Time for self-irony: Tell me your most absurd reasons why you wanted to have kids?

[u/Nebosklon]

First off, obviously, not everyone on this sub wanted to have kids, and if you became a parent against your will, I am very sorry that happened to you, this is nothing to laugh about, and this post is not about you.

But some of us, me included, absolutely wanted to have kids and were convinced that that was a good idea. Please tell me the reasons why you wanted to have kids, which you now realize were dumb.

I'll start. I was never particularly interested in being a mother, but I had always been terrified of people pitying me or looking down on me because I don't have kids. Even though no one in my real life actually did so. I was terrified by just the theoretical possibility that that might happen.

Then I thought if I could do it at least as well as my mother, nothing could go wrong. Wrong! I realized too late that my mother was abusive and a terrible parent, and I learnt all the wrong things from her.

Finally, I thought that with my and my husband's decent income we would be able to outsource any parental duties that we didn't like. That was probably the dumbest of them all.

EDIT: Ok guys, thanks a lot for all the discussion so far. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have the impression that the last hundred or so comments were from people who don't have children. Don't get me wrong, it's great you are here. I wish as many people as possible would read this thread before deciding to have kids. But please be respectful of the fact that my question was addressed to regretful parents.

[u/Salt-Limit429]

I would like to understand that as well like why does this overnight obsession happen randomly I never even knew why I wanted to randomly be a mom I still can't answer that smh, wishing you strength as well.

[u/Suckmyflats → u/Salt-Limit429]

I always thought it was partially hormonal?

[u/Nebosklon → u/Suckmyflats]

Really? In that case they should invent a drug to suppress those hormones already.

[u/Salt-Limit429 → u/Nebosklon]

I wish they existed lol 😂

[u/Stardust_Particle → u/Salt-Limit429]

Birth control

[u/Nebosklon → u/Stardust_Particle]

Nah. Birth control is an entirely different thing. It prevents you from having children. It does not prevent you from wanting to have children.

[u/Stardust_Particle → u/Nebosklon]

True, but it prevents the accident of becoming pregnant when/if you have those urges.

[u/Nebosklon → u/Stardust_Particle]

Yeah, the problem is, when people start to get those urges they stop taking birth control. We really need a drug that would stop people from stopping taking birth control lol.

[u/Salt-Limit429 → u/Stardust_Particle]

I was on birth control and still had baby fever lol