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In response to "My best friend just gave birth to a healthy baby girl 10 days early! She's absolutely glowing in delight in the first photos. -- nm" by Hotkiss

Funny, I just had this thought in the shower today: most people marry and have kids out of peer pressure - "everybody" else is doing it, so I have to

Posted by facto (aka FactoFail) Jul 16 '10, 07:39

as well.

As in, not because they had fully thought through their actions, and why they had to do it. And so one may eventually come to regret the stress of being a parent (child-less couples reportedly being happier than parental couples), and also choice of spouse (divorce rates hover around 50% most places).

Every irrational infatuation I've had (sometimes causing me pro-longed misery) has come about due to close friends moving in together, getting married and/or having children, I believe. Not because I just came across a girl/woman that was one in a million, or seemed to most likely be my one and only soul-mate.

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I have similar ponderings every time I wonder if I'm "going down the wrong path in life" because I'm not near marriage -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 16, 07:44 1
- I sometimes suspect that a lot of people skip or circumvent that piece of analysis - hence the term "swept away"? Then again, why not. - facto Jul 16, 07:53
And also, much happiness to your friend and her new baby! -- nm - facto si Jul 16, 07:41 1
- Oh yeah, thanks - I almost forgot, heh :-) -- nm - facto Jul 16, 07:42

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