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Many of the people I know who don’t have kids look sad and seem to be in a meaning crisis. I used to be one of them until I realized I don’t have to make life p
by abyssin 4y ago
Many of the people I know who don’t have kids look sad and seem to be in a meaning crisis. I used to be one of them until I realized I don’t have to make life perfect for my kids, and my failing parents gave me a difficult life that I’m still happy to have, after all. The decision not to have kids is a bit like the decision not to eat because food is too expensive.
We’re failing as a society if not having kids is the best option for most young adults.
- avidiax 4y agoHaving children as the basis of meaning for your life seems to be "turtles all the way down". Having your kids is meaningful because their lives will have meaning? But what's the meaning of their lives? Having grandkids?
- abyssin 4y agoThe meaning of my kids’ lives is theirs to find. And the meaning I’m talking about is simply something I see. Like I noticed some issues around the lack of meaning I used to have had more or less disappeared. Nothing too logical.