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[quote=Anonymous]I didn't want kids for a long time until I changed my mind sometime after age 30. I got married in my late-30s and had a couple kids with my dear wife. Let me tell you, there are some really tough days in there. My kids are hard and the source of quite a bit of stress in my marriage. Throw in some health issues with the other costs of family life and my financial position is WAY worse than when I was single. Kids are wonderful but they are also one of the biggest time sucks in life; my career has definitely suffered from being a parent.

All that said. I'm glad I did it.

Your statements on finances and divorce give me some pause. I know there are some great anecdotes out there, however the studies I've read are pretty consistent that mens' financial status improves after divorce and womens' status gets worse.  Google up: who does better financially after divorce women men

When you start tossing around terms like "their former partners often benefit from what they never worked for" and "the rise of Radical Feminism " it makes me think that marriage and parenthood might not work out for you. Honestly.[/quote]

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