i am justified.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23665247-29277,00.html
Yay for articles that validate my reasons for not wanting to have kids!
Quote:
"The more kids you had, the sadder you were likely to be, Prof Gilbert said.
US and European studies had shown that people's happiness did spike while they were expecting a baby but sharply plummeted after the child was born. "
The article basically says that we think of a life with plenty of money, a spouse, and kids as the ideal of the perfect life. Only the marriage part of that is accurate. Money is more like substance abuse than gaining happiness and apparently kids make you miserable until they move out. SO why the hell would you want any!?
Yay for articles that validate my reasons for not wanting to have kids!
Quote:
"The more kids you had, the sadder you were likely to be, Prof Gilbert said.
US and European studies had shown that people's happiness did spike while they were expecting a baby but sharply plummeted after the child was born. "
The article basically says that we think of a life with plenty of money, a spouse, and kids as the ideal of the perfect life. Only the marriage part of that is accurate. Money is more like substance abuse than gaining happiness and apparently kids make you miserable until they move out. SO why the hell would you want any!?