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From a pretty early age I decided I didn't want to get married or have kids cuz both my parents seemed utterly miserable. For a long time I found it weird anyone wanted to do it at all, why would you want to be trapped with someone you hate who you get into screaming arguments all the time?

And it's not just me, you see a lot of jokes online about people like playing that one scene from Marriage Story while playing old N64 games for nostalgia.

I think the experience of seeing our own parents be so miserable maybe soured a lot of us on starting families.

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[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I mean boomers aren't wrong about hating marriage and parenthood but they didn't really establish a desirable alternative.

edit: and not to come across as anti natalist but maybe the most consumerist societies reducing their fertility is actually not that bad.

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