Then why even mention being childless and not needing babysitters, etc? My adult children are enjoying single life as young adults and certainly don’t attribute that to not having kids.
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Turning 30 can be a weird milestone for women particularly if you’re single and childless. I’m sure you’ve heard all the comments directed towards women. I don’t really understand women pitting themselves against other women for making different life choices either for just a season or for life. It just seemed to me like there was a hint of jealousy in her rant. I don’t think I’ve ever thought someone going off about how great their life is seemed truly content.
Agree on all points. I was always amazed being a working mom how some working mothers ridiculed stay at home moms and vice versa.
It seems like mothers can never do anything without being criticized. Really seems like you have to connect to your internal compass or you’ll just be spinning mad with everyone’s conflicting advice, opinions, etc.
In the 90’s everyone was worried that kids were growing up way too fast. We had bags of agency and lived in a time where hedonism was fashionable. It was work hard, play hard, 5 hours sleep and less at weekends.
In 2020’s people barely grow up at all.
“I lie in bed until 10:30 and then I watch TV all weekend, why am I single?”
NB: I saw that video, and my first reaction was; does she have an underactive thyroid?
Get on the front foot, get outside, open up to real people, get off the internet, your following is mostly trackers and ad bots.
Men can screw around and pull rabbits out of hats later in life. Women do not have this luxury. That’s why historically women were always more mature than men.
Do not drink the Kool Aid, in the West our popular culture is mostly nothing more than a marketing and advertising machine. They plant ideas in you to make you consume their stuff.
It’s not in the individual’s interests to pursue that stuff. You can swim in the dogma, but don’t drink it.
Maybe she was trying to cope with her own disappointment of not being married and not having children. Maybe she was looking for comfort or reassurance. And she focused on not having children because she's longing for that. People deal with disappointment in different ways.
Sure and if she had presented it that way I’m certain she would have received compassion instead. As I tell my kids all the time, “Be careful what you share on social media.”
True. You and I are from a different generation. We still use our "inside voice" when it comes to certain conversations online.
Not true for me on social media haha! I actually enjoy being controversial or provocative with my tweets to stimulate discussion. I am never hurt or offended when people attack me for it though.