Mild rant. I don't want kids, but now im at that age where all my stepsisters, sister and close friend all have kids now. My last childless stepsister is pregnant and they want to facetime the gender reveal. I just can't feign my excitement for this shit anymore. oh yay, another white american baby, how special. I guess she really just made the mistake of having a kid after the people i care about most(sister and close friend) already had kids so i just don't care anymore(in addition to not being close with my stepsisters, our parents married and we were all young adults basically).
But this got me thinking about how people talk about their pregnancies. The selfless reason is bringing a life into the world(lol) but i literally can't think of another selfless reason. They will want the kid to be like them, they will try to raise it like them, they probably also are thinking about how a child can care for them when they are older. Two people think they are really great and made something super special and im fucking over it.
What about fostering/adoption? I'd like to go that route instead of having a baby. You aren't increasing the need for resources and you can help a child have care and affection this world will not offer otherwise.
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If by some miracle I become financially well off, this is my plan. I want to have the time and money to provide for a kid before I'd consider it, though, and most of that goes to rent these days.
Same.
Yes, definitely a better option
Literally the only acceptable way to become a parent imo