I was 20, strolling around in Humbolt Park and decided to stop in to see a palm reader who was clearly doing business out of her apartment. When I went inside, the woman had a newborn she had to deal with, so she left the task to her maybe nine year-old daughter. She gave me what I thought to be the most generic shit you could ever say to a young woman, which was that I would one day have a home, a husband, and children. I of course was polite, but internally disgusted thinking, “absolutely the fuck not.”
Anyway, it took a long time and many twist and turns but 14 years later, I can say that she was right. Or I’m just predictable.
Jun 2, 2024
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I’ve noticed a counter culture movement brewing online where the emphasis seems to be on rejecting neoliberal ideas of individualism and increasingly atomized living as a sort of virtue for the sake of our children who would suffer at the hands of climate catastrophe or just the cold hard reality of consciousnesses. Accounts like @carnivoreaurelius or @saveyoursons offer practical advice about the benefits of high quality red meats, the dangers of seed oils, not sunning your asshole enough and soulless dating apps. They provide some respite from the nauseating reality of the current leftist ideology that’s left a lot of us childless at 30 because of eugenicist level logic like “why would I contribute to our planet’s overpopulation issue?”. Pundits like Jordan Peterson and Candace Owens have built entire careers off this grift of “no nonsense” steps to a better, more righteous life. Don’t get me wrong, are these neoconservative pysops? Sure. But at this point it’s just about choosing which psyop makes life on Earth tolerable for you. I grew up in a culture that shunned the idea of marriage and children altogether because it reminded us of the traumatic lives our female ancestors just had to accept due to their lack of autonomy. Some cope by stating how relieved they are to enjoy their 20s without the responsibility of family and that they have plenty of time not realizing how hard pregnancy is on the body after the age of 32 or how expensive it is to freeze your eggs or adopt. I was repulsed by the idea for most of my life and then it hit me about a year ago…without a solid partner and cute fat babies around, life is kind of a hollow boring nightmare.
Dec 6, 2022
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The whispers, boos and hisses that occur when I enter a room is titillating. conservative Australia doesn’t know what to do with me, I have a kind of will she/won’t she with procreation that is having them all on the edge of their seats. A reply of: ‘no I’m not seeing anyone’ at a function once made a 62 year old man faint. I live for the drama
Jan 25, 2024
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had no prior experience but it seems to be working out ok...
Jan 6, 2025
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For some reason this brings me into my parasympathetic nervous system
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FINDING SOMEONE ANNOYING AND IMMEDIATELY REALIZING IT’S BECAUSE THEY REMIND YOU OF YOUR YOUNGER SELF
OH BROTHER THIS GUY actually needs a lot of empathy and understanding
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Breaking my very thin, almost non existent air of mystery because I got a haircut I actually like, my favorite jeans fit again, it’s a full moon eclipse, 70°, and both of my kids’ birthdays are today!! MAGIC IS REAL AND I AM FULL OF LOVE! 💗 💗💗💗💗💗
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