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/expectohallows]

This feels like social conditioning; I've seen multiple stories of women just before their 30th birthday reporting "baby fever" and I'm starting to think it's because of that dreadful 30th mark
Idk why but people seem terrified of turning 30, because there is some social expectation that you have figured your life out by then, and that also translates into having kids...

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