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Originally Posted by aklim
I think that some part of them thinks that it is the natural thing to do. Get married and then have kids. I don't think that many people discuss it seriously or just gloss over the details when discussing kids. Maybe it is the societal pressure to have kids that gives them a push in that direction?
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Yeah, the Life Script (tm) reinforced by the Herd Instinct.
My first wife and I never even thought about the kids thing. I mean, we discussed it, we were both on the same page, end of meeting. Wife No. 2 kept trying to talk me into it. I pointed out to her that (a) we spent everything we made, so how could we afford one or two tiny humans; (b) that her "experience" helping with her grandmother's daycare center was no real experience in childrearing at all; and (c) we were having too much fun as grownups.
She didn't listen, of course. She went off and had at least one kid with a guy who (to hear her tell it) was a lunatic. I consider I dodged a large-caliber, high-velocity bullet.
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