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You are right. We welcomed our daughter a few years ago and the amount of stuff that has been invented over the last decade is breathtaking. Monitors, special

You are right. We welcomed our daughter a few years ago and the amount of stuff that has been invented over the last decade is breathtaking. Monitors, special pillows, all sorts of foods, supplements, and what not. You look at it all and think wtf... FOMO is huge too, especially with social media nowadays. I can't count the number of times people look at me with puzzled expressions thinking how on earth I don't use x,y,or z service/product. Want to lose weight? Of course you can't just go for a walk. You need a subscription to 5 celebrity weight loss programs, an indoor bike for a couple grand, super 24/7 gym membership, running club, neighborhood calorie watch, lifting buddy,etc.

TeMPOraL 5y ago
> We welcomed our daughter a few years ago Belated congratulations! > You look at it all and think wtf... Yeah, you do now. I remember us thinking differently around the time our daughter was born. Even though we both should've known better, we got the fear and anxiety to control us for a while. It was only at the point we found ourselves agonizing over choosing a breath monitor that we suddenly realized we're being played - we don't need it, our child isn't in the risk group, and we should stop letting our random worrying drive our purchasing decisions.