How far will you go to have your own kids?

Philippines
February 5, 2007 1:25am CST
I have heard older people saying that one of a wife's responsibility is to bear her husband children. I agree with this but i was just wondering, how important really are children to a marriage? I mean, what if due to health problems, a wife cannot bear child for her husband, does that mean that the wife is not a good wife? If you are the husband, what would you feel and do if you really want to have a child? WOuld you adopt one or would you even resort to having another woman just to bear you a child? If you are the wife, how far would you go and sacrifice just to provide your husband a child?
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• Philippines
5 Feb 07
For me, both parents are responsible in order to bear a child. For some, a child is very important to be consider as family to be complete. On my experience, we had hard time concieving and we undergo many medical procedures just to bear a child. It took us two years of trying. I even discussed with him that the last thing we will do is adopt. I prayed hard for this. Last year, im on the peak of my career and made a big decision to resign and give more attention on my medical procedures and to my husband. I sacrificed our finances and willing to give up everything just to have a child. Now, my baby is 2 months old and its worth it to give up everything just to have her.
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• Philippines
5 Feb 07
Im happy for you! Yes, sometimes we have to make some sacrifices for our love ones and im glad in your case, your sacrifices and efforts were not put to waste.
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@shywolf (4514)
• United States
5 Feb 07
I can only answer this question for myself, of course, but I think that the only way I will ever bring a child into this world is if I end up marrying someone who is very passionate about having children. And even then, I really am not sure if I want to have more than one child. It just seems to hard to have the means to raise more than one child in this day and age, and plus I was an only child myself and liked it that way, even though I do often wonder if I would have become more outgoing if I had had siblings around me. Anyway, what i am saying is, for the love of my husband I _would_ seriously consider having a child. That is how much love means to me. If I found the true love of my life, I would certainly want to do anything for that person. I am not sure if I could agree to have a lot of children, though. I just can't see doing that with my life. I would hate to break up a relationship over it, but if I met someone and they absolutely wanted to have like 5 children, I don't see how I could ever manage that.
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