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Originally Posted by monaliza
I do believe that people change , you are not the same person like yesterday ,philosophy says you don't get to the sea twice because it changes all the time . forget the bet . it means nothing for george clooney.
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Yeah, I get that nonsense all the time when people question my stance on not having kids
. I made the decision back in my teens and almost 40 years later I have 0 -
z e r o - regrets.
Interviews given by George point to him not wanting to father children; instead being a mentor and favorite relative
Clooney Studio | George Clooney PrimeTime transcript
DIANE SAWYER: Even some of your friends have said now he's going to wake up and say, "Children!"
GEORGE CLOONEY: Children, get married?
DIANE SAWYER: Yeah.
GEORGE CLOONEY: My friends said that?
DIANE SAWYER: Yeah. I saw upstairs, you know, you have pictures of kids.
GEORGE CLOONEY: Oh, yeah. I actually have several children. I just don't tell people. Nine illegitimate children that are running around. I got a beautiful niece and nephew. I'm godfather to a bunch of great kids who are here most of the summer.
DIANE SAWYER: But that has to be in that moment where you are looking at the finite nature of life that you say, "Why didn't I? Why haven't I?"
GEORGE CLOONEY:
I think that most people think that. You know, most people feel that way. And they have no understanding about someone who has no thought like that. There isn't anything in me that wants to replicate. I believe in all of those things, in a way, but I don't necessarily think it has to be from my loins. And I always find that it is such a great responsibility that I thought it was something I couldn't just do half-arsed.
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The bold part is the quote of someone with a CF frame of mind; the words "And they have no understanding about someone who has no thought like that." Whatever drive or reason there is for people to want kids doesn't exist in people like that. They believe themselves "wired" and all talk about "people change; they aren't the same at 30 as 20; yadda yadda..." might apply in some fashion except when it comes to "replicating".
George may end up getting married and having kids; or settling into a relationship and having kids. If he does, having said the above, it will most likely be because it's the terms a woman lays down as the condition for staying with him. I don't doubt that he would then be a good father; loving his kids and being a responsible parent. Someone with his clarity would admit that he didn't want kids, but in having them he is making a choice to go against his grain and would consider it unfair to take it out on the kids.
Myself - I hope he will find someone who fits his grain: is childfree. I'm not even in the fantasy sweepstakes running - I'm not a particular fan of his and, at best, remember him from his stint on "ER". However, I know of quite a few CF ladies who drool over him and would love to be a devoted CF mate to him
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