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67% of couples reported their relationship got worse after having a baby (familius.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [M] to c/childfree@lemmy.world
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[–] 48 points 3 months ago (3 children)

While I definitely think kids make relationships harder (I'm CF, for reference), a lot of people in already shitty relationships try a band-aid baby

Because they're dumb, but also because they're desperate.

It's a shit reason to have a kid, but I think this statistic, while accurate, doesn't reflect the fundamentals underpinning why some people breed

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Got a few friends who are now divorced who had kids as the band-aid. You're %100 correct that it's probably not a cause of a relationship going south...more likely the relationship was already in the drain, and they try a child as a stopper.

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