decended_being@midwest.socialtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Analysis | Millennials aren’t having kids. Here are the reasons why.
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1 year agoAnother millennial adding on:
- Bringing a sentient life into a world of suffering and climate change that will only worsen seems malicious to that life, at this point.
- My partner really doesn’t want to go through the body changes that come with pregnancy.
Additional emphasis on #3, even if it didn’t compromise safety, a healthy pregnancy is expensive! Healthcare from any complications is financially devastating.
Small aside that adoption is not off the table for us, but we’re not financially comfortable to get a dog yet, which we’ve been saving for for a few years. One of us would need to get a huge raise to be able to afford the costs of adoption and raising of a human child.
Less deadly and more contagious!