrary to what some types of people believe they did not "turn out gay" or have any type of emotional problems. Actually they are about as "manly" as a man can be.
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Old 08-17-2012, 08:21 AM
 
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A friend of mine went the sperm bank route when she hit 35 and realized that she probably wasn't meet Mr. Right, but she didn't want to give up on being a mother. She moved closer to her family, and she was completely happy with her decision. About a year after her son was born she met a man who's now her husband.
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Old 08-17-2012, 08:22 AM
 
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Yes its selfish too when married couples have kids they have a difficult time supporting. If you are going to have kids, plan it out and make sure you can live comfortably with them.
Life isnt black and white. It would be nice if all our plans panned out but I have learned the reality of life is you cant really count on your plans. At any time something outside our contol can change the course of our lives.
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Old 08-17-2012, 08:26 AM
 
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Old as dirt, chose no kids.
Never regretted a day of it.

I have a great life.
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Old 08-17-2012, 08:28 AM
 
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Yes, look at "Octo-Mom", and how well being a single Mom has worked out for her. Last I heard, she is now doing pay per view porn.
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Old 08-17-2012, 08:32 AM
 
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While I agree that's a stretch I would say it's more around 100k for the first 18 years. You should know they are very expensive and money a lot of people can't justify themselves losing.

So thats like 6K a year, $500 a month or $125 a week or $18/day. I guess that sounds about right averaged out over 18 yrs. from diapers to gas money.
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Old 08-17-2012, 08:34 AM
 
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Yes, look at "Octo-Mom", and how well being a single Mom has worked out for her. Last I heard, she is now doing pay per view porn.

Yes because she is representative of all women who want to be mothers.
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Old 08-17-2012, 08:39 AM
 
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There's Nothing wrong with never wanting kids, but It will hurt a lot of women(especially younger) in terms of their LTR prospects.
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Old 08-17-2012, 08:42 AM
 
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Life isnt black and white. It would be nice if all our plans panned out but I have learned the reality of life is you cant really count on your plans. At any time something outside our contol can change the course of our lives.
And thats why you plan for the unforeseen. Maybe you can't plan something like cancer, but you can plan for the other 98% of scenarios.
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