Saturday, November 21, 2009

Advantages/Disadvantages of NOT having any kids...

I will say, there's always 2 side to a story... so of coz, there's always pros & cons to NOT having any kids.... Let's us start by listing out the Pros & Cons....

PROS
  • More couple time, no distraction from kids. Therefore, hubby's attention all on you.
  • Savings from not having to spend on kids. From even before birth, the cost of OPKs, HPTs, Gynae visits, scannings, blood tests. medication etc, it can cost up to $1k or more if you have more medications & scans to do. So if say we spend an average of $1k for preconception, $1.5k during pregnancy( additional tonics to buy for mummy as it will benefit the bb. So in other words, the tonics are meant for bb, not mummy..so u see, since preggie attention all on bb already...), delivery charges which can range from $3-10K......so all in all, the cost can be quite a frightening figure!!!!
  • Estimation of savings per mth if have no kids is equal to an LV bag = $2k at least!!!!
  • The freedom to travel as and when we like, without having to think about packing the strollers, diapers, milk powder, clothings for the BB.... yes..only for that tiny little thing and all the baggage allowance will be used up!!!
  • The ease to do shopping as  and when we like.... especially if we are travelling.... no need to think about baggage allowance, no need to think of saving money for the kid which brings me to the next point....
  • Not having to worry if we suffer from morning sickness.... whatever we eat we vomit.... whatever we drink we puke.... and therefore damaging our teeth with all these vomitting which leads to higher dental costs!!!
  • Spending whatever we earn on ourselves...and YES, money is hard to earn.... therefore, we should pamper ourselves and not spend our hard-earned money on the kids, who may grow up to be ungrateful to u & abandoned u....
  • which comes to this point.... not having to spend all money on kids, leaving nothing for old age and end up sleeping on the streets if the kids throw u out...
  • The freedom to go out with friends and return home at whatever time we like not having to worry if the kids have eaten, if they have done their homework.....
  • and not having to worry about pumping breastmilk for ur kid when u return to work....or worry about leaking boobs when u r out having a good time with friends...or worry about the food that u eat or things that u drink that will affect ur breastmilk...
  • and not having to worry sick & lose sleep if the kid fall sick..... which once again, leads to increase of expenses cos medication for kids ain't cheap!!!
  • Not having to worry about the kids if they do well in their studies, if they will mix with bad company....
  • Which comes to getting knocked up (getting preggie) for female kids in their teens, or knocking up other pple's female kid for male kids.....
  • Having to worry which school to enroll ur kids in.... must be branded school.... if not  this society will think that ur kids not smart (but who says branded school will produce smart kids??? Look at me!!! I'm from Raffles & look at how i turn out!!! hahaha)
CONS
  • No companionship (which I can easily replace with furkids.... not a problem as furkids sometimes can be more grateful to u than actual kids)
  • Lack of common topics between couples (well, even if kids, also will have talk all day about kids.... so attention once again is on the kids... couples have no common topic between themselves...so it's LPPL for this point)
  • Relatives asking you every year when you going to have kids & u can't answer them (Well, relatives always have questions to ask even if u have a kid.... they will ask when is the 2nd one coming, the 3rd one coming.... or which pri sch ur kid attending (see Pro pt), how well ur kids doing in school, which sec sch blah blah blah.... they have never ending questions...so might as well not have kids then they can progress to the 2nd qn right???)
  • Other pple have beautiful bbies photos to put up, but we only got beautiful furkids photos to put up.... (but then, some pple have really ugly bbies...and grow up to be ugly kids & adults.... whereas for furkids, they will forever remain CUTE!!!)
  • Missing out on being pregnant ( and also MISSING OUT on all the stretchmarks, extreme weight gain, terrible morning sickness, extreme pain when giving birth, going out of shape & of coz for natural birth a looser......ahem.... CB aka down under.. and scar mark along bikini line for those who goes thru c-sect..and of coz, a flabby & loose tummy skin...and droopy boobs)
Anyway, there's sooooooooooooo many more pros than cons that I can think about..... how about contributing some??? hehehe.....Now I feel so much better not having kids....=P no offense to those who had kids.....=D

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