RE: Why be good?
June 4, 2015 at 4:46 pm
(This post was last modified: June 4, 2015 at 4:48 pm by henryp.)
(June 4, 2015 at 4:37 pm)robvalue Wrote: Wallym: That's interesting
Kind of ironic when compared to me, as the idea of a little bastard who looks a bit like me crying and screaming is my ultimate nightmare and I've had the snip rather than risk it ever happening. I have absolutely zero maternal instincts (paternal, whatever). Instead I have them for animals! I guess I'm an animal in a human's body. I've often wondered.
Procreating is another one of those things that I wonder about in terms of social norms, biology, and acting in your own best interest. You see people who clearly resent their kids, and yet they have 2 more. I think because the idea of having kids 'being good' is just hammered into our brains.
I was on the fence. I could have had one or not had one. I'm glad I did. I'm a big fan of her. But when people say "I can't imagine my life without my kids", I don't relate. I can imagine one. It'd be nice. I'd have more free time, and more money. I'd have been happy either way. But I think people just get caught up in all these things they are supposed to be.
Hopefully, we see a movement towards people who don't want kids not having them. That seems like it'd be a positive development. (or maybe at most one, so Losty can have had hers)
