And here's another, different gem of wisdom.
"Why can’t people accept we are genuinely happy childless ?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/childfree/comments/x9yc72/why_cant_people_accept_we_are_genuinely_happy/
Comment:
synchrohighway
3 hr. ago
"Because most people just mindlessly follow the life script and then when they realize there's no special reward for it and it's just like any other choice you make in life, they feel tricked and angry."
And that observation, remarkably, fits another life "choice" people expect to be rewarded for - abstaining from sex until marriage or death, whichever comes first.
Of course, abstinence teachers don't phrase it that way. No one would take them seriously if they did! So the teachers have to make it sound as if God will reward you, long before age 25, without your having to go on one miserable date after another with people who are either very immature or very boring - i.e., not anyone you'd want to marry. (After all, young people tend to think "I already paid my dues for 10 or so miserable years - why do I have to do even MORE painful work, with no end in sight?")
Abstinence is quite a bit like flossing your teeth, losing weight, or washing your hands constantly. It's boring, it's tedious, it doesn't really help you build your social skills, and you have to remember to do it over and over. So when you realize that 1) abstinence is about prevention, not about benefits, and 2) you're still as unpopular at age 20, 30, or 40 as you were in your teens, you're going to feel bitter, lonely and cheated.
(Not that herpes a broken heart or an unwanted baby would feel much better; but teachers still shouldn't lie to teens.)
Also:
officegeek
2 hr. ago
"No one wants to be a sucker alone. See religion."