No, I am going to guess that you do not understand my position at all. In fact, you’re so far off that I am starting to wonder if you are replying to the wrong person.

But I just remembered that I’m Catholic! What am I supposed to do, just leave the condom on and be damned to hell?

No, and what does that have to do with anything I said? I think you are confusing a lack of need for new people with a need for fewer people.

Why would my parents be any different? I’m not Jesus.

Especially when they already have a crossover.

Anybody can make Holocaust jokes.

Yeah, but it backfired because he forgot there was driving involved...

Are you actually curious, or implying that she hasn’t done (or there doesn’t exist) more rewarding things than having a kid? It might be hard to believe around here, but some people actually do very interesting and meaningful things with their lives that don’t involve creating other people. I mean, let’s be honest,…

I really meant fine as in able to carry on with your life without being held back by problems stemming from your relationship (or lack thereof) with your father. Many people are happy to blame their parents for their own adult problems, but from what you have written here, you do indeed seem fine.

Could be, but yeah, that wasn’t clear. That might be a useful thing to study as well, although I’d personally prefer to know what actually works rather than just what other people were able to accomplish/follow on their own.

Sure. Some people are also born without fingers. It doesn’t always work out nicely for everyone. Hopefully you are fine now, though.

I agree with most of what you said except for the part about it not being about you. It 100% is entirely about you. Your offspring didn’t have a choice. It’s 2017. We have effective birth control options, and with 7.5 billion of us on the planet already, the species is doing just fine without your contribution. There…

Let’s not forget the evolutionary imperative at work that forces you to like your own kids. It’s not like parents have a choice. If there wasn’t some feeling of “reward” and/or obligation, most new parents would just leave their new bundle of chores in the bushes somewhere and the species would have had a much shorter…

Comparing it to being a Jew in Nazi-occupied Poland is a good way to make a lot of things seem less awful, not just your commute.

Two questions:

lol @ religious legitimacy!

And lotion.

Did my girlfriend write this article? Is this the ultimate passive aggressive note?

This sounds good, but I feel like it would be even better if you kept the gin and swapped the vermouth for a sweeter sparkling wine. Someone try it and let me know since I am at work.

Americanos are fantastic for cooling off in hot weather.