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re: It's getting ugly between 'breeders' and 'childless cat ladies'
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:20 pm to LNCHBOX
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:20 pm to LNCHBOX
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Only parents know what life looks like both ways.
I've been an adult without a child and an adult with a step-child (that I've helped raise for almost 8 years now).
Both parts of my life were incredibly fulfilling for different reasons. I could see myself having a fulfilling life with or without.
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Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:23 pm to SallysHuman
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I take her recipes, not much else
Some of the best cooks are a bit crazy, so I understand.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:24 pm to rob0710
Agreed
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:28 pm to StansberryRules
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The future belongs to those who show up.
That's a good statement.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:32 pm to Klark Kent
I embraced the lifestyle as a cope because I can’t have kids and I got divorced from the only real “settle down” type of woman I have ever dated long term. Maybe I will rethink it if I ever date another woman who isn’t a damaged psychopath.
I have a pretty fun life. I keep it hectic enough that I don’t have a ton of time to stop, think, and notice the loneliness and emptiness of it all.
Whenever I start to want kids, though, I see my brother’s kids or my friends’ and get snapped right back out of it. Just absolute nightmares, and none of their parents have seemingly had a good nights’ sleep in years.
I have a pretty fun life. I keep it hectic enough that I don’t have a ton of time to stop, think, and notice the loneliness and emptiness of it all.
Whenever I start to want kids, though, I see my brother’s kids or my friends’ and get snapped right back out of it. Just absolute nightmares, and none of their parents have seemingly had a good nights’ sleep in years.
This post was edited on 3/19/26 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:44 pm to djmed
Thinking of my friends who are without kids - it’s probably for the better.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 2:56 pm to Gravitiger
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it's all fun and games until you're 82,
I think id take that deal, jes sayin
Posted on 3/19/26 at 3:00 pm to kingbob
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Whenever I start to want kids, though, I see my brother’s kids or my friends’ and get snapped right back out of it. Just absolute nightmares, and none of their parents have seemingly had a good nights’ sleep in years.
No one said there aren't downsides.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 3:04 pm to slidingstop
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Is your hubris blunting your cognitive abilities.
projection.
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really? not even for a minute? its a concept that you just can't get your mind around?
at this point in my career and life, no.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 4:53 pm to BluegrassBelle
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I've been an adult without a child and an adult with a step-child (that I've helped raise for almost 8 years now).
Both parts of my life were incredibly fulfilling for different reasons. I could see myself having a fulfilling life with or without.
You might as well have said you had a puppy for the last 8 years.
Raising a stepchild, while meaningful in its own right, is not the same as carrying a child for nine months and then meeting a little human that is physically and intrinsically a part of you. There’s a deeply primal and spiritual feeling associated with that experience that’s difficult to fully grasp without living it.
I was firmly anti-kid myself until my son was born. It wasn’t until that moment that I truly understood it.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 4:58 pm to rob0710
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Why does anyone care what others choose to do. As long as it doesn't affect me, I don't care.
Increasing trends of intelligent, productive, law-abiding people not reproducing at replacement absolutely affects you unless you are near death. If affects you and your children.
Muslims, illegal immigrants and welfare queens are breeding like rabbits. Good luck with that.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 5:40 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
People who constantly talk about how great not having kids is are definitely annoying (same as vegans, cross fitters, etc). But let’s not act like many people who have kids aren’t the same way, especially when talking to people who have opted not to have kids. Not everyone is meant to have kids and it certainly shouldn’t be forced because you might feel lonely when you’re 82. People just need to stop worrying about what other people choose for themselves and live their own lives. There’s no wrong way to do it unless you are raising drains on society.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 5:43 pm to PNW_TigerSaint
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People just need to stop worrying about what other people choose for themselves and live their own lives.
But then what would we argue about on here? L-Thray only goes so far.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 6:05 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
bingo.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 6:14 pm to Tigerdew
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You might as well have said you had a puppy for the last 8 years.
Maybe if I wasn’t an active parent. What an odd statement.
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Raising a stepchild, while meaningful in its own right, is not the same as carrying a child for nine months and then meeting a little human that is physically and intrinsically a part of you. There’s a deeply primal and spiritual feeling associated with that experience that’s difficult to fully grasp without living it.
I can promise you that I care for her as I would a biological child. Again, what an odd comment.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 6:16 pm to Tigerdew
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You might as well have said you had a puppy for the last 8 years.
While I agree with the rest of your post... the above is awful.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 7:08 pm to rob0710
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Why does anyone care what others choose to do. As long as it doesn't affect me, I don't care.
Seems like you do care.
Posted on 3/19/26 at 10:44 pm to SallysHuman
Nursing homes are full of older people that have kids that don't care
Posted on 3/19/26 at 10:47 pm to oldtrucker
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Nursing homes are full of older people that have kids that don't care
True
At least with progeny you have a chance at not being abandoned, though.
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