24 Signs You Are Not Ready To Have Kids

24 Signs You Are Not Ready To Have Kids
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1. You have yet to encounter a house plant that you couldn’t kill within a matter of days (including cacti, which means that you are somehow a more inhospitable environment than an actual desert).

2. You are often overwhelmed by the desire to get a pet, but then reminded that you would actually have to take care of it all the time, and suddenly want to lie down and take a nap.

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