Whilefreemight be one of the best words in the dictionary, folks gotta understand that very little truly comes forfree. If it’s not money, then it’s private data or time or engagement or whatever. Makes the idea of something really being free even that more tempting.
Rarely does anything come for free, so you gotta be bold and demand that it does… or, pro tip: don’t
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A conflict ensues—one that expands into the neighborhood chat and now the couple is under fire for not wanting to be taken advantage of.
Across the board, commenters were shoutingnot the jerk, saying that OP doesn’t owe their neighbors anything beyond a “no”. Just because they are in a child-free position, that doesn’t mean they want to or have time. Some were cheeky enough to suggest agreeing to watching the kids, if all the guys come together and reform OP’s house. Because, you know, guys do that?
There’s more than one reason why folks choose not to have kids and you can’t really argue with any of them
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Each country has adifferent statistic, but the reasoning behind it is more or less consistent with the times. At least in the United Kingdom, the most popular reasons why folks don’t have kids are their impact on lifestyle (10%), the increased cost of living and the cost of raising kids (10%), human overpopulation (9%), honest dislike of kids (8%) and lack of parental skills (6%).
In other countries, like Russia (7% nationally and 20% in Moscow), there is a common trend among educated, wealthy, and ambitious people to avoid creating families because they are unwilling to sacrifice their comfort and success for it.
In the U.S., 56% of those choosing not to have kids are simply not interested in it. Others cite medical issues (19%), financial problems (17%) and no partners (15%) as the main reasons.
And, in all fairness, having kids is ultimately a choice. Literally forcing that upon people can be interpreted asa felony, no matter if it’s tradition or culture or peer pressure.
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Folks had zero reason to believe the author of the post was in any way a jerk—the neighbors’ entitlement said it all
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