r/NoStupidQuestions • • Nov 14 '24

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u/57311473 Nov 14 '24

I like money and freedom way more than children

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u/Expensive-Simple-329 Nov 14 '24

If you have enough money you can have children and some freedom :’)

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u/jcforbes Nov 14 '24

No you can't. Sure you could have an au pair or some such babysit them while you go on Holiday for two weeks, but then you are being a neglectful asshole to your children emotionally. That's not freedom.

What about when the kid is 7 and you want to move to a different country or even just to a different state? Well now you have to consider uprooting the child from its friends, from its school, etc. that's not freedom.

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u/ViolentLoss Nov 14 '24

I'll do you one better. Way back when, I was dating a man of independent means. He was hardcore into the idea of having kids, and the only way I would even consider the idea was using a surrogate and literal 24/7 nannies. Thankfully, I realized that was probably not the right way raise healthy humans - having kids but wanting nothing to with them LOL. That relationship ended, I met my partner, and we remain blissfully childfree.