• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    While not everyone should have kids and I fully support people choosing not to have any…

    You can have this and have kids. Just not every day. Unless you’re stupid wealthy and have a nanny or something.

    But maybe I’m weird and am one of the few that actually like my kids and having them around. Sure, they can be a pain in the ass sometimes, but not so much that I want to escape them or anything.

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      5 hours ago

      If you’re stupidly wealthy to have this daily? Kids are irrelevant.

      Reality is, people chronically online are incapable of raising a child because the reality is, they can’t imagine caring for someone other than themselves.

      Having a child to share your hobbies is awesome. You ever needed a coop buddy? They got you covered for years and years!

  • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    One thing that no one ever told me about being a parent was that it would be so much fun. Getting to be the one who introduces another human to everything doesn’t get old. Is it challenging? Of course, but everything in life has pros and cons. The bond I have with the little ones is something I’d never give up and life before was easy-mode. You do have to grow beyond being selfish though. Some people can’t (and that’s okay, they shouldn’t be parents). That’s what this picture makes me think.

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      8 hours ago

      Yeah, I tell my kids all the time that without winter, summer just isn’t as enjoyable, and that even in late August and early September I’ll say, you know what, I’m ready to change it up. I don’t have this expectation of perfection from any facet of life, including my kids and the relationship I have with them. The bads and the goods are all part of the experience, and to me the experience is rewarding.

      But I absolutely don’t fault someone for wanting perpetual summer. Summer is great.

  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    Eating a multi course breakfast like this in bed would be both gross and inconvenient, let’s not lie to ourselves.

  • gurty@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Every time I see one of these posts, it reads like ‘I can’t have kids because that would get in the way of my wanking and smoking pot time’ I mean, it is all good but it’s never ‘my job is very demanding and it would stop me from being able to parent’ or something.