• Makeitstop
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    6 days ago

    When I was younger I always figured I would be ready for kids some day. At the current rate of progress, that some day will be when I’m about 170, which is still a few decades before I’ll be able to retire.

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      You would be categorized in the study as “childless” - wanting children but being unable to have them - and thus would not be part of the headline statistic.

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        The way the article describes it, they seem to mean infertile rather than simply not prepared. Since I am (as far as I know) entirely capable of having kids, it would mean I am in either the not yet parents or childfree category, depending on whether I still plan to have kids.

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      I’ll have kids when Republicans apologize for electing Donald Trump. So I’m going to need two apologies. In the official party platform.

      “We sincerely regret the extremely dark places our ideology led this country. Everyone who opposed us since Nixon was right about everything, and here are the steps we are taking to prevent this in the future.”