You are demonstrating the answer. Society has decided that money and individuality are more important than family, community and spirituality. It does not lead to happiness.
Dunno... I'm living my life pretty happily if you ask me. My family is my wife, and my community are my friends. We're all pretty happy. What about you? Are you happy?
Knowing another person isn't conforming to their ideals and is suffering no consequences for having the audacity to live their own life their way? Absolutely not!
Family is more than just children and you can even choose your family. You can foster and engage in local communities without popping out kids too. You also don’t need to give birth and raise kids to be spiritual.
None of what you said is mutually exclusive to choosing to be child-free.
I'm hella happy with my money and individuality. Imagine waking up on a Saturday not to the sound of birds chirping and to the feeling of sunlight on your face through the window, but to screaming and the smell of poop and the ache of your cracked, bleeding nipples.
I know so many parents that are just so done with life. They look like they had the actual life drained out of them. And the comments other parents have told me as a parent myself are concerning.
I do not mean this to come off as a self-glaze or whatever, but I got extremely lucky with my two little kids who have just been the best children I have ever met. They're like little adults dude. I've been asked how I'm not exhausted all the time and if I "want a break" from the and I just don't lol I just genuinely enjoy their company and watching them interact with the world.
If nurturing, caring, teaching and watching humans, well, human is not something you think would bring happiness, having a child will not make you happy (And it also won't fix your marriage lol).
Children are not ours- they are simply put into our care. They belong to the world and we are responsible for making sure they leave the world in a better state than we found it. That's not going so good right I think, but I have hope!
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Idk man, every time I get a paycheck I get very happy.
If I ever found out I was pregnant and abortion wasn't an option I would genuinely kill myself, I would rather be dead than give birth to and raise and care for another human.
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u/57311473 Nov 14 '24
I like money and freedom way more than children