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I'm Not Ready to Change Diapers

April 14, 2008 11:51 PM

y friend has a kid. Listening to my friend talk about raising the kid makes me certain of one thing: I don't want children. Not now, not ever.

Actually, I do want kids. But my friend's stories still make me glad that I don't have any now and will not have any in the foreseeable future.

I mean, ok, let's run down my life:


  1. After not being able to find jobs elsewhere, my friend and I created jobs for ourselves and, while I'm justifiably optimistic about our future, the reality is that the whole thing could come crashing down on our heads at any moment.

  2. I spend my free time playing video games, playing guitar, watching TV, and hanging out with my friends. And I like it that way.

  3. My apartment is a fucking disaster. I'll make strides in one area, and then all of a sudden there will be an explosion of papers and dirty clothes in another.

  4. I like to sleep. In fact, I like to sleep a lot. And I like getting several hours of sleep all at once. Babies seem like they would interfere with that.

  5. I have no money. Unless a kid would be willing to share cat food with Smash and Lilly, any kid of mine born right now would likely starve.

I mean, I want kids someday. In fact, I really want kids. I think that, on the whole, having kids would be totally badass. And I actually think that I'd make a decent parent. Or, rather, that I have the potential to be a good parent.

But that's the thing--I might have that potential, but it's hardly realized at the moment. Right now, I can barely take care of my own shit. And, for the moment, that's ok with me. It won't be too long before I start thinking about mortgages and parent-teacher conferences and all that other crap--at least I hope it won't be too long. But for now, I'm more than happy to work hard during the day and then spend my evenings getting XP with my party on Teamspeak.



2 Comments


Dee said:

which friend is this? at least you are comfortable with your status quo. it's a little harder after getting married not to get sucked into the whole fantasy of family life--especially if you like/wamt kids to begin with.

obviously 2 3 and 4 can be true up until the day a kid is born. 1 and 5 are just things you do the best you can about. i mean, i think "job security" is always questionable--maybe being an entrepreneur is riskier but it would also be easier to come to work later because your kid is barfing out of its eyes.

April 15, 2008 9:00 PM



Ismael Tapia II said:

Wait, wait--babies can barf out of their eyes?

Fuck THAT!

April 15, 2008 11:15 PM



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