it's a shame their PARENTS didn't think that way...
Posted on 08/09/2013 7:54:11 PM PDT by Morgana
It’s a great concept, until it’s time to collect your pension.
it's a shame their PARENTS didn't think that way...
Most homosexual couples are “child-free” and I imagine that is a LARGE part of their nearly extinct readership.
And, ooh they asked people in that subculture about their lifestyle and those people ... surprise, surprise ... in general had good things to say about it.
How is this different from a report on heavy metal rockers, or punks, or senior citizens, or children moving in with their parents, or millenials, or ...
Citizens of the US owe two things to their fellow citizens: general respect & gratitude for all of the things that they are provided by their fellow citizens, and being themselves so that they can happily go about doing those things they want to do and giving back as much as they can to their fellow citizens.
If choosing to be childless is "their thing" then I would rather have them freely choose to be childless than bullied or shamed into having children they don't really want.
Whether they are doing it for "good" or "selfish" reasons that is between them and their God.
I can't wait for the issue of TIME where they highlight the lifestyles of people who have kids because all of their friends are having kids or because they have been shamed/guilted into having kids and treat their children accordingly.
How inspiring will that be?
1) Get birth rates below replacement levels
2) Import culturally alien foreigners to pick up the slack
3) Allow balkanized society to fester
4) Collapse the nation
Who needs Time Magazine?
I learned long ago not to disparage blessings from God.
“4) Collapse the nation”
For a plethora of reasons discussed on other threads in FR, this nation is already in a state of collapse, morally, economically and socially. It’s not going to exist to the mid-point of this century.
Americans of childbearing age are choosing not to have kids for a variety of reasons. Mine would be that I wouldn’t want my children being ruled by Marxist tyrants in a drain-circling, morally decrepit mess of a country under rapid occupation by foreign invaders, not to mention increasing persecution of those who choose not to subscribe to the perverted mindset of popular culture. Between my wife and I (we’re a blended family), we put two offspring into the mix... but were we in our 20s, we’d be taking a pass.
I wonder when they'll do a cover story on the Timefree-by-choice.
I’ve wanted children, but not out of wedlock. this requires finding a similar minded woman, as I’m college educated, I’ve looked for similar... unfortunately, the women I’ve met in my life are those described in this article (typical for the liberally educated). one changed her mind... when she was in her mid 40s and reached out (a few years older then me). oh well.
still looking but the pickings are very slim (especially if you stick to some very basic standards)
I’ve considered looking outside the US, as I’ve found the women I’ve met in other countries to be more conservative in general
The apocalypse won't come from global warming, or from asteroids hitting the Earth. It will come from people living in cramped cities, choosing the abundant recreation of the city lifestyle rather than raising kids.
I am becoming more and more of a fan of John B. Calhoun. He was way ahead of his time in seeing how all this will play out. And the left is still spouting "overpopulation" nonsense from the 1960s. Birth control, abortion, gays, large cities, everything that causes the problem. The democrats are blind to the apocalypse, but we shouldn't be, and we need to be explaining this to the country.
No problem. Abdullah and his three wives will pick up the slack. I figure each bearded Imam could produce 30 children. This would easily cover for a least 20 Lena Dunham, Sandra Fluke types. Hey, what could go wrong with this.
It just another propaganda piece by the government using the media as a mouthpiece to curb population control
That pretty much makes the point for NOT having kids now... What you describe is the future of at least part of America, the other part under them Hispanic jackboot. The future for white Christians in this country is bleak.
“It’s a great concept, until it’s time to collect your pension.”
Which may be as good a reason as any to extend the retirement age to 68, vice the current 65.
My (now) wife and I dated for six years prior to marrying in September of 1986. Before we married, I made it clear that I didn't want children.
Lord only knows why, but she married me anyway.
Fortunately, we married young (I was 23 going on 24, she had just turned 22.)
When she told me she was pregnant we'd been married ten years. I was in my second week launching a new business, having quit a full-time job. I called her at work to tell her I'd be late getting home that evening. One of her co-workers answered her phone and told me she was at the doctor's office. I called her on her cellphone to ask if she was ok, hearing "congratulations Mrs. USC, you're pregnant" in the background.
I damn' near passed out. Here I was, having quit a secure job two weeks prior to launch an internet business.
It was a wake up call for me - either make this new business work and be successful, or I was in a lot of trouble with a new mouth to feed on the way.
Almost 17 years and two teenage sons later (15 and 17) I tell you I had absolutely no idea the JOY I denied myself and my wife for the first 10 years of our marriage. Our two sons are a blessing beyond words.
Yes, they are a gift from God, and thankfully he knew what he was doing, making sure I was mature and responsible enough to handle having children before we did. My only "regret" is that we didn't do it sooner, I'd be an empty nester by now at 50. ;-)
“Go away kid, you bother me.”
W.C. Fields
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