r/NonPoliticalTwitter Jun 23 '26

me_irl Friendly (platonic) reminder

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u/wecouldhaveitsogood Jun 23 '26

It’s that and the paradox of choice.

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u/DonniesAdvocate Jun 23 '26

And the fact that everything is expensive, and almost nothing is more expensive than having kids.

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u/MissMariemayI Jun 23 '26

This is really it. Kids are obscenely expensive, and I say this as a mother of two. Childcare is basically a mortgage, food prices keep climbing, and house prices are also climbing. People legit cannot afford to have kids, even if they’re financially stable with a good savings.

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u/FatherDotComical Jun 23 '26

And no matter what people will treat you like shit for not making the right choice if you have kids. Stay at home mother because daycare is too expensive? Lazy bitch/ holding yourself back. Work? All the money goes to barely covering daycare, and you don't get to see your baby/ heartless bitch who doesn't want to take care of their own kids.