ext_79277 ([identity profile] lafinjack.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] politicartoons2013-08-29 11:47 am

[identity profile] enders-shadow.livejournal.com 2013-08-29 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"support a family"

Woah there; are you jumping from marriage to babies? Cause it sounds like it!

[identity profile] mzflux.livejournal.com 2013-08-29 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a jump that isn't rare.

[identity profile] enders-shadow.livejournal.com 2013-08-29 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
They are different words for a reason.

If I don't want babies that means nothing about if I want marriage.

The economic cost of a child and the economic cost of a marriage are unequal.

[identity profile] mzflux.livejournal.com 2013-08-29 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
It's funny, when I was younger I was always more comfortable with the idea of having children than getting married, and I saw myself marrying a woman more than I could a man. But my partner of 9 years is male, we're gearing up to get hitched, and I don't plan on having kids for at least another 4 years....


So here I am.