A few weeks ago I was talking with some colleagues at work. Somehow the topic of children came up and each of us put in our two cents about what we thought of child bearing and child rearing. Someone mentioned that they didn't want to have any kids because the world was already overpopulated. Huh?! I thought the response was a little weird, but I shrugged it off and quickly forgot about it.
Today, I was in conversation with somebody else who touted the same reason for their lack of desire to have children. Am I missing something here? Was I not forwarded the Memo? Since when did this become the reason du jour to NOT want to have kids. I really have zero interest in whether or not one chooses to have children, but this reasoning seems a bit goofy. I cannot, in all good faith, believe that people out there are so environmentally friendly that they would hold off on having children just to save the planet. Listen, IF YOU DON'T WANT KIDS, JUST SAY SO! No one will persecute you. No one will shun you. Why do people make up such ridiculous excuses?
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