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niyad

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9. I was very fortunate to come of age when The Pill was becoming

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Mon May 25, 2026, 04:25 PM

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available, when, in some circles at least, motherhood was not automatically assumed and pressured.There was Roe v Wade, Feminism, environmentalism, the anti-war movement, etc. These were good things, because I had a whole host of reasons for not wanting children, including seeing the dysfunction everywhere, being able to see NORAD out my back door as a daily reminder of how fragile the possibility of any kind of future was, and being aware of family genetics. No thank you. I have never regretted my decision. If I wanted to spend time with children, I just borrowed them from my friends, and then returned them. I was the favourite indulgent aunt.

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Why So Few Babies? We Might Have Overlooked the Biggest Reason of All [View all] ancianita Monday OP

Even if I were inclined to have wanted kids, FoxNewsSucks Monday #1

Totally understandable. Yours is the same reason my youngest son refuses to ever have children. ancianita Monday #2

Yep. I felt that way 45 years ago. Auggie Monday #3

The reason for so few babies is that people can now plan their families and avoid unwanted pregnancies. Midnight Writer Monday #4

Maybe to some extent, but hope or no hope for the near future seems to matter greatly Attilatheblond Monday #6

We had our two sons when Bill Clinton was President. We wouldn't do so now, were we young enough to do so. NNadir Monday #5

Understood. Were I young I'd note the international numbers and seriously consider doing the same. ancianita Monday #11

I have always told right to lifers randr Monday #7

Amen, amen! ancianita Monday #8

George Carlin's description of pro-forced birthers, oops, right-to-lifers: niyad Monday #10

I was very fortunate to come of age when The Pill was becoming niyad Monday #9

It takes two incomes in many cases just to pay for rent, car, living expenses. Diamond_Dog Monday #12

I think AI is in the background, being used for jobs humans used to do, men included. Though AI will never surpass human ancianita Monday #13

My grandson decided at the age of twenty-two that he was never going to have kids. Aristus Monday #14

It is because women now have a choice to say "no" to men and their institutions. valleyrogue Monday #15

yup Skittles Monday #16