> Everything the OP said isn't necessarily wrong (I don't have kids but have heard similar sentiments), but they are glossing over the ABSOLUTE INSANE FUCKTON o

> Everything the OP said isn't necessarily wrong (I don't have kids but have heard similar sentiments), but they are glossing over the ABSOLUTE INSANE FUCKTON of work that he/she/they've put in up to this point. I do have kids, so consider me a single data point that what OP describes is not universal. I certainly haven't experienced anything even remotely describable as a "mystical oneness of all things" despite having 4 children. If you prefer data, 20% of fathers are classified as "absent" by the US census SIPP.