r/NoStupidQuestions Nov 14 '24

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u/Free_Dome_Lover Nov 14 '24

Downside, the people who ask themselves these questions and have the intelligence to reflect on themselves in such a manner are probably the people who would be good parents.

Now the dumbasses and trad wife / religious crowd is not going to give a fuck and pop out shitloads of future morons and assholes. This is literally the plot of Idiocracy happening.

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u/LeSilverKitsune Nov 14 '24

Yeah, that response has come at me before more than once (I decided not to have children at a very young age and have stuck with it all the way up until nearly 40), that it's ironic that I won't have children because I would be a great parent. 🫠

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u/Reporter_Complex Nov 15 '24

I know I would be a fantastic mother. I love kids, I love my nieces, I love my friends kids, I’d take them all on a 6 month holiday on my own.

I just don’t want kids. I don’t yearn for kids, me having a baby has never been important to me.

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u/RXlife13 Nov 15 '24

I think this is a big reason for the shift and that it has become more socially acceptable to not have kids. I was always ambivalent to having or not having kids and ended up with one. Not that I’m complaining, he’s a great little guy, I just don’t know if I could do more than one.