Everyone talks about the "empty nest", but just as my older daughter was ready to go off to college, I remarried. We have four children between us, but they are all grown and live on their own. We married in our 40's and are now in our 50's so never had a child together. Our little Yorkie is our child together! She is so loved and spoiled by both of us, and our "people" children think we are nuts. However, they are all getting pets too. No Yorkie grandchildren yet, just one little people granddaughter, cats, two bigger dogs, and a Shih Tzu puppy. :aimeeyork

i'm only 18 and the furkids are mine and as a joke on mothers day I went up to my family and I said...how come nobody said happy mothers day to me?!:rolleyes:

Nope no skin kids! We were trying to have a baby when Adam thought he was going to Iraq, but I had a miscarriage. Shortly after we decided that we didn't need a skin baby... yet. We got our Chippy instead and couldn't have made a better choice!

my son is 26 yrs old and lives in Florida so Nathan is taking his place!! its just me and my baby and I love it!!!!

I never felt the urge to have children, and I was always career-oriented, so I never had any. No regrets.

I was wrong about one thing though. I thought I was not maternal enough to be a parent. Edie has taught me that I could have been a great mother. She brought out the maternal nature in me, and I am grateful to her for that.

I have no children of my own, yet. I had a miscarriage with my (now)ex husband and I guess ever since then I've had what my mother calls "caregiver's syndrome" I work in a nursury school with infants which just seems to fuel this syndrome I have, and my sister's recent baby has made it a little harder that I wasn't able to have my own. My boyfriend suggested a puppy, and after looking around I decided that Paddington was the perfect remedy for me. We are planning on getting married and having human children, but for now Paddington is my baby boy in every way. My mom even babysits him with my nephew while I go to work during the week, and she calls him her second grandson. When she calls him she says "Come to grandma!" It's cute,but I think he loves her more than me now :(
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I, too, fear I have run out of time (47 and counting ...) and I am unmarried, so it looks like I may not have a human child in this life. It has made me sad for a long time, but since I got little Archie in April of last year, it hurts a little -- no -- A LOT less. I didn't think that having this little guy would make me begin to consider that not having children could be tolerable. But he just fills a hole in my heart -- I can't imagine the love a parent has for a child, but the love I have for Archie is so strong I can hardly believe it. He is my baby and I am his mommy! Who cares if we don't look alike!

Same here... No skin kids,lol. they stopped asking when I turned 40 several years ago.

I'm stumbling onto this thread late, but it describes me to a T. And I didn't even realize it until I read through some of the other answers here. My wife and I tried to have kids even before we got married 10 years ago. We got married when I was 41 and she was 39, and when fertility drugs failed I figured we just missed our time. I was sad. Kids have always been a huge part of my life.

Somewhere in there, we got a Yorkie. And then another. I instantly became a Yorkie nerd and spend all my free time with them. I think less about kids now and more about dogs, which is probably a good thing. I think I would have been a sad old man if I hadn't discovered Yorkies.

It's nice to see I'm not the only one out there like that!

I don't have any children, but I DO plan to, god willing. My family always says I won't be able to handle them and my 4 dogs, but they are wrong wrong and more wrong :)

There really are a lot of us out there.

When I started taking Ginger to training awhile back, the trainer had a "dog club" set up where dogs could come and play.

Anyway, eventually, the trainer closed this down, and a bunch of us with small dogs kept it going (mostly in my back yard:rolleyes: )

Anyway, it's been great for the dogs, but the other thing I like about it is that 95% of those who come are just like us. For one reason or another they don't have kids.:D

There really ARE a lot of us out there!

Single and proudly the mom to 5 fur kids, 1 Yorkie and 4 kitties. I wouldn't have it any other way! I think I am way too attached to my Yorkie though!

Well, I'm just past that point, but still get the inevitable question about kids -- or else people assume you're gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that -- I just don't happen to be!
I came up with what I thought was a good response a few years back ...
"It's really hard to contemplate having kids when you can't find someone you really want to have dinner with.":D

we have no skin kds either. My husband and I ahev been togther 7 years and married 3 years and no kids but we know now why.I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and my body is outta wack and trying takes a tol on you. But my 5 furbabies keep me so busy that im actually afraid of children...lol. I wouldnt have it any other way.the sound of their pitter patter and playful yips are wonderful.:hearts6:

I suffered being told by doctors that I was just not going to have kids because I didn't ovulate every month so it made things nearly impossible. Well I did have 2 skin kids /girls, it just happened yrs later. My whole story was that I did NOT like animals,dogs,cats,birds not even fish. I always ,always had this thing about Yorkies. I don't know what it was but I used to say " If I had a Yorkie I know I would fall in love with it" My husband never believed me because we had dogs before but not a yorkie. One day he brought Cookie home ,I went through hell the first 3 months force feeding and he's always been finicky. Going through all that made such a huge bond between us that I will never be the same.I love him exactly like a real skinkid.
I always tell my husband out of all the things that he has ever bought me the best gift has been Cookie :)

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LOL, it's amazing how people make assumptions just because youu don't have kids. I've been married since I was 20, so never got the "maybe she's gay" thing. But, alot of people assumed we HAD to get married, because we did it so quickly:rolleyes: guess we proved them wrong!

My yorkie mix and my pittie are my babies for now as I don't have any skin kids yet. Im hoping eventually I will get married and have some babies, but even if I do my two dogs will always be my first babies and my skin kids will be their brothers and sisters.

Right now, my husband and I don't have any skin kids, but would like to have children in about 5 yrs or so. I'm still young and in no hurry at all. We want time for ourselves first to grow together :)
Our yorkie is literally like a child to us. We got him shortly after we got married, and he was very sick when we got him. It took a lot to nurse him back to health, and he is just the most incredible furbaby that we could have ever imagined. He "talks" to us and really expresses himself. It's like he understands the things going on around him. Seriously, he means the world to us. He's like the perfect little guy!! Then, this past February, we added another little furbaby to our family, this time, a maltese. And she's also like a baby to us :) Everyone in our families always ask how our kids are doing :) LOL Of course, there are always those people that criticize and say that there must be something wrong with our marriage because we've been married for 3 yrs now and still don't have kids, but I just ignore them. We want to enjoy each other first. We'll have children when we're ready. It just gets annoying to hear that. But thankfully, our family is very supportive of us and our furbabies :)

Me too. Dan and I always knew we wouldn't have skin kids of our own and if we decided we did want to open our hearts to a child, that we would adopt. At 42, my mom & dad finally stopped asking and is proud to be grand parents to 3 beautiful Yorkies! They have a grandson & granddaughter from my sister (thanks little sis!).

We always refer to them as "Our Girls" and people assume they are skin kids until we open our cell phones or brag book! The look on some of the faces are so funny - especially when they don't "get it".

The Girls are definitely our babies!

My sister teases me that I'm going to be known as the "Weird Dog Lady" by the time I'm 60!

LOL Yeah, I've heard that one. Some people can't believe what we do for our furbabies. :cool:

Child Free Here..my Girlfriend And I Treat Our Lil Angel Like Our Very Own Flesh And Blood.....she Is Amazing...

It is chester and me no kids, and never will,he is treated better than most kids

I got my 2 after my husband died. My 2 sons are grown (the youngest moved back in with me after Mark's death to "take care of me":) ) and my furbabies have made my life much better.

No kids, and there is no question that Jaxon gets treated like our baby. We are both very busy with our careers and just not ready for children. Often people ask when we're having kids, and I just say we have our furbaby Jaxon and that's all we need. :)

Our children are grown up and all live 8-12 hours away. We don't get to see them as much as we would like to. Shelby & Seymour are our "babies" now.

LOL, my dh already says that the neighbors refer to me as "that crazy dog lady". ha, ha

I have three skin kids all married and on their own so I was left
alone. Hence Buddy my new baby boy. He's like having a two year
old always into something and keeping me young and on my toes:D
I love spoiling him and cuddling with him. He listens to me yak and
never says a thing! :p He understands me like no one else can.
He's my man;)

Awww don't worry girl. Everyone (including your sister) is just super jealous of SEXY Stedman and teenie weenie microscopic mini cutie pie tiny baby Tatum!! :D lol :p