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WTF Indeed
2014-04-18 09:31:06 AM  
Welcome to PetSmart, I love you.
 
Publikwerks [TotalFark]
2014-04-18 09:49:24 AM  
"Must be hard on you, knowing that the years are ticking away, your friends all getting married and all the while your uterus is slowly shriveling away, drying up, becoming totally worthless. "-- Eric Cartman
 
Sergeant Grumbles
2014-04-18 10:21:10 AM  
Sure.
It has nothing to do with the economic situation of many women and couples being untenable for raising a child.
 
Lord Soth
2014-04-18 10:24:47 AM  
Increasing number of American women are unmarriable.
 
tricycleracer
2014-04-18 10:27:59 AM  
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FirstNationalBastard
2014-04-18 10:28:59 AM  
biatches gotta stick together, yo.
 
Theaetetus
2014-04-18 10:33:34 AM  
The federal data behind the report show that over the past seven years, the number of live births per 1,000 women between ages 15 and 29 in America has plunged 9 percent.

A normal article would be pleased about the reduction in teen pregnancy.
 
sendtodave
2014-04-18 10:38:11 AM  
Few dogs go to college.

But all dogs go to heaven.
 
Crudbucket
2014-04-18 10:38:39 AM  
I just got a dog and I am not a lady.
 
bark_atda_moon [BareFark]
2014-04-18 10:41:52 AM  
Unfortunately it isn't socially acceptable to carry a child around in your purse.
 
tricycleracer
2014-04-18 10:42:29 AM  

Theaetetus: The federal data behind the report show that over the past seven years, the number of live births per 1,000 women between ages 15 and 29 in America has plunged 9 percent.

A normal article would be pleased about the reduction in teen pregnancy.


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AdamK [BareFark]
2014-04-18 10:42:46 AM  
meanwhile, bubba just had 20 kids and his kids just had 60 kids and he's now a great grandpa at 40
 
rewind2846
2014-04-18 10:43:19 AM  
The real problem isn't so much that they are getting "dogs" instead of children, but that so may of them (that I've seen) are getting these baby-sized yip dogs instead of full sized dogs like collies or shepherds. It's as if they actually want babies, but without all the maintenance.
Strange.
 
Yanks_RSJ
2014-04-18 10:49:12 AM  
Are they choosing dogs over babies, or are the choosing dogs over having 4 cats?
 
Admiral_Ritt
2014-04-18 10:50:10 AM  
Call it, Sterilization via Puppy Dog.

Ladies, It's a real turn off for you to be a keeper of a Dog.   A cat not so much.
It makes some of us think you have high emotional nurturing needs.
and for the larger dogs,  we think you are  F**ing them.


The reason a cat is not a deal breaker is that if the
cat doesn't like you as a guest it just leaves the room.  Plus
the litter box is just a box, and not a side yard waste dump.
 
Keyser_Soze_Death
2014-04-18 10:52:33 AM  

Lord Soth: Increasing number of American women are unmarriable.


That's a funny way of spelling fat.
 
tricycleracer
2014-04-18 10:52:46 AM  

Admiral_Ritt: Ladies, It's a real turn off for you to be a keeper of a Dog.   A cat not so much.
It makes some of us think you have high emotional nurturing needs.
and for the larger dogs,  we think you are  F**ing them.


I've always hated dating women with dogs.  You always end up staying at their place because of the dog, They always have a set schedule because of the dog.  They always have to arrange boarding if you want to go out of town.

Cats?  Put down some extra bowls of water, extra bowls of food, fill up a spare litter box, and get on the plane to Vegas.
 
zarker
2014-04-18 10:54:01 AM  
I have a 20yo friend who miscarried last year, since then she's adopted a lab, German Shepard, samoyed, 2 pits and a husky. She's also a pet groomer. She went off the deep end head first
 
Dr Dreidel
2014-04-18 10:56:32 AM  
If I'm reading this right, more women are choosing to do it doggie-style with condoms?

// lllllllllllladies
 
Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo
2014-04-18 10:59:09 AM  
The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs.
 
TheSelphie
2014-04-18 11:04:56 AM  
This is A LOT of the people I know.  I'm in my mid-20s.  While there are a few people who have kids, a lot of them decided to have dogs first.  And some people have just had the dogs and have forgotten about the kids.  And then there's me and a couple other people I know, who decided to get cats instead of dogs.  So here I am, a mid-20s cat lady with 4 cats and a husband, and we have no plans to have children anytime soon.

/who needs kids, I was woken up at 4am by a cat who wanted me to watch him take a dump
//and then a couple hours later to feed the bastards
 
bhcompy [TotalFark] [BareFark]
2014-04-18 11:07:42 AM  
Increasing number of women?  Every other girl I know in the 25-35 year old range is pregnant, trying to get pregnant, or just had a kid.
 
Bslim
2014-04-18 11:11:31 AM  
Good.
 
Mikey1969
2014-04-18 11:12:32 AM  
Neither one of those dogs was "handbag sized", unless it was one of those giant purses from the 80's.

Had a friend who brought a 12 pack to school in one of those one. Complete with ice.
 
Reverend J
2014-04-18 11:15:45 AM  

bhcompy: Increasing number of women?  Every other girl I know in the 25-35 year old range is pregnant, trying to get pregnant, or just had a kid.


I feel like I've seen the same type of comment in the GW threads just arguing a different point.
 
Luthien's Tempest
2014-04-18 11:17:04 AM  
Despite my mother's repeated arguments with me over it, and the disappointed looks she gives me, all my parents are getting are grand-doggies. That was my decision before I met my husband, and nothing is likely to change.
 
mayIFark
2014-04-18 11:21:01 AM  

Theaetetus: The federal data behind the report show that over the past seven years, the number of live births per 1,000 women between ages 15 and 29 in America has plunged 9 percent.

A normal article would be pleased about the reduction in teen pregnancy.


I don't know why it stopped at 29, but all the census related things that I read, all considered child bearing age for women to start at 15 (I believe ended at 45). That's the child bearing age of a woman, reported as a matter of fact way.
 
taurusowner
2014-04-18 11:24:24 AM  

tricycleracer: Admiral_Ritt: Ladies, It's a real turn off for you to be a keeper of a Dog.   A cat not so much.
It makes some of us think you have high emotional nurturing needs.
and for the larger dogs,  we think you are  F**ing them.

I've always hated dating women with dogs.  You always end up staying at their place because of the dog, They always have a set schedule because of the dog.  They always have to arrange boarding if you want to go out of town.

Cats?  Put down some extra bowls of water, extra bowls of food, fill up a spare litter box, and get on the plane to Vegas.


This. Though dealing with anyone regularly on a personal level with dogs can become tedious. A lot of dog owners seem to become very dog-centric in every aspect of life, even to the point of being unreasonable. I can see why it can be so appealing for those who feel the need for children. Same messes and regularly destroyed property. Same assumption that everyone else thinks your dog is cute or that people want to hear about it all the time. Same feelings of shock when guests or friends don't want to interact with the dog. Same anger at others who don't like dogs and feel anyone who doesn't love their dog is personally insulting them.
 
groppet [TotalFark]
2014-04-18 11:27:13 AM  
My roomate always manages to date guys that want to have a kid a month after they start dating eventhough she pretty much said she never wants to have kids after raising her brothers. The last nutbar already had a 6 month old and his friends were talking about her and him having another. The one thing he had going for him is he had a good job unlike the others. When she asked what I thought about it I told her to "Eject Mavrick!!!"
 
idesofmarch
2014-04-18 11:30:37 AM  
As long as they don't refer to their dogs as their babies, that's fine by me.

/hates hates hates people who refer to their pets as children
 
The My Little Pony Killer
2014-04-18 11:32:01 AM  
Meh, I'd rather have neither.

/cats are waaay less needy than either dogs or babies
 
Yanks_RSJ
2014-04-18 11:34:34 AM  

idesofmarch: As long as they don't refer to their dogs as their babies, that's fine by me.

/hates hates hates people who refer to their pets as children


I briefly dated a girl who baby-talked her dog.  It was incredibly annoying, but she did have a really nice body, so I stuck around longer than I would have otherwise.
 
SDRR
2014-04-18 11:44:22 AM  

Dr Dreidel: If I'm reading this right, more women are choosing to do it doggie-style with condoms?

// lllllllllllladies


but with actual dogs?
 
Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo
2014-04-18 11:46:58 AM  
You have to understand, men aren't nearly as patient and docile during the deworming and nail trimming sessions.
 
frepnog
2014-04-18 11:49:25 AM  
call it nature, call it biology, but between oh, 19 and 25 most women get baby fever.

so are there some women out there not wanting kids?  sure.  but most are trying very hard to get pregnant.
 
idesofmarch
2014-04-18 11:52:39 AM  

Yanks_RSJ: I briefly dated a girl who baby-talked her dog. It was incredibly annoying, but she did have a really nice body, so I stuck around longer than I would have otherwise.


People have put up with far worse for a little tail.
 
LordZorch [TotalFark]
2014-04-18 11:57:41 AM  
Logical outcome of cheap, reliable, birth control is that people that don't want kids won't have them.

Also, keep you smelly little disease & snot factories to yourself - the world is not your babysitter...
 
LordZorch [TotalFark]
2014-04-18 11:59:01 AM  

Admiral_Ritt: Call it, Sterilization via Puppy Dog.

Ladies, It's a real turn off for you to be a keeper of a Dog.   A cat not so much.
It makes some of us think you have high emotional nurturing needs.
and for the larger dogs,  we think you are  F**ing them.


The reason a cat is not a deal breaker is that if the
cat doesn't like you as a guest it just leaves the room.  Plus
the litter box is just a box, and not a side yard waste dump.


Bizzaro, is that you?
 
alpacainabox
2014-04-18 12:02:17 PM  
As a woman that lives alone with her pug and has no plans for children.. am I the only person that doesn't feel like it fills a "child-sized" hole? I've had dogs all my life and it just feels comfortable to come home to one/take care of one. Dogs aren't children; they are animals and should be treated like one. My pug is crate trained and gets plenty of walks and doggy day care once a week, since I work/go to school full time. If you begin to let your dog interfere with your social/love life, then you're really not treating it like a dog anymore.
 
Shrugging Atlas
2014-04-18 12:02:41 PM  
If the women I work with that go completely ape shiat over their dogs are any indication, the world is better off with them raising a dog than one or more humans.
 
taurusowner
2014-04-18 12:06:08 PM  

LordZorch: Logical outcome of cheap, reliable, birth control is that people that don't want kids won't have them.

Also, keep you smelly little disease & snot factories to yourself - the world is not your babysitter...


Watch that number drop A LOT more when a non surgical/non condom form of birth control is invented for men. I'd bet that a healthy percentage of children born both inside and out of marriage is due to females giving the impression they're on birth control and either legitimately forgetting/messing up or deliberately deceiving the male. The line for a male birth control pill/shot is gonna be miles long.
 
Kiler
2014-04-18 12:12:02 PM  

Marquis de Sod: Causing the price of peanut butter to skyrocket


I was going to post the same thing.

/shakes tiny fist
 
Englebert Slaptyback
2014-04-18 12:15:43 PM  

Welcome to Generation Rex


They should form an interconnected support group. Maybe call it Fido-net or something.
 
bborchar
2014-04-18 12:20:26 PM  
My husband and I got a dog, but he had some physical and behavioral issues that meant that he wasn't good with kids.  When we got pregnant, we talked to the vet and his trainer and we all agreed that he wouldn't be trustworthy with a baby, so we found a great rescue that placed him in a home with an older couple that didn't have children.  It was one of the hardest days of our lives to take him to his new home, but he was happy, and we got updates on him for the first year.  We are waiting until the kids are older before we decide to take on another dog (my husband is allergic to cats), but in the meantime, we have two pet rats that have made great pets.
 
drjekel_mrhyde
2014-04-18 12:28:51 PM  
Don't want to sound rude, but I bet 90% of them are white women.
/it's catching on to black and Hispanic women very slowly
//Not mentioning Asians
 
Publikwerks [TotalFark]
2014-04-18 12:33:27 PM  

Englebert Slaptyback: Welcome to Generation Rex


They should form an interconnected support group. Maybe call it Fido-net or something.


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mrEdude
2014-04-18 12:34:35 PM  
anyone who would have a kid now is a selfish deluded mofo.

the world is not going to get 'better'.
 
PreMortem [TotalFark]
2014-04-18 12:37:07 PM  

Marquis de Sod: Causing the price of peanut butter to skyrocket


I'd wager most are large breeds if you know what I mean. Peanut butter not required.
 
Publikwerks [TotalFark]
2014-04-18 12:37:36 PM  

mrEdude: anyone who would have a kid now is a selfish deluded mofo.

the world is not going to get 'better'.


Yes, but you are assuming it has gotten worse.

I just assume it's gotten different
 
ltdanman44 [BareFark]
2014-04-18 12:48:35 PM  

Publikwerks: "Must be hard on you, knowing that the years are ticking away, your friends all getting married and all the while your uterus is slowly shriveling away, drying up, becoming totally worthless. "-- Eric Cartman


What kind of monster would---

Yes, let the anger come! Strike me down while you can! But it won't make your dried-up ovaries any more fertile!
 
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