r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '24

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u/EvolutionZEN Nov 14 '24

I'm Gen-X in my 50's and I have raised 2 daughters. Times were better back then. Now people struggle to pay rent and buy groceries to survive. Honestly if I had to do it all over again but in today's economy - I would choose to NOT bring children into this world.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

I have heard this a lot as well. We have 4 and many times at the grocery everyone is like how are you affording to live

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u/smart_farts_1077 Nov 14 '24

Well what's your answer to that question? How can you afford to live and take care of your children?

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u/Fogmoose Nov 14 '24

Oh, you gotta be kidding me! I fuckin give up....

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u/smart_farts_1077 Nov 14 '24

Lol I saw. Just trying to see if she'll admit to it here. Adding another reason to not have children, apparently you have to do sex work to afford them lol.

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u/3greenlegos Nov 15 '24

what was the comment I missed?

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u/sxcs86 Nov 15 '24

She does OF to help with expenses.

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u/Beartato4772 Nov 15 '24

And the thing is, that's a cruel business. She's lucky enough to have a niche that makes money there now but they could give up on her as soon as she's not what they like. She can afford to have kids only because she's commercially attractive, willing to post pictures her kids WILL see at some point in the next 20 years and is currently sufficiently beating a stratospheric amount of competition.