Ddddd
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I don't want to have my own children, maybe adopt, but I don't want to have them myself. My sister can't have her own children because of antiphospholipid syndrome, and my older brother also can't have kids, but my younger brother will probably have children. So will my cousins. So 4 out of 7 will still have children. 
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Jtuk
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Location: Wales, UK
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Aspergers and autistic features are very inheritable.
Aspies and baps throughout history must have been successfully procreating for you to be here today.
The only scary thing is if the rates of diagnosis improve and aspies choose to avoid having children, then perhaps these genes will start to become extinguished.
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VMSmith
a figment of my own imagination
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Location: the old country
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| i've too many relatives who want kids for that to happen though i myself want none. my family is really really big. there is pressure on me to have kids though and relatives make it a point to talk about how important it is to marry and have kids(in that order). i come off as asexual and they think it is unnatural. they should give up. no grandkids, neices or nephews from me! |
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Dillogic
you know how it goes
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| My sister is making up for my "failure" (one of her children has an ASD too). |
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cooldryplace
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| I don't even like to think about what one of my spawn would turn out like.. You know when a thought's so horrible that you physically feel it? Either way the chances of me even having sex again are too slim I don't bother thinking about it. |
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pete1061
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Location: Portland, OR
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I don't want kids.
The thought of enslaving myself to a screaming sh*t machine for two years horrifies me. (I hate babies)
Then there's the huge expense of kids, they keep growing and needing new clothes every few months.
And even when they stop physically growing and become young adults, they start requiring more expensive things.
On top of that factor in the mother's curse ("I hope you have a kid just like you")
I really don't feel like dealing with a smart mouthed trouble maker coming home all wasted when he's 14.
NOPE no kids for me.
I only have one sister and she doesn't have any either, and she's almost 50, so that ship has sailed for her.
The closest thing to the family bloodline getting passed on is my three 1st cousins who all have kids.
But I don't know if cousins really count, that's a different branch of the family tree.
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Jtuk
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Location: Wales, UK
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So would all the aspie males who dont want kids, feel ethical about donating sperm?
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namaste
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Location: Hindustan
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In India you are not acceptable to society if you dont have kids
they ignore you, mock you, make fun of you if you are not part of herd mentality.
But generally speaking i feel my mom and dad's side generation is over since most of them have girls
they dont carry forward family name.
whereas my husbands side things are doing well many of them have a male heir.
but i would be scared of living old age alone without any kids and family to have
if i was financially more well off then i would have adopted one kid though i have one of my own
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Simsam114
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I definitely want to have kids someday. I think I could run a family, if my partner would be a very supportive person to always be at my side. The only time when I have a problem with things is when I feel lonely.
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sociable_hermit
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I've never really felt capable of looking after kids. They're very messy and loud and chaotic and tiring and I think I'd melt down after about 3 days, even if I loved them very much.
My parents have never said anything about wanted grandchildren but I do get the feeling they're a bit disappointed. But at the end of the day it's not up to them. Maybe if I found someone supportive enough as a partner I could do it, but I don't really think it's a fair thing to ask for. By all accounts parenting is hard enough, without carrying someone else through it too.
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noname_ever
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| I am a leaf on my family tree. However, I have a brother with 2 kids that are likely his. |
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Ganondox
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Well, ALL lines are destined to die with the human race.
My family isn't going to die anytime soon, My family breeds like rabbits.
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AbleBaker
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| Jtuk wrote: | | So would all the aspie males who dont want kids, feel ethical about donating sperm? |
I have no inclination to do that either. Ethics has nothing to do with it. |
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readingbetweenlines
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| Xeno wrote: | I have no siblings. I don't have or want kids. I'm the end of my bloodline. It's pretty cool. May we live long and die out!  |
Same here. Doesn't bother me in the least. Too many people on this planet already.
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evil_expresso
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:03 am Post subject: |
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I like the topic!
Considering I am asexual, it'll be hard to predict if I will have children.
On the other hand, my older sister has 4 children - which is a high number these days.
Some of her children look like me - so perhaps genes will be passed through her.
However, I still want to pass on my genes via sperm bank!
I hope they will accept my OCD/ADHD/Apsie ways! These conditions offer "gifts" too  genetically speaking. |
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