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Why aren't millennials and Gen Z having kids? It's the economy, stupid (fortune.com)

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[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I keep telling my parents about my disinterest in having kids ever.

They keep saying I'll regret it.

Fuck no, I'd like to keep my money for myself, fuck having kids especially in this economy.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tell them that you cut your testicles off. They stopped asking me after I told them that.

[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's. Fucking. Genius.

But they would kill me for a whole different reason, they are diehard Cristian Republican...

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What if you told them your partner is a democrat?

[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Instantaneous death?

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 6 points 3 months ago

I want kids just can't justify bringing them into this world when I can't afford a house and them. I can do one or the other.

[–] Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

In my opinion, the low fertility rate is a sign that Millenials and Gen Z feel that society is not working for them and id making everyday life difficult. Why have children and make their lives, along with the lives of their children, harder?

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's not the economy, stupid. The economy is just fine. It's that the benefits of said economy are not getting applied to the working class.

Note: directed at headline, not OP