“I think there is more to it, and it does have something to do with the job being the attempted fulfillment for an empty soul, who usually has few if any children.”
I understand what you’re describing, but in my experience those types are determined not to just work away all day - they really put in the minimal amount of time required and spend their money on nice trips and such (which is their right; I understand it). I work with far more childless women than men, and something hits them at a certain point (probably when they realize they’ll never have children) and they lose a lot of enthusiasm for the job. Besides the clichés about pets, they really resent their female coworkers with children and grandchildren; the two groups drift apart, and oddly enough it seems those with families work harder (probably because they need the job more).
Forgot to mention pets, which are much the yuppy substituted for kids, not as a supplement to them. .
they really resent their female coworkers with children and grandchildren; the two groups drift apart, and oddly enough it seems those with families work harder (probably because they need the job more).
I live in a populous small city of mostly working Latinos, and who almost always have kids. Well, the newer city leaders let two large old factory buildings get rehabbed in the neighborhood we used to live in, and turned into condos. It got filled it up with yuppies, and the contrast was stark.
I saw zero children from there in the years we were in that neighborhood even though there was a park right next store. And zero interaction with the neighborhood (and with whom I had much interaction, by the grace of God, despite the language barrier) But pets! This is what they had, and the only yard was a lawn in back that was used for the dogs. Great fertilizer.