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Won't someone please think of the boomers?! (thelemmy.club)
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Wall Street Journal post on Facebook titled "Americans Are Having Fewer Babies- So Fewere People Get to Be Grandparents". The subheading reads "Baby boomers are hitting prime grandparenting age. Only there's a problem: A smaller sdhare of them have grandkids than before and they're not thrilled about it". There is a link to the article at https://on.wsj.com/4gJS2GW
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[–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's shit, right? I'm so sorry. I hope that stability comes to you very soon.

Reject tradition. You have no obligation to sacrifice your well-being because some old, out-of-touch fuckwads want something life-changing from you. Can't even afford groceries.

They can foster a child if they want one around so badly. Or go sit at a park. Or volunteer at the church nursery or something, ffs.

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  • [–] [S] 25 points 2 years ago

    bingo. The SO and I have talked about it, and we decided if we regret it a bit later and it's too late, adoption is always a valid choice. After all, we're not bringing new life in so we don't have to feel guilty about that, but instead we would be giving a home to someone else who needs one. However, there are still many, many negatives as to why we don't want to or simply can't right now.

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