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No mention of children, until we get this: "maddening children who kill the passion from which they emerged". This solipsistic, navel-gazing age can't die fast
by carsongross 10y ago
No mention of children, until we get this: "maddening children who kill the passion from which they emerged".
This solipsistic, navel-gazing age can't die fast enough.
- rudolf0 10y agoWhat point are you making? That children can't somehow add additional stress to a relationship?
- carsongross 10y agoThat this is a solipsistic, melodramatic and, ultimately, immature analysis of marriage.
- the_af 10y agoI don't think the author is arguing against having children. He seems to be arguing against a passion-driven, romantic ideal of what a relationship is which doesn't account for noisy children and which usually ends in deep disappointment. He seems to be arguing for a more pragmatic view (he calls it "pessimistic") which may enable us to get more out of our actual, non-idealized relationships.
- ProAm 10y agoYou're going to be waiting for a long, long time.