This. It's passing on decades of experiences learned and watching them try, fail and succeed in their own ways.
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What motivates people to have children?
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My wife and I are planning to have a kid in a couple of years but I'll admit we thought long and hard about it. From a logical perspective it makes little sense. Kids are a drain mentally, financially and physically and that's before you mention the potentially devastating impact of child birth.
We still want to experience raising a child. I don't think we expect our lives to get better or worse, just different. There are pros and cons to having a child or not but we want to experience it.
We still want to experience raising a child. I don't think we expect our lives to get better or worse, just different. There are pros and cons to having a child or not but we want to experience it.
I'm 36 and husband is 39, we aren't bored at all! Maybe you need more hobbies.
You need more imagination. Our lives are packed full of fun stuff in our 30s, it's the best our lives have ever been. We're better off financially too so we can afford to do all the things we want.
For some, it's societal pressure, which is sad. It's what happened to my GF. If you don't want kids, don't let anyone pressure you into having one.
Think of it like learning to play the piano. It takes time, it is exhausting, but it is much more rewarding in the long run than, say, playing Dota 2 for 5000 hours.
Raising a child is the hardest way in the short to middle term, but it is the most fulfilling and rewarding experience in the long term.
Raising a child is the hardest way in the short to middle term, but it is the most fulfilling and rewarding experience in the long term.
Your priorities change. I just went on a three night stag and during that time, I would rather have been at home with the kids in the park then having a lapdance. It could be that I have stockholm syndrome and I am just boring but spending time with the kids can be fun.