How much does staying unmarried + childless save as an adult? Is a rich lifestyle at average income possible?
I gotta be honest, with the growing cost of providing for children (food, clothes, shelter, college tuition) and the growing costs of weddings (a ring and wedding can cost as much as a year's salary, not to mention marriage tax) getting married seems less and less attractive from a financial perspective to me. I'm just wondering, if I as a single adult male am making the average $45,000 a year by the time I'm 35, how much would staying unmarried and childless save me annually? Could the money I save make a baller lifestyle (sports car, luxury condo, vacations in Europe and Asia every year) at an average income possible?
Are people who never marry or have children seen as 'losers' by society?
I am 31 female and never married with no kids. People say being unmarried and childless is by choice but sometimes it isn't. I wish I had a family. Do you dare look me in the eye and call me selfish? I work hard, more than 40 hours a week. I am wonderful with children (that's part of my job). I go to school part-time, all at my own expense. And I live at home and I'm pretty decent towards my parents. I go to Church every Sunday morning and make time to volunteer when I can. And I am planning to leave my inheritance to an orphanage - if I do end up never having children. People can make all sorts of judgments on each other, but the reality is - some people just end up living their life in a different way.
Why are so many people insistent on having children?
It’s in our DNA, first of all. We’re biologically driven to reproduce. But that’s obviously not the only reason why people want to have kids.First and foremost, I love kids. Babies are noisy, messy, but adorable all the same. It’s fun to watch toddlers start figuring out who they are and interacting with the world. Things get really fun when they can speak in full sentences and provide all sorts of interesting and hilarious commentaries about life. Kids can often be wise beyond their years! And their curiosity knows no bounds - they ask some questions that really make you think.There are these kids who live down the street from me. I’ve been babysitting them off and on for over four years. I get to watch them grow up. After I got back from study abroad last year, I went back to babysit them in the fall, and I was telling them about my experiences. I mentioned that I was gone for half a year, and the girl (7 years old) goes, “You were gone for half a year??” I nodded. “That’s why I missed you so much!!” she exclaimed.Absolutely melts my heart. Kids are some of the most honest people you will ever meet - they will either roast you brutally, or they’ll tell you the sweetest compliments you’ve ever heard.Once, she slipped and accidentally called me mama. It was so cute. I wanna hear my own kid call me that someday.So, I’m pretty insistent that I want to have kids. You don’t have to, of course, but understand that a lot of people love children for their innocence, honesty, and curiosity. Of course they can be a pain sometimes, but they’re just tiny people trying to figure out life. Their behaviour is mostly modelled after their parents, so that’s why I’ll educate myself and learn how to be a good mother someday.
Never married and no children at 40...IS it a sad and lonely life?
So last night I was having dinner with a good friend of mine we are (both 25) catching up I asked her how her sisters were doing yada yada yada. She replied that her older sister who is 39 was totally depressed. I asked why? She replied "well, what women wants to see herself almost at 40 single and with no children" I suppose I agree and it got me thinking at times even though I am only 24 that is my greatest fear that i will never marry or have children and never have a family (I would personally feel incomplete) Am I crazy? for worrying about at my age? I know it's kinda like a 7th grader worrying about what college they will get into. But I honestly sometimes feel this way and it gets me really down what happens if I never marry and form a family and end up alone and lonely at 40 I can't see myself married with children I feel like that will never happen for me (as much as I would want it )
If a bastard childs parents get married at a later date, is he still a bastard?
A "bastard" is someone who is illegitimate. If his parents never marry, technically he is, and remains that way in the eyes of the law. If his parents later decide to marry, he becomes "legal" or legitimate. Therefore, he was born a bastard but later legitimized.
Preferably taurus men unmarried with children answer please.... ?
Ok Aries and Taurus are compatible-rarely,not impossible and will be difficult to the Aries male, who is not practical as the Taurus, if the Taurus wants a practical house ,practical kids etc the Aries may not buy that, they can be complex and like to be daring. However Taurus and Aries can be opposite because Taurus likes to take their time, it may just be their relaxed or lazy. Aries do not like to take their time, when they want to do something they want to do that now while Taurus see's it in terms of something that will happen eventually and naturally. Aries offers Taurus his sense of humor and kindness, which is what got you together in the first place, however Tauruses may not have much to offer what keeps an Aries happy, especially if he was just sexually attracted to you this doesnt last. My brother is an Aries, this is not a love relationship,gross, but a relationship I have endured, we are not the greatest duo he annoys me half the time and have tried to harm each other many times, he is cool half the other half of the time. Taurus and fire signs don't have the best relationships (except great friendsships with saggitarius) , but of course their are better one's when a taurus is with another earth sign ex. Taurus/Taurus and Taurus/Capricorn. You don't need astrology to tell that this is a horrible man for a human being, and he does not truly love you or is really stupid, in my opinion Aries males are not SMART, but are talented and his just may be playing women. Move on from him, I don't expect him to come back ,if he does, I doubt this situation will never happen again, but just end up in the same situation.
Why do single men without children go on dates with single mothers, then tell her after the date that they don't want to date someone with kids?
I’ll answer this from the other side. I’m a man with children. I have three. I have an unusual parenting schedule. Any woman I have dated knows immediately that my children come first. Now, after a little time I’ve made a concession here and there. The first few years I never missed a weekend. Never. Now, after 7 years I might miss a few per year and fight for make up time. Also, their mom will take them on trips where I’ll miss a weekend. I do not want the kids to miss out on a ski trip or other fun excursion so I don’t put up too much of a fight. I’ll plan “us time” around their schedule. “My Kids will be away X days. Let’s get away and do something.”Women with kids understand. Women without kids or empty nesters understand…at first. Eventually, it wears thin. I get that. My relationships with women without kids never worked out and it was always about the kids, my time and what I put myself through to get time with them. I enjoyed those relationships as each one enriched me in some way, but I have no regrets.To answer your question, I had one woman with whom I had a great relationship who did not have Kids say to me, “I think to myself, he is good and kind. He has amazing emotional intelligence. He treats me great. We have such a great connection. Why should I hold it against him that he has kids?” Ultimately, she was trying to sell herself on me and clearly put my kids in the negative column. It was not the only thing that broke us up. I have to take responsibility beyond the kids, but in the long run, she would never be able to relate. She had never dated someone with children before me. We had a great connection and she thought she could get past it, but she couldn’t.My current (and possibly last) girlfriend has 3 kids, each a couple of years older than mine. She is very understanding of my situation and aware that I give our relationship all the attention I can. I’m lucky we found each other. I should tell her more often.
Im 21 yrs old i have no kids never been married im single?
Please i need to know why am i stiill single? is it to hard for a man to be a man have respect for a women? be faithful? be honest? whats going on im 21 but i would say im really mature for my age HELP!