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Would you choose a third child over your dad?

posted 10 years ago by drivenkick43
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For the sake of this thread, let's assume a couple of things:

A. You have a great, loving relationship with your father, as depicted in this movie.
B. Put aside all the debates about changing babies, time travel paradoxes, etc. discussed in other threads. Let's just take what the movies tells us at face value.

Now, my wife wants me to have a third child. I know this means I can never go back and see my dearly departed dad anymore. I don't think I would want to do that. If this were me, I'd find a way to sterilize myself so that third child never comes and I can continue to visit and see my dad. Now, maybe if this was my first child, I would choose to have kids and say goodbye to Dad once and for all. But that's not the case. I already have two great kids. I don't think I would sacrifice my father to have a third kid.

What say you?

[–] 8 years ago

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[–] ozzmosiz 8 years ago

2 children is enough for any family. That is the problem with this world today, too many people.

[–] lulupalooza 8 years ago

I agree completely. I would NEVER give up the ability to see my dad...even with only one child.

"Don't get chumpatized!" - The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

[–] clarinets 8 years ago

As much as I'd love to travel back in time for one last moment with lost loved ones, if this movie were real I'd have chosen the future. The way the movie played out was sweet. He "revisited" his father as long as he could, but then he ultimately had to move on.

Both my parents are deceased, over the years friends of mine have died, my brother recently passed away. Each relationship's loss was sad, but it's a growing experience to cope with the grief of losing loved ones and move on with your life. Not everyone is guaranteed the same amount of time on the earth, and it's good to just live the life you're given.

[–] lilactime2014 8 years ago

Moving on is so important, my Mum is stuck in a timewarp since Dad died over 8 years ago. We all miss him but the living should be more important than the dead.

Tim was choosing the living. You don't forget someone just because you don't see them...

'tler

[–] OutForAWalkB-tch 7 years ago

I agree with other posters...If it were a choice between parent and first kid, then I'd choose to have kids. But if I already had two? Nope, I'd be holding onto that parent.

What I've got in my head you can't buy, steal, or borrow. I believe in live and let live.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

No. Overpopulation.

[–] davebuffalo (3033) 4 years ago

A bit of a plot hole exists because according to that youthful "run on the beach" scene, "as long as you don't change anything, it shouldn't do any harm". He could've still gone back and warned his father they can't change anything.