I'm a father and a husband but am still surprised at how many women want to be mothers.

@nonsensiclesnail Sorry. Procreation was expected as the result of marriage up until recently. Nowadays a couple, the woman in particular, shouldn't feel any obligation because of social pressures.

@alan20 trust me they don’t feel obligated. Some people really do want to have kids.

@KaysHealingPath I'm expressing myself badly here! What I'm trying to say is why do so many women want to have kids!

@alan20 because they want to be mothers. Having a little extension of themselves that they can love and raise.

@alan20 The only obligation I've witnessed, when it comes to having babies, is a couple wanting a child. I've not heard the ' to carry on the family linage' nonsense in a long time. My youngest two children have no desire for kids of their own. at all. And their social circles seem to feel the same way. Children are a lot of responsibility and way too expensive. The only young women I've witnessed saying things like 'I just want a baby so baaaddd' are usually broken women who just want someone to love and love them in return. They don't really want children. They jsut think a child will fix something for them.

@nonsensiclesnail you make very strong points. There are however unbroken women who still have are very nurturing and simply desire to have a baby. Some women are just naturally motherly.

@nonsensiclesnail That makes sense. I wasn't disparaging women who want to be mothers. Just wondering if in the future that might be a factor in reducing over-population.

@KaysHealingPath of course and absolutely! There are women who are just straight up motherly. Unfortunately, I've not met a lot of those in recent years, though, I know they are out there.