Good things that came from the awful situation the Schiavo’s endured:

And Michael Schiavo is 100% right.

Because it’s in the Bible where Jesus said brain dead people have to be kept on artificial life support indefinately. Book of Ephesians I believe.

That whole episode still pisses me off years later. I don’t know if there’s a better example of how the right’s commitment to “small government” and complaints about “government overreach” are complete nonsense. They’re quite happy to ignore all sorts of boundaries in pursuit of their sacred cows. The behavior of some…

“He’s a man of deep faith..”

Michael Schiavo was treated horribly and got the worst raw deal when the fucking congress intervened to collude with Terry’s parents’ denial and he was straight up demonized in the right wing press. It was monstrous how this whole thing was treated like a political football. I had to stop watching. There was something…

Let's just say there might possibly just be certain times when my husband looks at me with EXACTLY THAT EXPRESSION and calmly asks " What kind of cocktail would you like?"

don't have kids. If you are and independent person and like your time you can kiss it goodbye when you have kids. They are your life then. You end up resenting them. Trust me. I live it

I believe this is something that people really need to work out, as much as possible, before deep commitment ensues. And anyone who is not entirely honest and forthright, whether they say they don't want kids, but really might, or they say they do want kids, but really don't, are terrible people. If you lie about…

Ugh, that's tough and scary. In my two previous long-term relationships, I knew both of them wanted kids, and it even if we could work out all our other stuff, eventually we would come to an impasse over that. My current boyfriend can't have children, and while that is not why I'm with him (I am with him because he is…

I have a kid from a previous relationship. My new husband adopted my daughter long before we got married. We got married last summer and people ask if I'm ready to give him one of his own. UM, HE CHOSE HER TO BE HIS OWN.

Many men like the idea of throwing the ball around fatherhood, but diaper changing, middle of the night feeding fatherhood, not as sexy

Sadly, I have no secrets. It's not so much that I've held him off as it is that, like your husband, he's slowly changed his mind. Which is normal, we were super young when we met, of course your wants and desires evolve over time. And the thing is, I'd actually be fine with being a dad - playing with a baby and…

Me too. We got together at 17 and I always assumed when I got older I would want a kid - I'm now 32 and it hasn't happened. Husband has now started to say that he wants a child as he thinks we'll have a lonely life if we don't. I think that he likes the idea of kids much more than he would like the reality. I also…

Definitely a good topic to hammer out ahead of time, if you can. I knew when I was a teenager I never wanted kids. Got married to a guy who knew I never wanted kids, but thought I would "change my mind". Cut to a year into the marriage, I get pregnant (stupid, irresponsible on both our parts, though I think he…

I told my husband on our first date that I might never want kids. When we got engaged, we talked about it even more seriously. He told me that he was ambivalent about having kids anyway and that loving me was enough for him. We've been married for eight years and together ten and a half, but until he made the…

Yep. It's not like recommending a new restaurant in town. It's a kid! Pretty much like 99% of my decisions for the next 18 years will be based on its existence. Oh sure, I'll just have one cause YOU say it's cool. I want to punch people. I just discovered 3 herniated discs on my back last week. 2 people already have…

Sometimes I wonder what it says about me that I would definitely end a relationship with the woman I love rather than have children I don't want.

Exactly! And I can't fathom how people argue that some hypothetical happiness/regret outweighs actual lived happiness. I might regret not having a child someday, but I'm going to Tibet this year and I'll for sure have one of the most amazing experiences of my life—and I am able to take trips like that because I am…

I'd rather take the off-change that I'll regret not having them down the road ...than regret ever having them and be in an irreparable situation.