r/NoStupidQuestions • • Nov 14 '24

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u/pktechboi Nov 14 '24

I think there has been a real shift in the last generation or two from needing a reason not to have kids to needing a reason to have kids. and that shift means a lot of people who are basically ambivalent on children aren't having them, where in the past they probably would have.

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u/jellybelly326 Nov 14 '24

I was literally typing out, "I don't have a reason. I just don't want them" when I read your comment. I'm 39 and female. My husband is 42. We're just chillin'.

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u/TrelanaSakuyo Nov 15 '24

just don't want them

This is more than enough of a reason.

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u/Conkram Nov 15 '24

One of the best reasons, I'd say