Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In general, the people I know without kids look so much different than those with in a way I can't define. Is it because they get more sleep, have more time to get ready? Is life less stressfull overall? Priorities are different?

Yeah, but as they get older and realize they're going to die alone without leaving any sort of legacy or family, the serenity gives way to sheer panic and depression.

I thought so too but studies show the opposite is true.

So, asking as a serious question: why would you think that people whose life choices and values are different from yours will necessarily face "sheer panic and depression"? Every life has its choices, its tradeoffs, its surprises and disappointments. Can you really not imagine that someone might grow older without facing a calamitous mental state, if they didn't shoot babies out their hoo ha and then have a lifetime of worrying about what is to become of those babies?

I think a lot of it is because people with kids just try to do too much. Kids have 5 activities each, scheduled playdates, tutors, on and on. Just let it go. I think kids need down time to just hang out outside and play with neighbors.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In general, the people I know without kids look so much different than those with in a way I can't define. Is it because they get more sleep, have more time to get ready? Is life less stressfull overall? Priorities are different?

Yeah, but as they get older and realize they're going to die alone without leaving any sort of legacy or family, the serenity gives way to sheer panic and depression.

That's a shitty thing to say. You're aware that some of us wanted to have children but were unable, correct?