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When you're not dating someone seriously, you're asked if there is anyone special in the picture. When you are dating someone for a while, you're asked if this
by barking 7y ago
When you're not dating someone seriously, you're asked if there is anyone special in the picture.
When you are dating someone for a while, you're asked if this is the one.
When you've made that official, you're asked if there is any news, children-wise.
There's a lot of societal pressure from family and friends to have kids or risk being perceived as a disappointment or failure.
If none of that was there, fewer people might have kids.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoI sometimes wonder whether this pressure is exerted because children are the main way one's parents, grandparents and extended family can stay relevant in one's life.
- mbrock 7y agoI've heard that there might be some evolutionary biological reasons why families would be inclined to desire children and grandchildren... :)
- coldtea 7y agoOr you know, because with fewer children, it would be quite possible that neither those asking the question "why are children needed" would exist to pose it, nor the species in general.
- badpun 7y agoI suspect it’s just fun to be a grandparent - I imagine it’s a tiny bit like being a parent, but nowhere near as intense, esp. regarding the stress and workload.
- StephenConnell 7y agoWhen you have 3 kids, your asked if you are going to have any more kids.