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Why are my friends having kids?

They aren’t married. One is divorced. All I care about is my career and myself. I know how hard I’ve had to work just at that I can’t imagine a kid. 

Am I missing something? 

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    6 months ago
    Favourite answer

    You and I are in the same boat. All I care about is myself and my career. Everyone at my older lesser paying jobs had kids, and it's insane. They did not have the money to support a kid, and a lot of them were not able to save their paychecks because of this. What is the point of having a kid when you have to live like a slave to take care of the thing? Most people do not have good paying jobs, but still think that it's a good idea to have a baby. I just don't understand it.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    6 months ago

    You should be asking your friends this question. 

  • MissA
    Lv 7
    6 months ago

    Presumably they want kids. 

    Presumably you are missing the desire to have children at this point which your friends have. 

  • 6 months ago

    Your friends want kids; so they're having kids. 

    You don't; so you're not. 

    Not really much more to it. 

  • T J
    Lv 7
    6 months ago

    No, you are the smart one.

  • rick
    Lv 7
    6 months ago

    Having kids is not satisfying. Kids will destroy ANY relationship.Raising kids is obscenely expensive. You will be a helluva lot richer without kids. The planet is overcrowded. Bringing a child into this polluted world must be considered child abuse. You are NOT missing anything good. Being childless is the responsible thing to do.

  • Anonymous
    6 months ago

    I have a very lucrative and respectable career AND I have a child AND I'm married.  I didn't sacrifice my career to become a mother.

    Welcome to 2020.

  • 6 months ago

    cause they had sex and it happened

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 months ago

    cause they had sex and kids happened

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