Study: Having Kids Makes You Delusional?

[rory_20_uk]

There is no point in life without children.

[Rhyfelwyr]

I'm having a mini early mid-life crisis over such issues these days. People I know at my age are getting married and having kids. They might not have much of a future in terms of employment etc. And I might be getting a degree from a top Uni. And everyone might say I have the right priorities, but it doesn't feel like it. I even know how stupid it is for me to think like this and probably sounds ridiculous when I'm only 21, but it still makes me feel bad.

As for the study, I can believe it. But at the end of the day what is it aiming to prove etc? It seems like a bit of an artificial divide to say the desire to have kids is biological, while other desires are rational. At the end of the day, all desires are biological. At the end of the day if it makes you happy it makes you happy and it doesn't matter whether or not you can rationalise why it makes you happy, because being happy is the end, not the means.

Also, just a thought, but I think there could be other factors that influence the studies findings. For example, low income families have more children - their stress and anger etc could just as likely be caused by their economic situation as opposed to the kids themsleves. It doesn't seem to mention if these were taken into account.

[Strike For The South]

Ask that girl out and make beautifual pale ginger scottish babies

Beautifual, pale,ginger,alcoholic,violent,ranger fan, blood made of batter, and teeth that make an Englishman recoil Scottish babies

[Rhyfelwyr]

Ask that girl out and make beautifual pale ginger scottish babies

Beautifual, pale,ginger,alcoholic,violent,ranger fan, blood made of batter, and teeth that make an Englishman recoil Scottish babies

I take offence at this, I am absolutely not an alcoholic!

Oh, and your spelling mistakes are a bit too consistent, with the "beautifual" thing.

Anyway, other posters can feel free to ignore the first paragraph of ranting in my above post. **** after re-reading that I can see I'm acting like its my time of the month. Damn biology, I wish I could be a heartless German like PJ.

[Strike For The South]

Meh I'm just ribbing you. I find little idosynchratic things that people attribute to nationality fasicnating, I then blow them out of proportion

[Megas Methuselah]

I'm having a mini early mid-life crisis over such issues these days. People I know at my age are getting married and having kids. They might not have much of a future in terms of employment etc. And I might be getting a degree from a top Uni. And everyone might say I have the right priorities, but it doesn't feel like it. I even know how stupid it is for me to think like this and probably sounds ridiculous when I'm only 21, but it still makes me feel bad.

I FEEL YOUR PAIN, MAN. Seriously, though. I do.

[PanzerJaeger]

There is no point in life without children.

That makes absolutely no sense to me. There is so much to life besides children.

[rory_20_uk]

That makes absolutely no sense to me. There is so much to life besides children.

Call it a belief. It is what I believe and there is no argument that can alter this.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Call it a belief. It is what I believe and there is no argument that can alter this.

That sounds suspiciously like a religious belief there.

[rory_20_uk]

It is definitely a belief (after all the definition is a position that is held that can not be altered by logical argument), but I don't personally tie it to any particular religious teachings. I accept that it is irrational but I don't feel the need to back it up with anything. I think the mindset makes me the caring, loving believer in humanity that I am...

[Rhyfelwyr]

If happiness is the goal, then it's irrational to let rationality get in the way of your happiness.

[Greyblades]

Unless killing people is the only way to be happy.