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Maybe for some it is that easy: Why leading complicated lives with kids, pressure, responsibilities an uncertainties, when it is so much more comfortable and fl
by ensocode 3y ago
Maybe for some it is that easy: Why leading complicated lives with kids, pressure, responsibilities an uncertainties, when it is so much more comfortable and flexible without? Watching netflix and scrolling insta could be enough. The thing is, that life is that thing that starts beyond the comfort zone.
- kelnos 3y agoI think there are a lot of ways to get out of your comfort zone that don't involve kids. Failing to find them is either laziness or a lack of imagination. The thing about having kids is that once you make the leap, you don't get to step back. A single decision to drop the birth control for a bit, and bam -- you're a parent with daily responsibilities for at least 18 years. That'll certainly get you out of your comfort zone, permanently. But other things you can do are more or less entirely voluntary, and you can stop doing them at any time. So it takes more willpower to maintain, even if doing those things is strictly less work than raising a child.
- Night_Thastus 3y agoSeconding the other comment, this is a pretty narrow view. A person can do a lot with their life. There's an entire world to explore out there. Culture and history and math and science and art and philosophy. So many meaningful, fulfilling ways to spend a life that don't involve kids. Not saying that kids cannot offer their own experience, they absolutely can. But it's not the only one that has value.