This one always gets me. Because having children often means jack shit in this regard Oh god, yeah, no kidding.
I remember listening to a couple of friends of mine talking about how they'd never have children themselves, because none of the reasons for having children applied to them. Like, for example, they didn't care about carrying on their family name. And they didn't need to have a child so somebody would love them. And they were going to save up for their retirement, so they wouldn't need a child to take care of them.
...the fuck? Who has kids for those reasons? I thought to myself. That's insane!
... and then I thought about a lot of parents I know. And realized that no, it wasn't ridiculous, people do it all the time :(
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Re: Part 2 of 2
Date: 2005-02-20 09:57 pm (UTC)Oh god, yeah, no kidding.
I remember listening to a couple of friends of mine talking about how they'd never have children themselves, because none of the reasons for having children applied to them. Like, for example, they didn't care about carrying on their family name. And they didn't need to have a child so somebody would love them. And they were going to save up for their retirement, so they wouldn't need a child to take care of them.
...the fuck? Who has kids for those reasons? I thought to myself. That's insane!
... and then I thought about a lot of parents I know. And realized that no, it wasn't ridiculous, people do it all the time :(