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As someone who was essentially born with a pre-existing condition, I’m not so sure I timed my birth correctly. No need for a big house or any more tuition - ne
by hotpotamus 3y ago
As someone who was essentially born with a pre-existing condition, I’m not so sure I timed my birth correctly.
No need for a big house or any more tuition - never wanted kids so I guess I’m saving lots of money there and then when I see what family health insurance costs these days during open enrollment, I’m pretty glad about that.
- renewiltord 3y agoYeah, many things are just random chance. Just bad luck. Can't be helped. But many things are a result of our actions given the constraints. I wouldn't trade my life for Al Bundy's.
- hotpotamus 3y agoWhat’s wrong with Al Bundy’s life?
- WalterBright 3y agoPeg, Kel, and Bud. It's in the title.
- lotsoweiners 3y agoHaven’t you seen the show? Peg is always trying to have sex with him.
- renewiltord 3y agoNothing's wrong with it except that I like mine better. I'm sure others may prefer it to mine, but I like mine more.
- hotpotamus 3y agoWhy do you like yours better?
- renewiltord 3y agoIt's the gestalt more than any part really.
- moron4hire 3y agoHey there. I'm pretty sure you're being facetious in your post. I just wanted to say, I'm really sorry. Missing out on family to "get" to save on insurance must be pretty bitter. I don't really know why I'm replying. I'm sure it's no consolation to you. Just... it really hit me and I feel for you. I'm sorry.
- hotpotamus 3y agoNot being facetious, but you aren’t exactly reading me correctly. I’m not saying that I don’t want kids because of the costs. I’m saying I never wanted kids (having thought about this a bit I think it’s mostly because of my inability to believe in religion; I don’t have any happy stories to tell children around life’s difficult questions), and as a result, I have saved a lot of money.
- gumballindie 3y agoIt’s ok not to want kids but personally i just cant fathom ending a bloodline for no reason. I would feel bad for my ancestors. I feel like if they knew i did it they’d slap me. Though I can see why people chose not to have kids, all things considered.
- hotpotamus 3y agoI don’t see any reason to continue a bloodline either; there’s no reason to any of this and your ancestors are long past caring. They are gone as we all will be one day and then we will be inevitably forgotten. In theory, we each have 8 great great grandfathers (though these things are not always perfect). I can name 1 of mine because I dug the grave for his youngest daughter who was buried at his feet, but he is little more than a name on a stone to me. Can you name more? I’d say fundamentally that is what I don’t want to have to tell a child. Global warming isn’t looking too good either, and I’m happy to avoid that one as well.
- gumballindie 3y agoI guess it depends on how one sees the future. My belief and hope is that we will become a space faring species and that we only have to hold on one or two more generations until we reach escape velocity, and once that happens we become “immortal”. We might indeed suffer from setbacks along the way but overall we will progress as we always did in the long run. And if that’s the case then it was all worth it.
- laidoffamazon 3y agoI’d say you timed it decently, little over a decade ago you could be denied insurance for a pre existing condition (and insurance costs were going up at an even faster rate then)
- hotpotamus 3y agoThanks Obama I suppose though I have never bought insurance on the individual market; I’m reliant on remaining employed for my healthcare (good thing I like my employer at least). It may be that the fix for me is a hip replacement which has had some advancements in the past decade or two so that is also something I suppose.