2009-01-08T01:39:18Z http://blog.deeptigupta.com/comments/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:blog.deeptigupta.com,2008-12-30:1661845 citu http://www.swatig.ptibook.com 2008-12-30T15:34:09Z 2008-12-30T15:34:09Z tag:blog.deeptigupta.com,2008-12-01:1575230 Deen 2008-12-01T10:37:49Z 2008-12-01T10:37:49Z
but, this is an over-populated world. it seems irresponsible to have children when so many kids need homes as it is.

my partner may want to give birth someday. they're going to be expensive. we have very little money. they're going to talk back at some point and have an attitude i'm not fond of. they're gonna short little people i can have fun with (at least until they grow up). -- so that puts the score at an even 2-2 so far. lol.

my friend who never had kids and is now in her 50s gave me a good reason that has stuck with me. she said that now that she's getting older, she and her husband don't have anyone to take care of them. that makes sense to me, though it's not to say i'll have kids so i have built-in senior care, cause god knows if my kids would (they would if i raise them right!) -- but it's something to think about.]]> tag:blog.deeptigupta.com,2008-12-01:1574373 julia http://shyrush.blogspot.com/ 2008-12-01T01:03:35Z 2008-12-01T01:03:35Z tag:blog.deeptigupta.com,2008-11-29:1571877 Daddy ji 2008-11-29T18:59:09Z 2008-11-29T18:59:09Z
You state that you and your husband are artists and therefore have a lot at stake. ???? Do you have more at stake than we when we decided it was time to have children. Sure we could have failed but I think we succeeded admirably as judged by our children and so far two grandchildren. Watching your children grow and have success and sometime setbacks that they worked through is reward enough.

But then we sit around and talk about some of the fun things that happened during those growing up years. Someone going off to school in a top hat and tails in Normal, IL comes to mind. Oh and lest I forget, the Converse All Star High Tops didn't match but were different colors most days.

This is not a world where we are always given the answers we want. Sometimes we just have to have faith that it will work out. When you went off to Singapore and later to Texas did you ever wonder what would be the outcome. What could have gone wrong. You may have asked those questions but what ever the answer you made the trip and eventually became part of a Normal family. You had the strength to leave your family and go half way around the world and look what you found. A guy that you accused of being "really old" the first time you met him, who took the chance of having two children, one of them you married. Life makes crazy turns and being a parent definitely adds to the number but I wouldn't change the decision of having children. Besides how would I ever get my Hinkley Bermuda 40.

Love
Daddy ji]]> tag:blog.deeptigupta.com,2008-11-29:1571838 Ollie http://www.oliviaohare.blogspot.com 2008-11-29T18:17:45Z 2008-11-29T18:17:45Z tag:blog.deeptigupta.com,2008-11-29:1571771 MD Walton 2008-11-29T17:02:41Z 2008-11-29T17:02:41Z tag:blog.deeptigupta.com,2008-11-29:1571669 Nina Paley http://blog.ninapaley.com 2008-11-29T15:36:14Z 2008-11-29T15:36:14Z
But all that is easy for me to say, since I've never had the desire for kids in the first place. Most "childfree" people are childfree because they lack that desire, not for any philosophical reasons.

You might enjoy this "Why Breed" chart (scroll down a bit):
http://www.vhemt.org/biobreed.htm#instinct]]> tag:blog.deeptigupta.com,2008-11-29:1571654 Heather Anna 2008-11-29T15:19:39Z 2008-11-29T15:19:39Z tag:blog.deeptigupta.com,2008-11-29:1571653 Heather Anna http://nycherrick.blogspot.com 2008-11-29T15:18:11Z 2008-11-29T15:18:11Z
Thanks for sending me the facebook message to come and read your blog. I will do more thinking and respond later, all of my initial answers fall in the "sentimental" category. But I wanted to send you to this blog I wrote last year after a NLP at your place. You are the one who questioned why then, the others there were Kim and Christa. We talked about Elena. Anyway, I think there is some good genuine answers there. I guess just cut and paste this into your browser-

http://segullah.org/small-epiphanies/why-would-you/

Happy Saturday in November. :-)]]> tag:blog.deeptigupta.com,2008-09-09:1350218 Rajeev Ranjan http://sunoswadhindeshwasio.blogspot.com 2008-09-09T02:00:10Z 2008-09-09T02:00:10Z