the thing about millennials who don’t want kids is I feel like a lot of them are deeply On Board for their friends’ kids
like I’m among the minority of my friends in definitely for sure wanting kids someday
but each of my parenthood-eschewing friends has claimed a different role in my future offspring’s life and they seem very excited to play it
so we as a generation may have fewer children
but I feel like they’ll be the most supported and loved children imaginable
As a millennial who doesn’t want children, I am seconding this, because it’s not like we don’t want children to exist in the world! We do! Children can be lovely and amazing and they are literally our future! It’s just So Very Difficult to raise children in our nuclear-family society, especially as a millennial, and you want to do the job RIGHT.
Well, if you can’t do the job right yourself, the least you can do is help a friend raise THEIR child right, help take the burden off their shoulders, and give that kid all the love and attention they can stand.
I’d be damned excited to do that, too.
this generation is so excited and ready to be weird uncle/aunt so-and-so
I hope this generation makes communal families a thing again and this time it won’t be treated like a “taboo hippie thing”
Takes a village to raise a kid
i didnt realize so many other people felt this way, when i started watching my roommate’s toddler after school my mom couldnt understand it and i couldnt explain it, but it really was that i dont want a kid but i do want to support kids that already Are
I am onboard to be as many small people’s queer witch aunt as possible.
officially got my rejection from Oxford, lol. a bit disappointed, undeniably, but not too surprised, and perhaps it’s for the best. I’ll apply to Canadian universities and maybe if I pursue a postgraduate degree, I can try again. 😀
i spent christmas alone while my family got together and fought, and honestly i feel so good about this
i bought myself presents, cooked a big meal, drank wine and watched Home Alone 3 w/ my dog. I don’t feel sorry for myself at all.
meanwhile my sister threatened to disown my dad so he threatened to disown her, while my mom enabled and my other sister downed a bottle of wine to deal.
on the other side of the country, i was busy discovering, to my delight, that the that the 3rd installment of the Home Alone franchise not only stood up to the test of time, but contains some of the best oneliners and comedic timing I have ever seen.
honestly, keep toxic people out of your life. family isn’t everything, and bad family is often worse than no family. don’t be afraid to put in some distance, especially during high stress times like the holidays. you don’t actually owe them anything.
being alone for the holidays is so much better than being with people who make you unhappy.
Bringing this back for Thanksgiving!
I want all of my followers with homophobic, lesbophobic, transphobic, biphobic etc… parents to read this.
Hey, just want to remind every Jewish especially, every single one that is starting to observe the Sabbath and Jewish Holidays:
Employers with 15 or more employees must make reasonable accommodations for employees’ religious observances, according the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
I repeat:
Jobs are required to reasonably accommodate your religious observance of holidays
You are a hundred percent allowed to ask/demand for Saturday’s off and Friday evenings off and are protected by Federal Law.
If they (your General manager) refuse to accommodate you or retaliate by doing petty things (such as cutting hours) talk to your MCO (that person who is above your general manager and about 7-10 other general managers in a certain district, just ask your GM for their number) and file a complaint.
Reminder: your religious observance of the Sabbath and other Jewish Holidays like Purim, Yom Kippur, and Rosh Hashanah are protected under Law
(I’m not posting this less to correct the timeline portrayed in Bohemian Rhapsody, which I mostly really enjoyed, than simply to share a beautiful story that shines light on who Freddie actually was, up to the very end.)
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