Three sons all grown one daughter in high school.
I'm not very good at very many things, but one thing I'm positive I'm good at is being a dad.
Yes, I'm a happy parent.
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That's not what she meant. It's not "are you happy being a parent?" It's "are you, a person who happens to be a parent, genuinely happy?"
And their answer was yes no matter how many times you move the goal post.
Not my question, not moving goalposts. I've got no dog in this race my dude. I was just explaining that they didn't read the question right. If that's still their answer then great! Good for them! But I'd love to hear their actual answer to the actual question chappel roan posed from their own "lips" thank you very much.
They read the question just fine, YOU just didn't like their answer, and are looking for ways to show how wrong they are.
Nope. They literally didn't read it correctly. You're projecting hard here dude. Just because this situation implies you also have terrible reading comprehension skills doesn't mean you have to take it so personally.
Seriously, I was just trying to help him out by clearing up the miscommunication. I truly don't care one way or the other what people do with their own genitals
Are you lost? This is a community for those who are childfree.
A question was asked and I answered. How could anyone with no children, happy or unhappy, answer the question that was posed?
It is not necessary to have children to recognize that parenthood isn't a cure for unhappiness.
Valid point, but that's not the question that was asked.
I trust that she doesn’t know any.
And I think decent human beings are happy with their kids. They just aren’t happy with the stress and extra workload, especially with all the shit going on in our society.
Not all decent people have or want children.
I know some. My former IT guys both adored their kids. The one quit specifically to get a wfh job so he could spend more time with them.
Hmmm. I am of the generation to be her parent. It wasn't as hellish for us although almost all new parents are sleep deprived. The real difference? We didn't have personal computers, the internet, cell phones when our kids were babies and toddlers. The amount of time being connected takes up and the amount of time people feel they must be online is incredible. It is the difference between getting a night's sleep while also juggling job and kids and being permanently exhausted. In general, I think the pre-internet generations were much happier. It hasn't been the boon to our lives that we had hoped for. However I do know some young parents who are currently loving parenthood and do seem to be happy, just a bit tired.
I’ve never met a happy mother. Happy father? Absolutely, but they are not the care givers so it’s easy for them to be happy.
I don't know who that is, and I do know happy parents. So, as childfree as I am, I disagree with this statement.
You think she does know some happy parents? The statement wasn't all parents are unhappy, it's that she doesn't know any.
I guess she's interviewed every parent in the world?
Absolutes like this are always wrong, absolutely.
Professional contrarians are always wrong, absolutely.
Lol, well played, well played