http://kidamnesiac.okcomputer.org/2009/04/15/parental-unhappiness/ Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit... Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 http://kidamnesiac.okcomputer.org/2009/04/15/parental-unhappiness/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:48:19 +0000 http://kidamnesiac.okcomputer.org/?p=948#comment-189 You *are* happier. And much, much more laid back than I ever thought you’d be. Simon is a joy–not all children are, but then being excellent parents means (usually, the Jeff Dahmer types excepted) having excellent children. Studies like the one you mention always make me laugh–the bottom line always seems to be some people are happy, some people aren’t, some people are miserable and some people are miserable AND judgmental about other people’s lives and choices. And in other news the sky is blue and bears do you-know-what in the woods. I don’t have kids, and strangely am neither happy nor unhappy about that (is that weird?) but I love kids. Kids are our future. And they are endlessly fascinating. People who think they are soul-sucking zombies, well, glad they don’t have them. But I do get sick of singles whining about those with children–“They get more days off then I do” and “Why should I support schools?” Suck it up, dudes. We live in a society where we should all be responsible for each other.

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