Spirit: But why Sweden in particular? Why not a kid from Norway, or Denmark? Or more disadvantaged continents like Africa, Asia and South America? I have nothing wrong with adoption, but I’m kinda curious why you would want an adopted daughter specifically from one country. 
I don’t know if I want to have kids. I told my dad that I dislike children (because every kid I encounter gets on my nerves either by crying or throwing tantrums, for some reason) and that I will never have kids. He explained to me that sometimes, it’s nice to have someone to look after and spend time with, especially when you grow old, and all your friends have families, and you’re a lonely spinster or childless.
To me, having offspring is a financial burden, and I read a report somewhere that people with more kids tend to be less happy than those without (I can’t find the link, but I’m pretty sure there are also studies that prove the opposite, in case you think I’m biased). Of course, as I’ve never taken care of a kid before, I will never know if the love and support they will give you outweigh the financial and time disadvantages. Having a child is not the be-all-end-all of the human existence, but I’d like to keep my mind open and maybe consider it later in my life once I have stable income and am self-sufficient. It’s not an immediate concern for me now.
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I am close friends with two Planeteers from Down Under here. Seeing that I’ll be leaving Oz if I can’t find work this year, I’m wondering whether I should try to meet up with them in Real-Life before my final farewell to Australia.
Another dream of mine is to have a snake or a bird as a pet. Dogs and cats, as adorable as they are, are overrated. I have a friend who owned a cat, and that cat was very cute as a kitten, but grew aloof and cocky when it grew up. And it wasn’t much a fan of me. Some of my apartment neighbours have dogs, and their constant barking drives me mad. Especially when I walk past their doors, they would ‘know’ it’s me and yelp at me. Some of them even attack me for no reason!
We had a beautiful labrador we named ‘Shadow’ (yeah, after that character from that movie) and he was a ‘Marley’ (disobedient and playful) when my siblings and I were kids and we lived on landed property. We were heartbroken when we had to give him back to the breeder when we moved house. We also owned fishes and terrapins when we lived in apartments in Singapore.
I hope to have a more exotic pet when I live on my own. Licensed and from breeders, of course, I don’t want to support the illegal wildlife trade. There’s a talented dA artist I discovered recently who has several macaws and a ferret in her house in Brazil! I want my house to be like that one day (though I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to clean up after them and get them safely in their cages at night!).
). One aspiration I used to have was to name a future daughter Amber. My mother always loved that name and wanted to name me that which I would have prefered but my dad didn’t agree. I’ve since re-thought that idea though.