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FakeNoose

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15. The Twenty-Somethings of today aren't like how we were at their age

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Original post)

Sun May 8, 2022, 07:22 PM

May 2022

They have a completely different outlook on the future. They have a lot of dread, and many don't want to bring children into this world. It's very sad, but at the same time understandable.

Before I was 30 I'd already been married and divorced. Even so I never had the intention to not remarry and have children. But it's different world to them.

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The Twenty-Somethings of today aren't like how we were at their age FakeNoose May 2022 #15