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Same here man. During the pandemic, my work said "Pandemic is over, come back to the newly built building we are losing money each month". A bunch of us quit instantly and they then said " Hybrid" then said " Once a week". Last I heard it's optional.
Ok
I had to give You thumbs 👍 because that was my reaction as well.
I wouldn't attempt to persuade anybody to have children, but being a dad has been the best thing in my life bar none. I was that rare custodial single dad to a daughter and certain years of financial struggle aside, I wouldn't trade the experience for all the wealth on the planet.
She's grown now. Today it's a friendship/mentor/advisor relationship in which we play the mentor/advisor role with each other. I give her guidance, and she does the same for me.
She has no plans to have children because she sees bringing a child into this shit stain of a timeline as a moral failure, and I'm fine with that.
She says she may adopt someday, and as the son of a mother who suffered the American foster care system, I can't see that pursuit as anything other than noble.
But really. If you're happy not having kids, I support that. I truly do.
I'll conclude with this - she made me a better person, and for that, I'll be eternally grateful.
Cool. Tell me how you fill up your social calendar at 60.
Exactly the same
Good! If you are in that same space at that time that is awesome. I find people don't have the same attitude when it comes to that time.
Yeah like getting children is the guarantee for having an adequately filled social calendar and like you can be absolutely sure your children will like your company when you're 60...
Spoken like someone not even old enough to think about it. Children do invite good parents places and see their grandkids. But it's ok if you don't want them. I have heard many people change their mind with age.
The worst part of being a parent is other childrens' parents. The kids themselves (mine at least) are great. Other people's kids are feral though.
I raised my ex's kid for a decade and parents groups are the WORST
The friends I invite more often actually supervise their kids instead of letting them make a mess. Parents everywhere, if people never invite you and your kids, take a clue.
Not my friends kids, my kids classmates. Child led "parenting".
The only reason you like your kids is the parenting hormones
Instinct not hormones, hormones areentirely different than instincts though linked. Instincts are BIOS while hormones are background processes.
That’s what everybody says… lol.