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Well the whole procreation thing is kind of a base function for life.
We're hard wired that way. I'm looking forward to it big time.
What if you can't have children?
I've planned for that.
As far as I'm concerned, if I can't have kids then I'm off the procreation hook.
I will live a life of pure selfish hedonism after I get over the initial dissapointment.
from a genetic point of view, the idea is to pass on your genes..... but other than that....
they bring intense happiness and dreadful worry and frustration.
there are many more ways in life to be fulfilled than having babies, I enjoy it but once you've got them.... you'd be mad to moan too much since it's self inflicted.
Your friend is just engaging a little cognitive dissonance, Liquidfit, he's having kids therefore he's got to love it and think it's the best thing EVER or else he'd crawl under a stone and give up... because it's the biggest life change and trauma he'll ever get, probably.
I was thinking about this again this morning.. thinking that, should I have got pregnant perhaps 5 or so years ago it would have been the opposite of fulfilment, it would have been a disaster and limited me considerably.
For a great many women it's the end of opportunity ( maybe only for a while but not always) and the loss of income/freedom
It's a bit 'cosy' for men to think of it as their life's fulfilment. It's sort of sweet but a bit idealised. It's good he's happy about it, obviously, and one would only wish them well but the gushing will eventually be tempered with humility and a certain amount of apology as he realised his little guy isn't the saviour of the world but a little beastie like all the rest.
Is it f*ck... so many things dictate what is fulfilling or not... ask some knacker with 6 kids living in a trailer and ask some flush knob head living in a plush house....see how the responses differ.
