I’ve noticed a trend where I live where young couples are delaying marriage, deciding early on to not bring children into the world. They use any extra funds on travel, friend gatherings, and shower their extra love onto their pets - treat them like kids. When I bring up the subject of babies, they have no interest. Not only is it tough…
I’ve noticed a trend where I live where young couples are delaying marriage, deciding early on to not bring children into the world. They use any extra funds on travel, friend gatherings, and shower their extra love onto their pets - treat them like kids. When I bring up the subject of babies, they have no interest. Not only is it tough enough to meet their own living expenses (let alone an extra) they tell me, they have a kind of doomsday attitude about the world - global warming, over population, fear of the next pandemic. They tell me they wouldn’t consider bringing a child into this. Yikes - it’s depressing - well to me. They seem fine enough, resigned or adapted. My generation typically married and had kids if they could. I don’t know one young couple under 35 yrs planning or wanting a family. Maybe this is just where I live
"I’ve noticed a trend where I live where young couples are delaying marriage, deciding early on to not bring children into the world. They use any extra funds on travel, friend gatherings, and shower their extra love onto their pets"
The pretend it's about "a cruel world blah 3x" but, as noted elsewhere, I really see it just as you report it: They're selfish.
I would fall into your category of not having children, but having a pet. Too old to reconsider having kids these days. Fact is I just don't particularly like kids and never wanted them since I was young. I see someone else saying it's selfish, but I doubt bringing an unwanted child into the world would be in anyone's best interest, least of all the kid.
It does not. I was just agreeing with @Sanwish that, " young couples are delaying marriage, deciding early on to not bring children" and, Sanwish notes, that might have just pushed us over the tipping point.
I’ve noticed a trend where I live where young couples are delaying marriage, deciding early on to not bring children into the world. They use any extra funds on travel, friend gatherings, and shower their extra love onto their pets - treat them like kids. When I bring up the subject of babies, they have no interest. Not only is it tough enough to meet their own living expenses (let alone an extra) they tell me, they have a kind of doomsday attitude about the world - global warming, over population, fear of the next pandemic. They tell me they wouldn’t consider bringing a child into this. Yikes - it’s depressing - well to me. They seem fine enough, resigned or adapted. My generation typically married and had kids if they could. I don’t know one young couple under 35 yrs planning or wanting a family. Maybe this is just where I live
"I’ve noticed a trend where I live where young couples are delaying marriage, deciding early on to not bring children into the world. They use any extra funds on travel, friend gatherings, and shower their extra love onto their pets"
The pretend it's about "a cruel world blah 3x" but, as noted elsewhere, I really see it just as you report it: They're selfish.
I would fall into your category of not having children, but having a pet. Too old to reconsider having kids these days. Fact is I just don't particularly like kids and never wanted them since I was young. I see someone else saying it's selfish, but I doubt bringing an unwanted child into the world would be in anyone's best interest, least of all the kid.
I wouldn’t call your decision selfish, I’d call it thoughtful and wise.
That doesn't explain a downturn in birthrate in the data at this specific time though.
I think the pandemic debacle knocked them over the edge
It does not. I was just agreeing with @Sanwish that, " young couples are delaying marriage, deciding early on to not bring children" and, Sanwish notes, that might have just pushed us over the tipping point.
They steal our children (and they have more time for it if they have none of their own to keep them busy.)