by Spiderwebs

When I tell people I don't want to have children, they call me selfish; they look at me as if I'm an insensitive monster. When they give me the you're-a-bastard glare I give them numerous and valid reasons why I don't want children: they're a hassle, they're whiny, they're annoying, and they're a huge responsibility. I probably WILL have children one day, when I'm good and ready; when I'm finished school, married, and have a stable career. And if I DID get pregnant before I was emotionally capable to handle a baby, I would have an abortion. I'm not going to start lengthy argument about abortion; that's not the point of this article. But I'm saying, I wouldn't bring a child into this world knowing it would be living in misery, below the poverty line, or with a mother too young to understand the responsibilities of motherhood. Just look at all those girls getting pregnant at the tender age of 16. They're no where NEAR emotionally capable of taking care of another human life, and their parents would probably end up taking care of the child anyway. Some girls are lonely, and they intentionally get pregnant because they believe a child can bring them unconditional love. Now THAT is the most selfish act I've ever heard of creating a human life for the sole purpose of appeasing your loneliness. Now girls, I'm not condoning you from have sex. I'm just saying that we should be responsible for our actions, just like everything else in life; sex doesn't come without it's consequences. If you choose to have an abortion, that's your choice and no one can take that away from you. But if you choose to keep the baby, be prepared to face the responsibilities of motherhood, not just dump it on your parents. Because no one can tell you what to do with your body; it's your child, it's your choice.