I can tell you this. I spent decades feeling like I was fundamentally broken in a way that precluded the possibility of a genuine, loving marriage. Being an introvert raised by parents with certain personality disorders can do that to you.
Now, I know that's not true. It never was.
But at age 49, I know some doors are closed forever. My fault, if you wanna go by actions taken or not taken instead of getting into WHY. But also not my fault because of the formative-years crap.
To quote Homer Simpson, "Computer dating?! You'd have to be pretty desperate to do it with a robot!" My point is, I may be timed out, but I still have standards.
I shall have to take this up with God in the next life.
And that was in an episode of a show that's, what, twenty-plus years old?
All joking aside...there's still families and communities that are propagating at rates that are well above replacement.
But the corporate media will never tell you about them because...well, they don't even know they exist.
The Amish.
The Orthodox Jews.
Many of the "non-denominational Protestant" communities.
There are plenty of others, I'm sure.
As my high-school buddy who married his college sweetheart and homeschooled his six kids likes to put it, "The future belongs to those who show up for it."
Everything you say is true. I'd also add that conservatives in general in America are propagating above the replacement rate. Liberals are way below it. Still, I'm not sure it changes the general trajectory of where this is going.
Sadly, I believe you are correct…the more so that none of the six offspring have nearly as many kids.
All but one are married, the three boys and two of the three girls. One of the boys got divorced by his faithless wife, with whom he had one child. He has remarried and undoubtedly hopes to have more children.
The other two boys and the two married girls have either two or three kids apiece. So call that ten grandkids among the six offspring.
I can tell you this. I spent decades feeling like I was fundamentally broken in a way that precluded the possibility of a genuine, loving marriage. Being an introvert raised by parents with certain personality disorders can do that to you.
Now, I know that's not true. It never was.
But at age 49, I know some doors are closed forever. My fault, if you wanna go by actions taken or not taken instead of getting into WHY. But also not my fault because of the formative-years crap.
To quote Homer Simpson, "Computer dating?! You'd have to be pretty desperate to do it with a robot!" My point is, I may be timed out, but I still have standards.
I shall have to take this up with God in the next life.
All I can say is that now is a good time to find someone (if you already haven’t) and take yourself off “the market.” It’s only going to get worse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPQJBgWwg3o
And that was in an episode of a show that's, what, twenty-plus years old?
All joking aside...there's still families and communities that are propagating at rates that are well above replacement.
But the corporate media will never tell you about them because...well, they don't even know they exist.
The Amish.
The Orthodox Jews.
Many of the "non-denominational Protestant" communities.
There are plenty of others, I'm sure.
As my high-school buddy who married his college sweetheart and homeschooled his six kids likes to put it, "The future belongs to those who show up for it."
Everything you say is true. I'd also add that conservatives in general in America are propagating above the replacement rate. Liberals are way below it. Still, I'm not sure it changes the general trajectory of where this is going.
Sadly, I believe you are correct…the more so that none of the six offspring have nearly as many kids.
All but one are married, the three boys and two of the three girls. One of the boys got divorced by his faithless wife, with whom he had one child. He has remarried and undoubtedly hopes to have more children.
The other two boys and the two married girls have either two or three kids apiece. So call that ten grandkids among the six offspring.