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The value of family is one of those things that's a huge blind spot for "intellectual-types", but completely obvious to most normal people over the age of 25. I
by jl6 4y ago
The value of family is one of those things that's a huge blind spot for "intellectual-types", but completely obvious to most normal people over the age of 25. It's too easy to think you're above it all, that your intelligence means you must have a higher calling, or that you're Not Like Other People. But it's not true. It takes humility to acknowledge that you're behind the curve in figuring this out, but better to learn it the hard way than before it's too late.
- SirMaster 4y agoHmm. I don't think I am above anything or that I have any sort of higher calling. But I have 0 desire to start a family. I just do what I like to do and have fun doing it and that all seems to work out pretty great for me.
- Waterluvian 4y agoYou absolutely don’t have to or should never feel like that’s the only true option for fulfilment. That’s not the only higher calling there is. It’s just a popular one.
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- trabant00 4y agoYou are guilty of "thinking you are above" by thinking people who don't have children are "behind the curve". I don't think you should rank people lower because of a personal decision.
- dinosaurdynasty 4y agoOh, I've definitely figured it out. My family holds relatively little importance to me and I absolutely loathe the mere idea of raising children, and no amount of additional life experience is going to change that (to the point that "having children" is easily one of the worst "realistic/reasonable" things I can imagine happening to me). Not all of us want to be good little replicators.