Are you Daddy material? Gay men give their reasons for wanting kids
Some gays are adamant about having children, and some are immune to baby fever. And a recent post in the r/AskGayMen subreddit landed one Reddit user squarely in the latter camp.“I think the best part about being gay is that I don’t have to have children or be pressured to start a family than if I were a straight man and had a wife,” this user wrote. “I babysit my 3- and 5-year-old nephew and niece at least three times a month because my sister is a single mom.
Lemme tell you, because of this, I never want to have kids. It’s so expensive [and] time-consuming and drains out all your energy.
I already feel more exhausted than I do at work. I can’t imagine doing childcare 24/7.”This user explained that he doesn’t want to give up the freedom to travel, get drunk, and sleep until 1 p.m.
on weekends. “I see the toll parenthood takes on my sister—she barely has time for herself, and she’s working non-stop,” he wrote. “Also, more kids right now are just bad for the Earth and overpopulation.
