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Originally Posted by XabbaRus
I dunno Steed, amongst my colleagues apart from my bosses who are all 10 or more years older than me I am unique in that I have a 2 kids at the age of 30.
When I've talked about it with them and friends from uni who have no kids but are maybe married it seems they aren't so much worried about how much kids are going to cost but that children will interfere with things like leisure activities, going out etc.
They enjoy having fun and kids they fear will put an end to that.
Thing is in the UK and esp up here in Scotland, those I know fun means getting hammered at least one night of the weekend. Call me poe faced and sanctimonious but I think that is something by the time you hit 30 you should of grown up out of kids or not. I also think that having kids means responisibilities ie you have to give up some things ie you have to grow up. I think some people are frightened of growing up.
Anyway having fun with teh kids needn't be expensive. Just had a great day at the swimming pool with the family and an early morning sitting in PJ's watching the goggle box.
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Sounds like moral decline - the me / here / now attitude instead of planning for the future generations. Typical of declining societies. We have the same issue, though not as bad yet, in the states. Ours isn't as bad though since we have the conservative states that are still producing children, while the liberal states are seeing a major decline. I looked at the states that voted for Bush, and all had increasing populations. Looking at the states voting for Kerry all had declining populations. I wonder if the democrates see whats going on? Soon, their support will die out without replacement!
-S