Press “Next” right below the article.
Boy do I hate these “one click per item” websites. What a scummy way to get extra ad income.
No, I did not mean that I could not figure out how to do it; I could not bring myself to do it, because my heart was heavy. What a terrible article - so materialistic, so void of any sense of mystery or delight in new life.
We have a new beautiful, amazing granddaughter, a surprise (how?) to the young ‘uns who chose to keep the pregnancy under HEAVY urging to get an abortion because they ‘would ruin their lives, not have a chance to finish college, etc.’ She is our delight, and those who urged her murder in utero are also delighted. And the young ‘uns are delighted, too, and stepping up to the plate.
How can people think - Gee, I won’t be able to buy a dream home if I continue with this pregnancy? What is a dream home with no children to fill it?
Unless I overlooked it, the article missed “retirement delayed is retirement denied.” Not long ago, there was an article reporting that many parents are cleaning out their retirement funds to pay for kids’ college expenses. Guess what, they don’t retire and have every intention of dying in place. There is no “discretionary income” when you are raising children.
I think bboop was physically capable of reading past 2, just not emotionally so without getting sickened by the nature of the article.