Three sons all grown one daughter in high school.
I'm not very good at very many things, but one thing I'm positive I'm good at is being a dad.
Yes, I'm a happy parent.
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That's not what she meant. It's not "are you happy being a parent?" It's "are you, a person who happens to be a parent, genuinely happy?"
And their answer was yes no matter how many times you move the goal post.
Not my question, not moving goalposts. I've got no dog in this race my dude. I was just explaining that they didn't read the question right. If that's still their answer then great! Good for them! But I'd love to hear their actual answer to the actual question chappel roan posed from their own "lips" thank you very much.
Are you lost? This is a community for those who are childfree.
A question was asked and I answered. How could anyone with no children, happy or unhappy, answer the question that was posed?
It is not necessary to have children to recognize that parenthood isn't a cure for unhappiness.
Valid point, but that's not the question that was asked.
I trust that she doesn’t know any.
And I think decent human beings are happy with their kids. They just aren’t happy with the stress and extra workload, especially with all the shit going on in our society.
I think more people would enjoy their kids and would actually have kids if social economic conditions didnt deteriorate to the current level of pathetic across "developed" world
Being young adult or even middle aged millennial is kinda of joke adulthood. You are old enough to qualify but majority of people are border line living college style
The entirety of the 90s was propaganda for a future that crumpled the minute we stepped foot into adulthood. So...
Not all decent people have or want children.
Sounds like a grifter seeking attention
I’ve never met a happy mother. Happy father? Absolutely, but they are not the care givers so it’s easy for them to be happy.
I know some. My former IT guys both adored their kids. The one quit specifically to get a wfh job so he could spend more time with them.
Hmmm. I am of the generation to be her parent. It wasn't as hellish for us although almost all new parents are sleep deprived. The real difference? We didn't have personal computers, the internet, cell phones when our kids were babies and toddlers. The amount of time being connected takes up and the amount of time people feel they must be online is incredible. It is the difference between getting a night's sleep while also juggling job and kids and being permanently exhausted. In general, I think the pre-internet generations were much happier. It hasn't been the boon to our lives that we had hoped for. However I do know some young parents who are currently loving parenthood and do seem to be happy, just a bit tired.
I don't know who that is, and I do know happy parents. So, as childfree as I am, I disagree with this statement.
I guess she's interviewed every parent in the world?
Absolutes like this are always wrong, absolutely.
Professional contrarians are always wrong, absolutely.
Lol, well played, well played