{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"BenJustman (npub153…2ryu8)","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub153xmex42x4chdf757hp3q6zxagykkek7pdgwuwd074964dkyha9s82ryu8","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"It's crazy to me how many people I meet in their early 30s don't want kids.\n\nIt usually comes off in 1 of 2 ways:\n1) Defeatist: I'll never meet the right girl or I can't afford a house so how can I afford kids\n2) Denialism: Maintaining my freedom is a much better life than being tied down with kids\n\nWhether it be adherence to a moral code, a habit, a person, religion or career, I have personally found that living a life full of commitments brings the most joy so I don't understand people subscribed to #2\n\nMy biggest commitment is to myself and giving up is something I'll never do, so I also don't understand #1 though I know why this is pervasive.\n\nTo each their own, but on a societal scale, I think this sentiment will lead to a generation of lonely old people. That is both sad and incredibly scary. \n\n"}