People are not getting married, not having children? Is Marriage dead?

[Hyena]

His personal condition is irrelevant. You don't need to be married parent to promote that as good for sociey.

Perhaps not, but it would make his viewpoint a lot more convincing.

[Hyena]

So do I. Can I have your number?

meade why the hell do you want children? They're expensive - you show no inclination to start making enough money to feed a family. And do you really want to raise children? In order to turn out normal, they require a lot of parental guidance, which IMHO you just aren't in a position to offer. You are still a child yourself for crying out loud!

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

So mentally retarded people have tons of children? Nope. The problem is a certain demographic. But otherwise, this is something people say to make themselves feel better. I am a failure because I haven't gotten married and had children. That is true success. If you have a high paying job but no wife or kids, you are a failure. My parents both had high IQs and have 5 children . My father had a 140 IQ and my mother was 120. My father was offered a VP position at his company but my mother told him to turn it down because she felt it would tempt him to have affairs with other women.

Your father should have put your mom in her place by using the power of 'no.' No discussion. No explanation. No argument. Just.... no.

Mom: "I don't want you to take that VP job. You'll be tempted to have affairs.'
Dad: "No."
Mom: "I demand you not take the job!
Dad: "No."
Mom: "DON'T TAKE THE JOB!"
Dad: "No."
Mom: .....

[tk'es]

People are not getting married, not having children? Is Marriage dead?

no, they're busy with global political issues))

[Scarface F]

Perhaps not, but it would make his viewpoint a lot more convincing.

You should stop following him around like a fan girl. Are you homosexual?

[Hyena]

You should stop following him around like a fan girl. Are you homosexual?

No, I am a part time troll and a sucker for LOLcows; meade is one of my favorites.

If I were a homo, I would already have married meade and this thread wouldn't exist.

[~Elizabeth~]

Having children isn't for everyone. Depite having two parents that provided everything when I was a child my mother has said many times having me was a mistake.

The truth Is not all women should have children or be forced some people aren't meant to be parents some feel pressure because of family or society I personally believe because the way I was raised form me some how the person that I'm with many traumas.

I was unwanted too. My Mom told me if she could have had an abortion I wouldn't be here. That the worst day of her life was the day I was born. That I ruined her life. She cries on my birthday. I never had a birthday party growing up, except one year my best friend came over for a few minutes but left to go meet her father.
Sometimes my mom would say that the worst day of her life was meeting my father. My father told her to use a wire hanger to abort me.

[Voskos]

I was unwanted too. My Mom told me if she could have had an abortion I wouldn't be here. That the worst day of her life was the day I was born. That I ruined her life. She cries on my birthday. I never had a birthday party growing up, except one year my best friend came over for a few minutes but left to go meet her father.
Sometimes my mom would say that the worst day of her life was meeting my father. My father told her to use a wire hanger to abort me.

your mother is def not normal, she sounds like a pyschopath. I hope you've already stopped talking to her.

[~Elizabeth~]

your mother is def not normal, she sounds like a pyschopath. I hope you've already stopped talking to her.

I consider my Father a psychopath. My Mom is the nicer one. She stopped bringing up my Father a few years ago. We get along great now.

[CosmoLady]

I was unwanted too. My Mom told me if she could have had an abortion I wouldn't be here. That the worst day of her life was the day I was born. That I ruined her life. She cries on my birthday. I never had a birthday party growing up, except one year my best friend came over for a few minutes but left to go meet her father.
Sometimes my mom would say that the worst day of her life was meeting my father. My father told her to use a wire hanger to abort me.

I'm so sorry.

People like that should not be allowed to have custody of children. The foster care system would be an improvement.

I never knew my biological parents. Luckily abortion was mostly illegal at the time in South Africa, I am glad to be alive.