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RE: For The Women That Don't Want Kids

in #people7 years ago

Thanks for the post. Its definitely a more popular thing now than past generations. Perhaps there is an epigenetic or psychological effect that slows the birth rate that we are experiencing.

As a guy in a long term relationship (10 years) without a kid, I fully sympathize with your article. I don't really like getting comments from friends, family, coworkers, random people, or -heaven forbid- church people about it.

It could be a millennial thing... I have never really wanted a kid. Maybe it is because I feel like society and the world in general are so screwed up, and since I don't really want to be involved in that stuff, why would I force a kid into dealing with it. Or maybe I really like not having to worry about being responsible for someone else. I have heard hundreds of reasons to have a kid, and none of them sound that great. Usually my excuses for not having one are dismissed as trivial, selfish, ignorant, or just plain wrong. We can barely provide for ourselves(don;t get me wrong, we both have good jobs, its just hard to hang onto money), yet I'm expected to spend insane amounts of money to take care of a noise and poop maker for the next 18+ years?

Well, maybe my attitude will change, since I have one on the way. (Its a secret, haha.) I kind of hope it does change, because right now it just seems like an unnecessary expense of time, money and energy... And that is super depressing haha.

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I didn't realize that guys were affected the same way so thank you for the insight. I definitely see what you are saying, statistically we are the hardest working and least paid generation so the whole concept has really lacked luster. As a woman I also get to hear lovely birthing stories while people give me the side eye and go, "just wait till it happens to you."

And congratulations!!! That is super exciting. Everyone I've talked to makes it seem like once you have them it just changes your perspective. My baby cousin would follow me around and want up on my lap and would play with my bracelet. The cuteness almost had me sold.

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