A growing awareness of bullying and abuse have made many fear this rite of passage, but others say the positives outweigh the risks
A growing awareness of bullying and abuse have made many fear this rite of passage, but others say the positives outweigh the risks
While it wasn’t a primary factor, part of my decision to not procreate was having zero desire to interact with the parents of other children. Idk what is about many parents, but they are legitimately unwell and have no regard for anyone or anything outside themselves and maybe their children. I could not tolerate that in my life.
My sister got married to wonderful man who actually had wonderful parents and it’s genuinely confusing to her sometimes.
His parents are genuinely useful, and kind, and very welcoming. Not the case for my wife or our parents. It’s like an entire support system that was never present in her life before.
I got that vibe from one of my ex’s parents. They weren’t “bad” in a traditional sense, but very distant and self-centered, spending almost all of their time on their phones and throwing money at their children as if it would replace interacting with them. It’s subtle, but still harmful, like carbon monoxide, and it weirded me out a little. I had assumed it was just how that generation is nowadays though (like my parents, they were older-ish, they gotta be about 60 years old or so now)