“They want the toys and the vacations and they don’t care to be bothered with the trouble of having kids. Kids are work. Most people don’t care for the work, they care for the fun. Vacations, new cars and big houses are fun.”
That may be the case for some, but I see an increasing number of childless young people having a hard time making ends meet in this horrible economy (due to job losses, wage cuts, McJobs, etc.). With so much economic insecurity, it is harder to expect people to “take the plunge” (and it is a plunge); they want to retain their freedom to follow jobs, move to better environments, etc.. My wife and I had children (the last ten years ago), and I’d hope I could resist the temptations today to avoid doing it; I thought things were tough then (and they were), but this is brutal.
In the end, I just saw no point in being here (or getting married) if we weren’t going to breed. Maybe it’s an Irish thing, and I don’t expect others to feel the same way (as long as they understand and accept the widespread ramifications of their choice), but when all else is a mess I never lack a sense of purpose since the little monsters started coming...
How much more economically insecure where our ancestors when they left their native countries to come to America. Most had NOTHING and they couldn’t even speak the language.
It is simple fact. People are selfish. They have found a way to have all the sex they want without any of the responsibility. They can have lots of sex and lots of toys and a big house into the bargain so who needs kids anyway?