A hypothetical question

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When would you let them know?

  • On First Date

    Votes: 2 8.7%
  • After dating steadly

    Votes: 1 4.3%
  • After officially taking the label of girlfriend/boyfriend

    Votes: 1 4.3%
  • Before things get serious (casual conversations about the future together)

    Votes: 17 73.9%
  • Once a wedding proposal has been given

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Honeymoon night :P

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I wouldn't let them know. What they don't know won't hurt them

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other

    Votes: 2 8.7%

  • Total voters
    23
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arwen83

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#1
Wait for the poll

Males and females: If you had an condition that made it so that there was a good chance of not being able to have biological children, would you tell the person in advance of the relationship getting serious? After a few dates? When would be an appropriate time?
 
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NodMyHeadLikeYeah

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#2
HONEYMOON NIGHT!!!!

ohhh by the waaay.......
 
Jul 4, 2011
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#4
I guess I would tell them I couldn't have children when I told them I was really a dude :p;)
 
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arwen83

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#5
You can be unable to have children and still be a dude :p Small amount of swimmers, or male infertility.
 
Sep 8, 2012
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#6
Those should be the first words out of your mouth.....
Arrive at a first blind date - "I can't have children!"
See someone across a crowded theatre.....they look back with a rye smile - you say, "Hey you"...."yea you" (pointing at her) - " I can't have children!"
See a girl you might be interested in, ......go buy flowers and knock on her door,.....one of her parents answer, you say "Is Julliette there?" She comes to the door, - "Hi! You don't know me but my name is Bill, and I can't have children!"
That would be the "christian" thing to do..............
 

T_Laurich

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Mar 24, 2013
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#7
I think that you shouldn't take over 7 loratabs and drink cough syrup..... (COUGH COUGH RICKSHAFER)

:p
 
Sep 8, 2012
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#8
What's a loratab?
I'm naturally ambient.
 
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Shouryu

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#9
I chose 'First date,' but really, I would probably say something on the second or third. *shrug*
 

DuchessAimee

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Apr 27, 2011
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#10
I would say when y'all start having more serious talks about yourself.
 

AsifinPassing

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Jul 13, 2010
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#12
'Before things get serious' was my vote.

I mean, I don't want to drop a bomb on you right off the bat, but I'm not going to keep secrets from you either. So, once we get close and are feeling like this is something we want to continue, than we need to lay some deeper cards on the table.
 
Sep 8, 2012
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#13
Also, just to be safe:
Call to make a dentist appointment - "I need to fill a tooth, when is your next free time slot?......O.K. that sounds good ...Tuesday at 10a.m. and I can't have children"
Making a flight reservation - "Yes, I'd like to reserve a seat on the 151 for Denver under the name Wilfred Shimoltz....yes, first class please.....by the way, I can't have children"
Dialing 911 - "Help!!! I'm on fire and I can't begat kids!!!"

Just to be safe it should be a total oral template of truth without coercion.

About to be baptized? - "Praise the Lord I can't have kids!!" (just before the dunk)
 

zeroturbulence

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Aug 2, 2009
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Wait for the poll

Males and females: If you had an condition that made it so that there was a good chance of not being able to have biological children, would you tell the person in advance of the relationship getting serious? After a few dates? When would be an appropriate time?
When you're seated at a restaurant with him and he asks you what you'll be having say, "I'm not sure, but I probably can't have children."
 

leelee

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#16
Rick, its a painkiller.
 

Markum1972

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Mar 25, 2013
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#17
Other

I would let them know once there was any indication of interest in one another.

My thoughts would be that if I did otherwise, I would be being deceitful by hiding the truth in an attempt to seduce them into being so invested that they would might otherwise compromise what is important to them. I don't see that as a loving act on my part so could not do it in good conscious.

I have had similar happen to me in the past. After over 6 months of mutual interest, a woman told me that she had two children. I told her I was not interested in pursuing things any further even though we got along really well. Her response was, "See? I knew it. No one wants to be with me because I have kids."

My response was, "No. I absolutely love kids and would love to inherit children with the one I love. However, I want someone that is honest and would not deceive me to get what she wants." It made me wonder what else she might be hiding from me.

I later found out that she had been secretly seeing her ex-boyfriend on a regular basis during the time that we were supposedly exclusively exploring one another.
 

Fenner

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Jan 26, 2013
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As an experienced Chuck E Cheese Mom, I would take him there and then ask, do you still want children?

I'm just kidding.
 

Stuey

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Aug 17, 2009
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#19
I answered after you take on the boyfriend girlfriend tag as it was closest.

I think this needs to be done before you take on the girlfriend/boyfriend tag. At that point you are committing to date each other until you either can marry or not. That kind of thing (and it's unfortunate as people can't help it) is a massive thing for some people & in my opinion needs to be discussed before you get somewhat serious.
 
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#20
Well, it will have to come out eventually, but first date? That makes you sound like your expecting marriage from the first date - unless you have known each other for a little bit, like in a group setting, and you have come to both have mutual interest, but if it's someone you just met - that would come later