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oh im not dont worry, it all just seems like a bunch of trouble to do kids when i can get a dog & basically have the same "experience" (including the cleaning up of poo & throwup).

i have no "mother" gene, tho for some reason, kids are drawn to me... its annoying... Im not mean tho. i like kids fine as long as they are someone elses ;)
 
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oh im not dont worry, it all just seems like a bunch of trouble to do kids when i can get a dog & basically have the same "experience" (including the cleaning up of poo & throwup).
Nothing at all wrong with not wanting kids, want to be clear on that.

But having a dog is in really no real way comparable.
 

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Nothing at all wrong with not wanting kids, want to be clear on that.

But having a dog is in really no real way comparable.
why would you think that? (not being snarky or mean, just curious) & not for the obivous reasons, like the school & such, but more the emotional side is what Im getting at.

i have faced a lot of scrutteny because i dont want kids, from those in my family & some of my (now former) friends. no one can believe that i do not want kids & have been adament about it. when i was younger they said that it was because i was a "kid" & i didnt know what i wanted (i was already an adult by then!!!) but as i got older of course my views didnt change & they got uppity over it, even my mother faced some judgement over it.

i guess thats why Im kinda sensitive about it i guess when ppl say "what, you dont want kids?" (not just on here but anywhere)
 
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Because I have had both and can tell you they are not the same.

one is not "better" but they are not the same

And yes, I had dogs way before kids.
 

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Because I have had both and can tell you they are not the same.

one is not "better" but they are not the same

And yes, I had dogs way before kids.
This and I always said I would NEVER have kids even when I was pregnant with my oldest (didnt know I was pregnant yet) I never wanted to give up rodeo or anything and now that I have and I have my kids I cant imagine what I was thinking when I said I didnt want kids. Its just a whole new level I geuss you could say.

It just does NOT compare.
 

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I agree with the others. If you don't want to have kids that is your choice and all power to you but it is no way the same as having a dog. Just the work involved is not the same, the sleepless nights last WAY longer, The costs are defiantely more expensive, the emotional level involved is WAY higher, I could go on and on. Don't get me wrong I love my dogs. But there really is no conparrison between the two in my mind.
 

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You have Hannah though she does not count :p

My hellions. OMG. I will take your worst puppy any day sometimes.
LOL well... Pfft

Puppies have razor sharp teeth lol. I will
Never forget the time teddy nailed me right inside the nostril with him razor sharp canine tooth. Tears, i saw stars, I bled, my TEETH hurt lol.

Even in childbirth Hannah never inflicted that kind of pain on me LOL
 

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LOL well... Pfft

Puppies have razor sharp teeth lol. I will
Never forget the time teddy nailed me right inside the nostril with him razor sharp canine tooth. Tears, i saw stars, I bled, my TEETH hurt lol.

Even in childbirth Hannah never inflicted that kind of pain on me LOL
:p Bev constantly inflicts pain in one way or another, and Morgan well hes a human battering ram :p
 

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I love my dogs and they make me happy but Hannah brings me unbridled JOY. I can't even describe it. For every less than desireable moment there are dozens of moments where i am proud to bursting, where my heart catches in my throat, where I wonder how I got so lucky.
 

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I love my dogs and they make me happy but Hannah brings me unbridled JOY. I can't even describe it. For every less than desireable moment there are dozens of moments where i am proud to bursting, where my heart catches in my throat, where I wonder how I got so lucky.
You got it perfectly stated. I 100% agree with this in every way and it is how I feel as well.
 

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I love my dogs and they make me happy but Hannah brings me unbridled JOY. I can't even describe it. For every less than desireable moment there are dozens of moments where i am proud to bursting, where my heart catches in my throat, where I wonder how I got so lucky.
See its you and Hannah and all of y'alls AWESOMENESS that keeps my baby fever kicking LOL.
I absolutely ADORE Hannah and truly envy y'alls relationship, you know I didn't/don't have a good relationship with my mom, and I PRAY to God my relationship with my kid/s is just half as awesome as you and Hannah's relationship.

And if you keep posting super amazing, adorable things on Facebook about you and Hannah's outings and fun times, I might be walking to your house soon :lol-sign:
 

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I hope you have a safe and easy delivery :) sorry, I don't know much about the individual process beyond just the mechanics I had to learn in anatomy.. parenting just isn't my cup of tea.

It's not that I don't like kids..it's that I respect kids and I think they should have parents who really want them.
And trust me, I have been around families where parents did NOT want kids or had them for the wrong reasons (like because they felt they should or had to or to fix their relationship).. and those families are experiencing anything except unbridled joy. Resentment is an ugly ugly emotion and has no place around an innocent child.

People who want children do sometimes feel their lives are completed by having them.
But people who don't want them I feel should NOT HAVE THEM. It's not like a piece of you will be missing or you will be less of a couple or less of a person.. there is lots to life without kids. I know plenty of DINKs who are happy are clams :D (Double income no kids) and vice versa.. I think it's all about being honest about what you want and what works for you.

That said.. love all the chaz babies and the pictures you guys provide! lol all the cute, none of the diapers!
 

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I hope you have a safe and easy delivery :) sorry, I don't know much about the individual process beyond just the mechanics I had to learn in anatomy.. parenting just isn't my cup of tea.

It's not that I don't like kids..it's that I respect kids and I think they should have parents who really want them.
And trust me, I have been around families where parents did NOT want kids or had them for the wrong reasons (like because they felt they should or had to or to fix their relationship).. and those families are experiencing anything except unbridled joy. Resentment is an ugly ugly emotion and has no place around an innocent child.

People who want children do sometimes feel their lives are completed by having them.
But people who don't want them I feel should NOT HAVE THEM. It's not like a piece of you will be missing or you will be less of a couple or less of a person.. there is lots to life without kids. I know plenty of DINKs who are happy are clams :D (Double income no kids) and vice versa.. I think it's all about being honest about what you want and what works for you.

That said.. love all the chaz babies and the pictures you guys provide! lol all the cute, none of the diapers!
Definitely NOT trying to change your mind because I am not one of those women that are like "ALL women should have babies!!!!" lol
But I think you would make a GREAT mom. With all your bubbly, happy go lucky, awesomeness, you would make a fantastic mom. But I am basing that off of what I know about you through here, I don't know you know you so I can't say much more.
But if being a mom doesn't work, Aunt Fran is a close second ;) I have ALWAYS wanted an aunt that acts like you with all that happy go luckiness, no lie lol
 
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That said.. love all the chaz babies and the pictures you guys provide! lol all the cute, none of the diapers!
Oh c'mon...diapers are super cute! Too bad I lost all the pics of Lilah in her dipes as a baby:/






erm, well diapers are hidden here but look at that cute diaper cover lol
 

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