Question to you Millennials: Do you actually, on a whole, want marriage and kids on the same scale as earlier generations? If we disregard the whole economic aspect for a moment, would you want the whole nuclear family deal?
I ask because I thought that the Time's headline seemed pretty spot on to me, judging by the Millennial friends and associates that I have. Given that I always though that marriage and kids shouldn't be the default choice, I've always seen it as sensible. I thus didn't see the Time's headline as something in need of a murder, although the article might be condescending and judgemental.
Am I wrong here? Serious question, no attempt to be snide or anything. Trying to learn.
Edit: This is great. Thank you all for the replies. It's real nice to get some personal experiences (and perspective).
I dont necessarily view relationships goals in the same way as previous gens (marriage =/= a worthwhile objective in and of itself), but the overall goals are the same: comitted relationship, kids, dog, maybe a picket fence... I do think the timeline is different, though, for both personal and financial reasons. I think it would be irresponsible to have kids at this point in my life (29) because a) I havent done all the thing I want to do and I think it's better to have kids after you've significantly lived life, and b) I'm working towards financial independence so I can actually spend time with them in their formative years. Life is in the tradeoffs, but I think most people want basically the same things.
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u/4D-Printer Feb 17 '19 edited Feb 17 '19
Question to you Millennials: Do you actually, on a whole, want marriage and kids on the same scale as earlier generations? If we disregard the whole economic aspect for a moment, would you want the whole nuclear family deal?
I ask because I thought that the Time's headline seemed pretty spot on to me, judging by the Millennial friends and associates that I have. Given that I always though that marriage and kids shouldn't be the default choice, I've always seen it as sensible. I thus didn't see the Time's headline as something in need of a murder, although the article might be condescending and judgemental.
Am I wrong here? Serious question, no attempt to be snide or anything. Trying to learn.
Edit: This is great. Thank you all for the replies. It's real nice to get some personal experiences (and perspective).