• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Now if only those weird and miserable old men would stop calling me selfish for not having children.

    I’ve found it works pretty well to just beat em to it. “Man, I’d love to have a kid, but bringing a child into this dumpster fire on purpose just so I can have a ‘little bundle of joy’ would be so selfish. It’s just not fair to the kid, ya know?!”

    Worked on my parents at least, lol.

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 month ago

      i’d say that’s a coin flip on whether it works or not :)

      (that’s because unfortunately not all parents give a flying fuck about the mental health that that child would be going to have, or rather, not have)

      i’d go with something like “sure i’ll make children if you pay for them”

      the moment they realize how expensive having children can be, that typically shuts them up rather quickly.