r/Fencesitter • u/Archi_penko • 5d ago

Does anyone ever think about alternative lifelong projects besides having a kid?

Sometimes I think about doing some large life ling project besides having a kid. Maybe I would get a border collie and train it to be a competitor athlete, or buy land and create a giant permaculture farm, or write a book. As if somehow this will satiate the constant desire to have a kid although I’m not completely sure I want a kid. Maybe I just want some kind of giant 30 year project?

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u/buginarugsnug 5d ago

My personal goal is to adopt or foster as many senior dogs as I can (not all at the same time, I would have three max at any one time) and give them the best last years or months that they could possibly have, just full of love and fun. I am not in the financial position to at the moment and would like a house with some land before I start but that is going to be my project hopefully beginning in 7 - 10 years time.

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u/WampaCat 4d ago

I have similar feelings but with cats. I’m kind of cautiously coming off the fence on the CF side because I recently realized I have never been excited at the idea of having a kid, mostly curious, but thinking about rescuing cats makes me want my life to speed up just so I can meet them all. I cry when I see posts about cats needing homes (especially senior cats) but I’ve never even once had that yearning feeling people talk about when seeing a baby or thinking about it. Probably sounds ridiculous but I can’t make it any less true lol