Hey there, is it normaliens. The older I get, now 29, I'm beginning to wonder if my aversion to marriage and sexually transmitted children is going to be a recurring problem for me. I was in a relationship with a great girl for 6 years that ended about 2 years ago because I was unwilling to have kids with and marry her, though I loved her very much. Her innate biological drive to reproduce and societal pressure to wed was more than I could defeat. She desperately wanted some blonde haired little shits running around but I didn't want to be a daddy. Before that relationship there was another of a 2 year span that ended due to the same incompatible ideals. She tried to get me to knock her up without my knowledge (kinda funny story. If someone wants to hear ask me. Didn't want to write a novel). Now I'm at the age where it seems the type of women I would like to keep around are much harder to come by. I find myself wading through the dating pool, seeing women that I know I would never love. The random meaningless sex and hollow affection is unfulfilling. And the more dates I go on the bleaker things look. Anyway, this got me wondering. So, the question is: would you be willing to marry and/or have kids in order to be with somebody that you truly loved, possibly the "one", if you really didn't want those things in life?

I'm sure there is a girl for you to love who doesn't want those things either. ;)
Now tell us the story!
You didn't get her pregnant? You got lucky man. I wish I'd never touched the woman.
You should absolutely not let the pressure that society exhibits effect you in any way towards getting married and having children. Very few, VERY FEW, of those married people with children are truly happy. They just put on a big song and dance to make YOU think they are happy. God forbid anybody interprets their marriage and family as anything but perfect after all.
I can also agree with you very much regarding the dating "pool" and the ridiculous options you find in it. Eventually you will just not bother with it anymore, in much the same way I did, try some volunteer work for something you enjoy (like dogs or cats) its far more fulfilling then random dating. Cheaper too.
Why are you creating divisions in society?
Anyway, on the subject, I answered "Fuck no" because there is absolutely no way in hell (expecting a reply from SuckADick9 at this point) I would ever give up my ideals just to please someone I love. Luckily, I could never love someone who wanted desperately to marry and breed.
Marriage and children are separate issues, in my mind. Marriage is a legal connection between two people who have decided to join together for the long haul. And nowadays your marriage can be defined however you and your spouse want it to - tradition is not for everyone.
You can get a divorce (after paying some heavy fees that have nothing to do with the division of assets) if your marriage fails - just like you can declare bankruptcy if your business goes under. And not all divorces end in rage and tears if the partners behave maturely about it.
Having biological children though is permanent - you can't undo that one. Not all women can or want to have them. Two of my close friends refuse to have them. I felt the same way until a two years ago when I met my nephews. Now, I'd like make a new human too - one with my DNA, that I grew inside me, but I'm getting too old so I highly doubt it's a possibility anymore. I think I'm just going to become a foster parent instead, which has been my plan since I was a teen.
I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting the things that you do out of life. I hope you can find a woman that feels the same way as you and you can be happy in life together. Having someone to share your older years with is better than being alone. And you're not a spring chicken anymore, your youth is almost behind you.
Honestly, I grew up with siblings that were my responsibility to watch and watching everyone else's kids at the same time, and tutoring special needs children etc. I have come to really love children and would like a few of my own (my first route WOULD be biologically for reasons having to do with the child's development) and I doubt I am the only female of my background, but most women do, in fact, want a family.
Find what you need and skip the rest, you can find yourself a woman that doesn't want kids. And yeah, it's normal not to want to commit in marriage and not to want kids, I'd imagine that most of the people at this site would agree with you. I wouldn't think less of a person for wanting kids, as I wouldn't think less of myself for it. Just keep trying, dude. You might want to look into online dating as well. I'm pretty sure most women you will meet in real life will be "brainwashed by society" as a lot of people on this website like to call people like me :P
I really cannot understand anyone who would try to force someone else into parenthood. Do they not see how that is almost guaranteed to end badly? My aunt kinda did that with her partner (though with three kids...I mean...he's a biologist so he had to know how it was happening...)
Personally, I desperately want kids (but not marriage) but I have friends who don't, including one I've actually said, "don't have kids. Really" to.
I don't think it is right to have kids unless you want them. So many people seem to have kids nowadays simply because it's what you're "meant" to do. It'll more than likely breed resentment in you and that's not fair on you, your partner and especially not any kids. The possibility that fatherhood would become something you loved is there, but it's a fucking big gamble with a lot of lives involved.
...crap I forgot the question.
Ah. I think I answered it. For my personal perspective, I kinda reversed it to would I be willing to NOT have kids in exchange for a relationship with "the one" - I put maybe. I doubt it, but it could happen.
I hope that wasn't all too ranty :-S
Have you ever had to sit through a mandatory presentation on the beauty of motherhood? I would bet so if you are so against having kids. And to hell with marriage. If I want to lose half my money I will go to a strip club. At least I will get something in return for it.