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Originally Posted by Apia
Chemda, do you think that everyone who has kids is unhappy and is trying to trick you into having one? ( hysterical, historical...)
I think you might only see one side on this one and I always feel strange when you are starting this argument.
It’s not easy, but I love it, that’s my experience. Am I wrong for not be unhappy?
Should I try harder to be unhappy to fit the expectations?
And about the argument that marriages are breaking with kids. Marriages are breaking just fine without kids also.
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This has been exactly my experience too though. Parents will complain about their hellscape of a life and then ask when I'm having kids. I always want to say, "Well, you just talked me out of it."
Keep in mind that raising kids in the US is much more difficult and stressful here than where you are in Europe. Terrible schools, violence, unaffordable child care, very expensive health insurance, the list goes on and on.