Wow what a great thread! *LOL* I have known that I didn't want children for as long as I can remember. The only thing my Barbies were good for were riding my horse statues!. They always had broken hips...*L* I used to hate it when women would say to me...and yes mainly women....."Oh huney you just wait till you meet the right man then you will want to have children" in this totally condesending tone. Well I did meet the right man...and he doesn't want children either..that is why he is the right man!

Airedalekisses...I can't believe someone slapped you!!! I would have filed charges on her immediately. Right there in front of her brats I would have been phoning the police. I usually find that talking loudly about the people with ill behaved brats instead of to them works. Once I was confronted and I just looked all wide eyed and innocent and said..."Oh you thought I was talking about YOU??? Hmmm....perhaps a guilty concience??" and walked away chuckling.

I don't wish to have children for many reasons. One is a lack of patience with them. I have all the tolerance in the world for animals. I have been training all my life it seems. But they don't always understand what you say right away. You have to show them what you expect of them. Children..no...do what I say..NOW. Adults I have even less tolerance for. Most mornings I utter the statement at some point on the irritating drive in that I just hate people. Most times Dumba** also comes out of my mouth. *L*

Also we are really heading for trouble in this world. As it is now the earth is unable to sustain the population organically. That is why so many things that people hate such as pesticides, herbicides, hormones etc are used in order to boost production so that we are able to purchase what we need to survive at a price we can afford. Some kind of population control I believe is necessary. Unfortunately it will be many years before the majority realize this. By then it will be too late.

Denyce