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It’s awfully hard to find “Mr. Right” when you’re tramping it up in bars, drinking like a fish and banging “Mr. Right NOW.” Being a parent means effacing yourself to a degree, and giving up disposable income, instant gratification and a fairly selfish existence. A LOT of the younger generation aren’t up tp the challenge.
Women....compromise? My wife's version of a compromise: "What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine."
Girls just want to have fun.
Ugliness # 1?
More testimony from the “ME!” generation.
No one is winning in this scenario except the folks who want to bring society crashing down so that they can rebuild it along new lines.
and are simply not prepared to compromise.”
As a new mother at 34, I find all these perpetually-delayed-family stories depressing!
“More than eight in 10 (84 per cent) say they will not have children in the wrong relationship just to become a mother.
“Three quarters (76 per cent) will never use a sperm donor and 79 per cent will not have a baby with a friend, the poll found.”
I think we should be happy that so many have these viewpoints. I know all the woman-bashing high&mighty men will be here to tell us how women are so selfish NOT to have babies, but is it really “moral” to JUST HAVE A BABY! There’s more to it than just getting some sperm and giving birth. Unless they want us to provide more babies for the adoption centers.
OTOH, let’s also note, this is an AUSSIE article.
Why do some people think they are supposed to get married and have kids? Where did that ever come from? I never had the desire to get married OR much less....have kids. Why am I supposed to turn my life into being a slave? Where is that written?
It’s all about guilt-free sex.
Delayed marriage and childbirth is a demographic trend that accompanies industrialization and development. Despite what Planned Parenthood may claim, this trend was driving birthrates down in the West long before widespread availability of contraception.
“On top of this, women are waiting longer to meet the right man to father their children and are simply not prepared to compromise.”
What a gross way to put it. The problem as I see it is that girls are no longer taught that it is important to find a good husband and father, and MARRY HIM to create a stable and loving home for future children. “The right man” could/should mean someone who is kind and responsible, and who knows how to love a woman.
Sadly, that type of man is becoming as rare as the type of woman who has enough sense to look for him...
Some couples are childless because unless one can home school and live way out in the boonies, it’s a complete uphill battle trying to fight the Gramscian tide. Even private schools pollute young minds now, let alone the overarching mass (sick) culture. Why raise kids knowing they will become little Communists?