Kids

[lovegrenade]

Yep, you can show me everything saying that having kids is not fun, not cool, not whatever. But, after you have kids there is absolutely no way that you can imagine not having them. In my opinion, the reasons for the perceived happiness after the kids leave the house is that you have, at least, sheparded your kids into adulthood and can enjoy your new found freedom. Obviously, raising kids is often times tedious but, I cannot imagine anything I would rather do. I laugh harder and feel things much deeper than I ever used to before kids. So, take the Newsweek article and validate your own life but, mine is just fine.

Apparently you didn't read the article. It doesn't "validate" not having kids, and condemn having kids. In fact, the author basically ends by stating the same reasons for having kids as you do. Having or not having kids is a personal decision that everyone has the right to make either way. For a responsible adult, there is no right or wrong choice. I'm choosing not to have kids for a lot of reasons; some selfish, some selfless. I am glad that it is becoming more acceptable to get married and not have kids. Like the article states, that used to be a pretty taboo thing.