Affordable Life

You know...something that is starting to get on my nerves is that sense of being entitled to having a family. That means, wife+kids+home+cars.

Fuck you assholes.

A vast majority, these days, should never have this. But it's forced upon them either in their mind or in their mate's head. This is wrong. What we see a lot of these days are people who live WAY beyond their means. This would include having a family you can't afford.

But no one wants to admit it. So I will...your contribution to the gene pool in this world is total garbage.  The odds your child will do something big for society is pretty low. The very thought that you think you have the traits to excel in life, when in reality you lack the tools to even support the most basic items in life is selfish and dumb. Back in the day, I can understand why people felt they should have a family. You got a job that required a skill that a company can harness. A car plant worker had his union job and thus could plan for a family. Our world is different now, yet we still hold on to the notion that we deserve a spouse and kids. Why?

Why in God's name are people having kids that know they can't afford them? Or suffer through their own lives to support them. Because it's noble? So is adopting. So is donating time into an orphanage or shelter. In the movie business NO ONE should have kids. The hours are long. The mental exercises of talking yourself off the ledge...no child should see. And yet, in some minds we're the superior seed that needs to produce another version of you to walk the Earth. Bullshit. Even bigger bullshit that if you consider the odds of lower income families having multiple children. Education doesn't work, since you have to actually, you know...go to school.

It just bums me out. Not because I couldn't have a family, it's because I just don't feel it's fair or going to be comfortable with the lifestyle I choose. Or the one my bank account can afford. No one really stops to think about this. They just "make-do"...more like make their lives doo-doo.

And yes, a few have told me that once you have a family, you mature beyond anything you knew you were capable of. Or, you grow resentment like you never imagined either. Who am I to judge? Well, I'm just the guy who pays taxes for the parks your children play in, and never gets the incentives/breaks for not using any resources.