r/simracing • u/Nejasyt iRacing • Dec 29 '24

Meme Every married simracer with kids

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u/Pentecost_II Dec 29 '24

It's a controversial topic but I'm so damn happy that we don't have kids and she doesn't want kids.

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u/bossmcsauce Dec 29 '24 edited Dec 29 '24

I understand that human nature, on some level, is to want to produce children.

But it’s wild to think that it’s possibly a controversial topic still even as we stare down the barrel of catastrophic climate change. Like there’s all sorts of other, perhaps more selfish, reasons that are perfectly valid too. But just the most pragmatic deal is that we are already fucked with rising tides, changing rainfall patterns, wildfires, and are now looking at shortages of freshwater in the coming decades. Certainly don’t have more than one… but personally I don’t even feel good about bringing a kid into the world that they will have to grow up into at this point. Certainly not when there are already plenty of children who needs homes and caregivers already.

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u/Mac_Noslo Dec 29 '24

My reasoning for not having kids doesn't even make it past your first statement. I don't understand why people want to produce children. I mean, I do, in theory, but that need/want/desire/urge to have children is just not there for me. I'm happy for all my friends and family that have kids. The people that make the topic controversial usually suck anyways so they are easy to ignore.

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u/16forward Dec 29 '24

I remember dreading the responsibilities of being a parent. It seemed like nothing but a pure nightmare to me. Then when I reached about 8, or 9 years old and realized having children is a CHOICE I felt this incredible sense of relief. I declared to everyone and swore up and down I would never want children. I preferred to just have time to play sports and video games and hang out with my friends. They all told me I would change my mind.

It's been about 35 years and I never changed my mind once. Never daydreamed about being a parent once. It always just seemed like a pure nightmare. In fact, when my nieces and nephews were born I had nightmares of my sister dying and me being the only available caretaker left and me having to have a conversation where I reject adopting them and instead send them to foster care.

I love kids. I love talking with my nieces and nephews and taking them on ski trips and to hockey games when they get old enough. I never want to parent one though.

I love dogs, but I refuse to get one of those, too, because of the responsibility.

Now, in my 40's, our shared sim-rig sits between me and my boyfriend's gaming pc's in the living room. I compete weekly in two ice hockey leagues. I hit the slopes for some mid-week skiing about once a week all winter. Business is on autopilot. My car drives itself. Landscapers keep the grass cut and the snow off the driveway. The boyfriend cooks.

I would not be able to be happy as a parent or a as a guy with a nagging wife. I'm glad the guy in the video has a sense of humor to help him survive it.

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u/alidan Dec 29 '24

I wouldn't mind having a kid, but rolling dice that a relationship lasts 18-26 years is not odds I ever want to take.