tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post113358705381577163..comments2024-03-10T21:44:15.133-04:00Comments on Adventures in Voluntary Simplicity: I'm Getting a VasectomyJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140071411706781433noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-12697535354449114412011-10-26T21:45:44.715-04:002011-10-26T21:45:44.715-04:00very good post. i like that very much. thanks so m...very good post. i like that very much. thanks so much for sharing. hope u can post much more good articles for us to learn together. thanks for your time.<br /><a href="http://www.dressiton.com/special-occasion-dresses-2/homecoming-dresses.html" rel="nofollow">homecoming dresses</a>cheap wedding dresseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18416415257712608119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-59139453881343778372011-05-24T13:11:44.559-04:002011-05-24T13:11:44.559-04:00Thanks For Sharing Very Useful Information . Here ...Thanks For Sharing Very Useful Information . Here I Want To Know About <b><a href="http://www.angelprintsultrasound.com/" rel="nofollow">3D ultrasounds </a></b> And <b><a href="http://www.angelprintsultrasound.com/" rel="nofollow"> 4d Ultrasounds </a></b> for expecting parents in Lafayette and Baton Rouge, LA and other surrounding areas in Louisiana.4d ultrasoundshttp://www.angelprintsultrasound.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-71456051263484117252010-09-30T08:50:52.745-04:002010-09-30T08:50:52.745-04:00Great decision...GOOD LUCKGreat decision...GOOD LUCKtubal ligation reversalhttp://www.mybabydoc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-48346905605717446882010-07-08T12:35:58.987-04:002010-07-08T12:35:58.987-04:00I'm childFREE by choice, have written extensiv...I'm childFREE by choice, have written extensively on the topic. Now age 58, a widow of 4 years, I still have NO regrets. Instead of worrying about needing permission from the universe, the universe is thanking you a million times, especially nature and the earth, for NOT breeding and adding several more people to an already over-crowded, dwindling resources planet. Hope you took the step, and if so, here's a hearty congratulations. There's a lot of childfree folks out there, and you can find many on the internet.Carahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03061381516154992999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-12298109280209617232010-06-07T03:07:36.773-04:002010-06-07T03:07:36.773-04:00Jack...the universe doesn't give a shit if you...Jack...the universe doesn't give a shit if you have kids or not. Grow up and do yourself and others a favor, and get a Vasectomy....please.mysophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827834802542648353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-42656742847664289292010-05-30T10:11:38.457-04:002010-05-30T10:11:38.457-04:00The Universe and humanity send a heart-felt THANK ...The Universe and humanity send a heart-felt THANK YOU! <br /><br />Best move you'll ever make.<br /><br />Now, please consider retroactive abortion as a viable way to protect both nature and humanity.Voluntary Simplicity Hanknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-68051876271605480022010-05-30T02:17:34.082-04:002010-05-30T02:17:34.082-04:00So, did you?So, did you?GreekGddssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-38615256113765029792010-05-26T19:42:22.243-04:002010-05-26T19:42:22.243-04:00I'm still trying to wrap my head around the ma...I'm still trying to wrap my head around the massive ego-trip/mind-set of a man who thinks the Universe is SO f*ing invested in HIS personal procreation that not doing it is something to feel guilt about. <br /><br />Srsly, dude... you ask the Universe for its 'ok' everytime you shave your chin? Because growing hair is as natural a function as having kids. Also just as much a personal choice. <br /><br />Get over yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-8463419255457553102010-05-24T16:21:39.356-04:002010-05-24T16:21:39.356-04:00Its a personal choice, U dont owe anyone anything....Its a personal choice, U dont owe anyone anything. You live with it or without it. You are much more of a responsible person to get a vasectomy than to have a a child you are not able to raise responsibly or willing to raise.<br /><br />I love my daughter, and she is number one in my life. but all the other kids I haven't had I don't miss.<br /><br />More power to you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-24986362000226420252010-05-24T04:53:38.691-04:002010-05-24T04:53:38.691-04:00This post and discussion are just fascinating to m...This post and discussion are just fascinating to me. I have never in my life understood why anyone would think that not having children is "selfish". It just makes NO sense to me. If anything, I would say that the opposite is true. <br /><br />Not that all people with children are selfish... but I've met plenty of them. You know the type, people who have kids because they want to live vicariously through them, or because they're afraid of being lonely, or because they want the "experience" of being a parent, or the worst of all, because they want someone to love them. What they fail to recognize is that having kids isn't about what YOU want or need, it's about what the CHILD wants and needs. <br /><br />There's also an arguement to be made that not procreating is the environmentally responsible thing to do. I'm not totally sure how I feel about that one, because obviously we, as a species, need some children in order to contine to exist. But more and more I am coming to the conclusion that there are just too many people on this planet! So in terms of making bargains with the universe and promising to do something good for children, maybe not contributing to over-population is gift enough to the future generation.<br /><br />Thanks for a thought provoking read.<br /><br />Yours in Frugal Green-ness,<br />Rebecca The Greeniac<br />www.GreeniacDigest.comRebecca The Greeniachttp://rebecca@GreeniacDigest.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-86285775290485335102010-05-17T20:40:29.085-04:002010-05-17T20:40:29.085-04:00Hi Jack,
Sorry I am "late to the party" ...Hi Jack,<br />Sorry I am "late to the party" when it comes to comments as I really wanted to take some time before I responded.<br />As a 40 year old woman who does not have children and probably won't now that I am older, I don't have regrets. I could've done the sneaky thing and got pregnant by any of my previous relationships but there was no way I would ever do that to men I dated. I did not want to be a single mom or bring a child into this world without a two parent loving relationship. I also work with children every day. I run a Head Start program for 400 plus children. <br />I have seen so many children abused, neglected, children living in cars or moving from place to place. Some families have no heat or running water, and parents who barely can parent. I wonder why some children are given such crappy beginnings in this world. But yet, every day I get a thousand hugs, a million smiles and love from every one of them. For a few hours each day I get a chance to give back for all that they give me. I can go through this life knowing I may never have children of my own, but I am loving 400 kids who need it.<br />Your decision to not have children doesn't mean you can't be a "big brother" or if you really do want to help children, your legal skills would greatly needed. You just might be surprised that you can give just as much without having to be a "dad" at all.<br />I applaud your decision...now step up and live up to your "bargain" you made with God. Take your legal brains and help some children out in this world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-897977071731723162010-05-15T23:22:50.808-04:002010-05-15T23:22:50.808-04:00By the way, forgot to mention, my boyfriend got a ...By the way, forgot to mention, my boyfriend got a vasectomy when he was 19. also I think that it is the best thing in the world when a guy shoots blanks :)FALIA REVIEWS:https://www.blogger.com/profile/09305837310440012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-31318671144863037572010-05-14T14:39:04.321-04:002010-05-14T14:39:04.321-04:00Hiya Jack!!
Freeze some little guys and remain a...Hiya Jack!! <br /><br />Freeze some little guys and remain available to all the good the universe may have in store for ya. <br /><br />It would be a deal breaker if the sperm was not there for me to at least try and carry one child from my future husband. Adoption and fostering are great options but carrying a child is a big MUST DO for me. I'm sure a lot of other women feel the same. <br /><br />There now you have my 20 cents *2 cents ten times over* <br /><br />Love is.... TLTamika LaShellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845937840660763395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-2936116407855947702010-05-14T11:09:27.979-04:002010-05-14T11:09:27.979-04:00I think it's great that you're taking your...I think it's great that you're taking your fertility into your own hands (or scissors, so to speak). It's not selfish, it's responsible.<br /><br />A few years back, I broke off a relationship with a guy because I wanted kids and he didn't. I respect that he was honest with me, and so I took him at his word. I wasn't about to wait around with the hope that he'd change his mind. To do so would have been living in a fantasy world, as well as disrespectful to the guy.<br /><br />So, bravo, and good luck with the snippity snip.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089796721473561446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-25880519738651970982010-05-13T22:00:37.727-04:002010-05-13T22:00:37.727-04:00Do it! 2 thumbs up for vasectomies.Do it! 2 thumbs up for vasectomies.FALIA REVIEWS:https://www.blogger.com/profile/09305837310440012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-68957355097222671202010-05-13T01:30:22.735-04:002010-05-13T01:30:22.735-04:00if you are ready for this than i just say GOOD LUC...if you are ready for this than i just say GOOD LUCK....... it has a reversal procedure like tubal reversal but think before do.tubal reversalhttp://www.mybabydoc.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-16152082774379364232010-05-09T20:13:42.992-04:002010-05-09T20:13:42.992-04:00Good Luck. I think your soul searching answer is ...Good Luck. I think your soul searching answer is a good-one. With your legal expertise it would be lovely to do something about the sex slave industry in India.<br /><br />I always thought my children would come later in life, i.e. 40-45 y/o. When I was 39 I was diagnosed with an ovarian tumor. The only way to find out if it was malignant was to cut it out. I made the life changing decision to cut that and everything with it out. It was the best decision I ever made. Something I wonder what it would be like to have a child, and but I have no regrets. I took myself out with a friend on this mother's day.<br /><br />Good Luck with your cut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-83006975570426102662010-05-08T23:37:13.122-04:002010-05-08T23:37:13.122-04:0030 year old childfree woman chiming in.
Good for ...30 year old childfree woman chiming in.<br /><br />Good for you, Jack!<br /><br />There are already too many people on the planet. Our oil-based lifestyle is totally unsustainable, probably within our own lifetimes. Only those who have put serious thought into the matter, are emotionally and financially secure, and have a deep vocation to parent should have children.<br /><br />$0.02<br /><br />Also, as a childfree woman, I would LOVE to meet a man who has had a vasectomy. I am considering sterilization myself, but I am hoping my partner will volunteer for the snip, as it's so much easier, cheaper, and safer than me undergoing a tubal or even Essure. However, I would never pressure him into the decision. So we'll see what happens.<br /><br />I always assumed the day would come when I wanted kids, but it hasn't. I realized in the last couple of years that I really have a choice, and I've determined that I feel no desire to give birth or parent, ever. It is perplexing to me why so many people, especially those who are not emotionally or financially prepared to do so, continue to pop out kid after kid. Now THAT'S selfish.<br /><br />Good for you, Jack. Good for you.<br /><br />A man who knows his own mind is very sexy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-11433789202158787402010-05-08T20:23:17.747-04:002010-05-08T20:23:17.747-04:00Hey Jack,
A few people have asked me about your ...Hey Jack, <br /><br />A few people have asked me about your decision, since I'm a Catholic Priest and post occasionally on your blog or on Facebook. <br /><br />But, we're created with free will, which we can all use as we wish. While I don't agree with your decision for an encyclopedic number of reasons, you do appear to have put a lot of thought and consideration into it, and it's your decision to make. <br /><br />Despite the negative press the Catholic Church gets, and the number of struggles I have often experienced in trying to live a chaste celibate life, I'm very thankful of the choices I've made. I experience a great amount of freedom, but the challenge is always how to use it wisely. I can say that I am still learning and growing in wisdom. <br /><br />As for sterilization issues, I'll share a story dear to me. It happened over a hundred years ago. <br /><br />A young man and a young woman met and fell into what they thought was love, but what was more likely simply a great and passionate love affair. In time she found she was with child, and a great decision ensued... what to do? <br /><br />They ended up not getting married. But she bore the child and he was raised in her family with a lot of love and acceptance. <br /><br />You can probably guess how this turns out. <br /><br />But the child was my grandfather, and if they had self sterilized or aborted I would not be here. So I am very grateful they were quite productive, even if it was a mistake and not in their life plan. They did have other options. I commend their bravery and greatness. <br /><br />Enjoy life. And as ever, Keep it Simple! <br /><br />Namaste. <br /><br />in Christ, <br />Fr. KenFr. Kenhttp://www.fatherallen.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-5854791723373078022010-05-08T00:20:45.616-04:002010-05-08T00:20:45.616-04:00Freeze some of the potential babies just in case y...Freeze some of the potential babies just in case you happen to change your mind someday. We are ever changing as human beings. Our minds can turn into something completely different in a year, 5 years, 10 years. I know people who have had vasectomies and froze some potential babies and used them and never used them. At least it keeps everything from being so final.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738864691732179532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-82785773580712332962010-05-07T22:58:51.858-04:002010-05-07T22:58:51.858-04:00@Suz I know lots of happy, well adjusted people fr...@Suz I know lots of happy, well adjusted people from happy families. Some have kids, some don't. People with unhappy childhoods also can go on to become good parents. <br /><br />Taking responsibility for kids/no kids instead of just going with what is expected is a good idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-7636228904568787572010-05-07T22:01:04.433-04:002010-05-07T22:01:04.433-04:00I think the decision is entirely up to you. You do...I think the decision is entirely up to you. You don't have to bargain with the universe or explain it to anyone else, because it's nobody else's damned business.<br /><br />Having said that, you should assume you won't be able to reverse the procedure, if you change your mind. So, bottom line--how <i>sure</i> are you that you want no kids?<br /><br />That's the only question that really matters. And you have only yourself to answer to on this.Debbihttp://mackthewriter.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-39908653283149707712010-05-07T11:54:52.166-04:002010-05-07T11:54:52.166-04:00Coming from the perspective of a woman who doesn&#...Coming from the perspective of a woman who doesn't want kids, being with someone who has had a vasectomy is a big plus. Luckily I'm dating someone who has had one and it makes everything easier and simpler. It was a tough decision but I feel completely comfortable with it and know it's right for me. That's all you need to know, that it's right for you.Mini Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089709593747205290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-58822110326492863122010-05-07T09:35:23.755-04:002010-05-07T09:35:23.755-04:00I'm a 39 year old woman who has never wanted k...I'm a 39 year old woman who has never wanted kids. <br /><br />I retrained a few years ago and I now work as a speech & lang pathologist in a special needs school. I have about 90 children, ages ranging from 4-15, on my caseload. Most are deeply loved (although not always understood) by their families, but some have had unspeakably horrendous starts to their lives and are very damaged emotionally (as well as cognitively/physically). <br /><br />I love hanging out with them, playing silly games, chatting, just being a friend. I am dedicated to improving their ability to communicate so they can better enjoy their lives. My 'work' (= my reason for being on this planet) immeasurably improves MY life too.<br /><br />And I love coming home to a quiet, calm house at the end of the day, to recharge and enjoy my other interests (mountain-biking, piano etc).<br /><br />Best set of choices I ever made, and I see nothing wrong in not wanting to have kids of my own, but enjoying the company of the existing ones and wanting to help them.<br /><br />So I know EXACTLY where you're coming from, Jack.<br /><br />Good luck.Jonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758230923722877355.post-86340355210540657652010-05-07T06:59:05.682-04:002010-05-07T06:59:05.682-04:00BIG DECISION... but i think you are being really r...BIG DECISION... but i think you are being really responsible, if you definitely don't want kids it's the way to go. Far better than risking getting someone pregnant and then walking away and not dealing with the consequences like a lot of men do.donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699628251377513661noreply@blogger.com