# How many biological children do you have or you think you'll have? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 1, 2013, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068 "2013-08-01T10:30:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/41 "2013-08-01T15:09:04Z")
Why isn’t there a none option? I have no kids and am entirely certain I never will. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/42 "2013-08-01T15:17:27Z")
Odd. I coulda sworn there used to be a zero option and that I voted for it. o.O ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/43 "2013-08-01T15:20:13Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Why isn’t there a none option? I have no kids and am entirely certain I never will. > [@LawMonkey](#): > > Odd. I coulda sworn there used to be a zero option and that I voted for it. o.O Right. Looks like “0” has become “1” , “1” has become “2” and so on. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/44 "2013-08-01T15:20:31Z")
Zero, I had myself childproofed. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/45 "2013-08-01T15:25:05Z")
I have zero, and probably will end up with zero. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/46 "2013-08-01T15:27:25Z")
Have one now, would very much like a second. My husband thinks I will go on to want a third, but I think he’s wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obnoxious_Hood_Ornament)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/47 "2013-08-01T15:27:26Z")
Zero. And I have, to the delight (and possibly relief) of many, voluntarily removed myself from the gene pool via elective surgery. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/48 "2013-08-01T15:34:33Z")
None. Mrs. Homie and I can’t have kids, and we’ve decided that adoption isn’t for us. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/49 "2013-08-01T15:49:50Z")
I have 4, the oldest just turned 16, and the youngest is 9. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby\_Slippers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/50 "2013-08-01T15:53:01Z")
None, and since I’m well past the age of reproduction, that’s where it will stay. I had a few brief moments in my thirties when my biological clock was faintly ticking, but there was no one serious in my life and I couldn’t envision being a single working mother. Kudos to those who are, but it just wasn’t for me. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/51 "2013-08-01T16:13:08Z")
Geez, I don’t know. Dozens, probably. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/52 "2013-08-01T16:22:55Z")
We have two. Not planning on any more; we’re getting kind of old - but we’re not using birth control either so it’s technically possible, if unlikely. The first two were hard to come by. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/53 "2013-08-01T16:31:31Z")
Had one that was unplanned, placed for adoption. Never had any others. I often wish I had raised some children (I’m long past childbearing now), but it is better for the hypothetical children and for society that I didn’t, because I’m insane and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/54 "2013-08-01T16:44:59Z")
Hey, look! There’s a [zero option](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Option) now. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/55 "2013-08-01T17:04:08Z")
Zero, current and planned. I have no interest in fatherhood; it’s an unpaid (in fact, fantastically expensive and difficult) job that runs 24/7 for decades. Thanks, but no thanks. ---
**Author:** ![RoniaBorkason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RoniaBorkason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoniaBorkason)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/56 "2013-08-01T17:33:42Z")
I have one of each and that will probably be it. I wanted more, but the ordeal of being pregnant is not one I’m able to go thru again. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/57 "2013-08-01T17:37:11Z")
I’m married, we have zero kids and we plan to keep it that way. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/58 "2013-08-01T17:43:38Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Geez, I don’t know. Dozens, probably. 😃 I shall now picture you as John Stamos’ character on that L&O:SVU episode where he feels it’s his duty to have as many kids as possible and to “spread his seed” as far and wide as possible. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/59 "2013-08-01T18:25:47Z")
One adopted, zero biological. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068/60 "2013-08-01T18:57:11Z")
Zero. I’m not in a relationship, and I can’t see myself ever being in a long-term relationship, with or without kids. I don’t want any kids because I’d be a terrible mother and I also have some seriously bad genetics. I’m not saying that I hate kids, or that I hate people who do choose to have kids. I’m saying I myself don’t want any of my own. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-biological-children-do-you-have-or-you-think-youll-have/665068.md?page=4)