When I was single the weekends seemed quite long. I would sleep half of the Saturday, watch some TV shows, clean a bit and sometimes visit some friends. And Sunday evening I would play bass in my metal band. Nice and easy.

But now that I have a family and small children there is never time to do anything. The kids always need something, food, diper, entertainment, make them sleep, clean up. Wash the dishes, wash the clothes etc. Once we're done with them it's 9pm, we try to watch a movie and my partner falls asleep of exhaustion within 20 minutes. I try do watch it to the end so I can tell her the summary in the morning.

It's totally regarding to have kids but I wish the weekend was one day longer.

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Having kids is a scam and you're trying to convince yourself you're not a sucker.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Where exactly do you expect the next generation of people to try and improve the world is supposed to come from?

What is your plan for care as you age and your body fails? It's not the responsibility of children to actively be the caregiver, but you at least need someone of sound body and mind to be an advocate for you and ensure you aren't being screwed over when you can't look out for yourself anymore.

Inb4 the inevitable "I'll just kill myself before I get old" shit. Good luck with that with no easily available, reliable, and painless ways to do so.

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I don't owe this world a kid. If the country needs more children it should use my taxes to encourage people to have children. If they do it well enough I might have a child myself.