Who else is a young couple with no kids yet or.. maybe an older couple who's kids are grown and out of the house...

DH and I have been talking about children lately, but.. I don't think its our time yet. We've been together for three years now but have known each other for six or seven LOL I can't remember.

That's us. We've wanted kids for years but because of infertility and other hold-ups we haven't gotten them yet. Now we've given up on getting pregnant and are moving on to the adoption route - something we wanted to do anyway. :)

That's us. We've wanted kids for years but because of infertility and other hold-ups we haven't gotten them yet. Now we've given up on getting pregnant and are moving on to the adoption route - something we wanted to do anyway. :)

that's something that i've always thought about since i was a kid myself.. adopting. even if i have children of my own, i think adopting a child is the most beautiful thing.

My husband have been married for over 5 years and we dont have children yet. When we were first married he was gone a lot, then we got to know eachother, since we married so quickly and he was gone for almost a year in the service. Now that we are stable and own our own home we have been seriously considering trying to have a baby. 4 bedroom house seems rather empty with just the two of us and two cats. We maybe taking protective custody of a friends granddaughter this summer though, since grandma and grandpa cant care for a teenager at this point, so we may have instant teenager soon, but we will have her for the whole summer at least. Weve already kind of started trying but not seriously, though i think that DH is wanting to start seriously trying.

I am engaged and we have been together for 4 years. We don't have children yet and it will probably be at least a few years until we seriously consider having a baby. We are trying to get ourselves into a better place financially and it just isn't the right time yet.

No kids here! We've been married a year, together for 10, and we grew up across the street from each other so we've known each other pretty much our entire lives.

Some of the friends I grew up with have just started to have kids in the last year or so, but I have absolutely no desire yet. Zilch. Unless some massive hormonal "my clock is ticking" thing hits me, I don't anticipate trying to have children until I'm around 32 and my husband is 35. I figure what we lack in energy, we'll more than make up for in wisdom.

That being said, if it was entirely up to me, I wouldn't give birth to any children. I spent some time in foster care as a child, and I would really like to adopt an older child that needs someone to love him/her unconditionally. I also have huge concerns about overpopulation/sustainability. But my husband really wants to have a child "of his own", so we'll probably have one that way and then adopt.

My Dh and I have been married just shy of 7 years (together 7.5). We can't have kids. We're hoping to adopt in 5 or 6 years...when we have the $$ to afford it.

We are blessed with two, adorable Goddaughters we we love dearly. :)

Hi everyone,

I feel as though I do and don't belong to this kith. DH and I have been together for 6 years and we don't have any children. We are childfree by choice, I have never had any desire to have children, ever since I was a child, nor do I want to adopt or anything like that, it's just the way I am :-)

My husband is 53 and I am 43 and we have no children. We have been discussing adopting a special needs child either older or medically fragile. You can adopt with very low expense from the foster care system. We were appalled at the number of children available.

Cost shouldn't stop you. Their are programs and tax incentives to help with cost. It is important to research the various problems older children and medically fragile children have. My husband and I are taking off our rose-colored glasses now and doing just that. We want to be able to handle what comes are way and we have read about some children we know we cannot handle in our home.

Our homestudy is done but does need to be updated. (We put adopting on hold because of our upcoming move) We took the classes required to adopt and those are still good yet. We need to buy a bed and stuff for the child but are waiting to see what age the child would be. We have money saved for that and I continue to add to the fund. If we adopt from another state we have to pay travel expenses.

We did decide we don't want to be foster parents. We know ourselves and know we cannot have children come and go from our home. I have alot of respect for foster parents. I think they are amazing people. We can adopt from the foster care system without being foster parents.

If anyone wants to discuss adoption feel free to PM. I truly believe in adoption and in my mind their is a child wanting to come home to us.

We have been married for almost 15 years and we have gone through all the treatments to become pregnant but nothing ever happened so we are now in the process to adopt a little boy,we are currently #7 on the list and we are just now getting started on all the paperwork.

DH and I have been married less than a year but together for 7. We dont have kids. I hope to start trying in a couple of years!

I fall in the latter category. Mine is grown and gone, although I'm pretty new to it. This will be the first summer that he doesn't come home. I think he's more upset by that than I am. I REALLY like living by myself - there are a lot of freedoms that seem to fall by the wayside with kids to raise. I'm learning to appreciate them again.

We don't have kids yet. Been together for 7 years, married 4. We have things we'd like to do before we start trying-travel more, buy a house and get our retirement accounts a little fuller. Sometimes I'd like to start trying now but DH and I know we're not ready yet.

No kids here. We have been married for two years and together for three.

My dh is adopted and so are two of my 4 siblings. We have talked about it. Right now, though, taking care of my dad with Alzheimer's whenever we are not working is enough.

We are empty nesters and we blessed with 5 girls. But I just wanted to say that I am adopted and I thank god everyday that 2 people wanted children so badly that they took me into their home and made me their own. I feel sad that some of you have tried but you haven't had a child. But I just wanted to say "thank you'" to you all that are considering adoption. You won't be sorry...Blessings...Kathy

Empty nester here. My son is grown & married and DH's daughter (17) lives with his ex.

Hello! DF and I are putting off kids for at least 6 years...we may choose to remain childless in actuality.

DH and I have been married for almost 3 years and togther for 5. We will have children later...but not for a few years at least. I plan on staying home and would like to be more financially stable. We also have 4 Nephews and 3 Nieces!

Who else is a young couple with no kids yet or.. maybe an older couple who's kids are grown and out of the house...

DH and I have been talking about children lately, but.. I don't think its our time yet. We've been together for three years now but have known each other for six or seven LOL I can't remember.


Thats us too! Been together three years, known each other for 6. NO kiddos for us any time soon!

Thats us too! Been together three years, known each other for 6. NO kiddos for us any time soon!

heehee, but for some reason.. i cant help cutting out all the baby and diaper coupons in the weekly paper. and i love looking at little baby clothes when we're out shopping.... up until i hear those screams... :loop:

DBF and I do not have kids. We have been together 4 years (with one small "break"). I have already been through a divorce, so I am not in a hurry to get married again.

My ex-husband and I tried to have a baby, but it didn't happen -- for the best, I tell myself. My ex-husband's new girlfriend got pregnant shortly after they got together (not too long after we separated) and for awhile, I was scared/worried that there was something "wrong" with me. Perhaps there is, but the time is not right for us (DBF and me) now, so I am trying not to borrow problems.

DBF and I definitely want at least 1 child of our own (2 at the most) and will think about adopting an older child down the road. As much as I would like to start trying now, I know that it's best to wait until we are married and a bit more financially stable.

haha exactly. my nephew is the cutest kid in the world, but then im with him for an hour and i want to throttle something...... i dont think thats a very motherly instinct :vamp:

Soon to be empty nester here. Married and baby young, divorced, remarried and present dh pretty much took over raising dd with me. We have no children together and don't plan on any more although we are 36 and 35.

Dd is leaving for college 12 hours away in a few weeks (to live with her dad before the semester starts). I'm excited for her, and excited to try living as a couple. :)

We've been together for 17 years and no kids, some things just don't happen and we both realize it's for the best for us, we enjoy our lifestyle and ourprivacy. I used to want kids but joked I'd give them to my mom until they were housebroken :)

Personally I just have no urge for them at all anymore, and at 43 YIKES I'm to old to be changing diapers or chasing toddlers.

Scary thing, a lot of my old friends are grandparents now, geez, when did we grow up? I still feel like a kid!

kj

So nice to find other childfree couples. :D DH and I have been together 10 years and married almost 5 and do not have any children. We have talked about fostering and adopting through foster care but we've not moved in that direction yet. We have plenty of little ones in our families and all of our friends in the city have children, so we never want for kids in our lives.

Plus, right now, we have so much debt and are new to our careers that having children doesn't make a lot of sense. We are only 29 though so we have a bit of time.