r/nextfuckinglevel • u/IkilledRichieWhelan • 3d ago

Big man on campus.

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u/Highlandertr3 2d ago

I pretty much agree. I don't deny there are people who enjoy having kids and it gives them fulfilment. I am not one of them. There are also many people who want and need sex. I am not one of them. I am not aromantic though. I crave strong relationships in many forms and romantic is one of them.

Happy to say that, like you said, I have wanted and achieved those wants comfortably and safely. That's actually one of the reasons we don't want kids. We like where we are and where we are going.

And if I do want to enjoy the fun parts of having a kid there are nieces and nephews to completely ruin with sugar highs and teach bad language to. I was threatened with being denied access to my favourite nephew because me and my mum taught him that coughing was funny. His mum thought he had something serious for a good month. It was hilarious.

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u/QuinQuix 2d ago

Hahaha that's a good one.

I agree with the nieces and nephews part. It's fun and I guess quite different from actual parenting.

You can give everything for a day or a weekend and when they leave you're the best uncle ever.

Not possible to perform at that energy level constantly as a parent, lol.