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It's sad seeing millennials talk so gracefully about not having kids...
Posted on 5/20/24 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 5/20/24 at 3:52 pm
As a fellow millennial at 34, my wife and I's first is currently on the way. It doesn't feel real to me, yet, but I've been told that switch will flip when I'm standing there in the delivery room holding it. 
I honestly feel like the kids we do have will end up blaming us for our country's shortcomings just like we're currently doing with Boomers and GenX.
But some of the comments I've been reading are just sad:
I honestly feel like the kids we do have will end up blaming us for our country's shortcomings just like we're currently doing with Boomers and GenX.
But some of the comments I've been reading are just sad:
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36 here and no kids. I helped raise my sister’s kids while I was a teen and knew then that I didn’t want any of my own.
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Yep. 35 and had my vasectomy done last year. No kids for me.
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It took me 3 tries before a doc agreed to give me a vasectomy. I have never had a regret, even a little bit and it is glorious.
Why wouldn't they do this for me at 18? At 25? Why did I have to wait until my 30s to get healthcare?
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I'm just a slight bit younger and also did mine last year.
No regrets. Especially as I was just recently lounging in a nice hotel hot tub and listening to some little kids shrieking while playing in the adjacent pool, making the same sounds that I imagine people would make while being dismembered with a chainsaw.
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Turning 35 this year, married, and childfree. There are rare days that I wonder if I’m missing out and then I see our friends and family with theirs. That effectively cements my childfree status. I was parentified as a child and honestly, I would rather regret not having kids than regret having them.
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29F here, I’m a fence sitter. There’s something in me that really does want to have a kid but I also like the idea of having the money and freedom to travel and have other experiences that kids can kind of hinder. But then, there’s that nagging feeling that when I’m old I’ll regret it if I don’t have one. And I look at the amazing relationship my mom and I have and want that for myself with my own child, too.
I dunno man. shite’s hard
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Fwiw, our perspective is that you can 100% parent "correctly" and there is zero guarantee that your children will still be 1) living near you in old age, 2) have a close relationship with you in old age, 3) develop into adults that share interests & commonalities with you.
Being real about it being a crap shoot of having a close relationship with children later in life helped us make our decision about no kids (along with additional considerations).
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 5:13 pm
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Posted on 5/20/24 at 3:54 pm to finchmeister08
Probably best that the mentally ill leftist millennials do not have kids.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 3:55 pm to finchmeister08
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I was parentified as a child
What is parentified?
Posted on 5/20/24 at 3:56 pm to finchmeister08
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feel like the kids we do have will end up blaming us for our country's shortcomings just like we're currently doing with Boomers and GenX.
Then maybe you shouldn't be so whiny and stop blaming others for your problems and your kids will follow suit?
Posted on 5/20/24 at 3:57 pm to finchmeister08
Popped out two future right leaning independents. Did my due diligence
Posted on 5/20/24 at 3:58 pm to finchmeister08
They all have dying lonely to look forward to.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:10 pm to finchmeister08
I don't mind that a bunch of weirdo redditors don't want kids.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:12 pm to finchmeister08
I'm okay with it. Having kids isn't for everyone and some parents will subject their kids to shitty upbringings that the rest of society has to suffer with.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:12 pm to finchmeister08
Sounds good to me. People who don't want children and probably won't make great parents choosing not to have kids is better than the alternative.
Plus, it helps with traffic, and traffic is bad enough already.
Plus, it helps with traffic, and traffic is bad enough already.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:17 pm to finchmeister08
Don't worry friend. The new muslim population will take care of you in your golden years. 
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:41 pm to finchmeister08
I would have been a shitty father.
Worked out best for me.
Worked out best for me.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:43 pm to finchmeister08
It's very sad. Deep down, I think most of these people either can't afford children or are disillusioned with the prospects of finding a partner. I'm 32 and most of the people I know who say they don't want kids would be either unable to financially support them or have struggled to find anyone. Telling others "they don't want children" is psychologically easier than admitting that things just haven't worked out the way that they wanted or planned.
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:47 pm to finchmeister08
For this reason, I don't get mad about these weirdos or the trans people. We don't want them having kids. It's better that they make themselves known.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:48 pm to finchmeister08
Sounds like a lot of people who have had different life experiences than yourself, and therefore have made different choices.. it’s weird that you would have a problem with that .
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:52 pm to finchmeister08
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Why did I have to wait until my 30s to get healthcare?
A vasectomy is in no way, shape or form healthcare.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:53 pm to finchmeister08
Gen X here.
No kids.
While its nice, I'd rather have kids
No kids.
While its nice, I'd rather have kids
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:54 pm to finchmeister08
Do you have any crocodile tears to spare for the kids born to absolutely shitty parents that had no business procreating,
or did you shed them all on people who have different perspectives in life?
I'm sure they are very grateful for your faux pity.
or did you shed them all on people who have different perspectives in life?
I'm sure they are very grateful for your faux pity.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:55 pm to finchmeister08
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GenX.
The frick are you blaming Gen X for a-hole? Being self sufficient, having an imagination, and not needing our mom to shake to shake our penis after we went potty?
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:55 pm to finchmeister08
Do we really want these people raising children?
I think we're dodging bullets here.
I think we're dodging bullets here.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:56 pm to finchmeister08
I don’t spend too much time worrying about what other people do with their lives, especially if it doesn’t affect me.
My girl and I are getting close to 40 and don’t have kids. We good, not looking to have them. Happy for those who do though.
My girl and I are getting close to 40 and don’t have kids. We good, not looking to have them. Happy for those who do though.
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