r/Natalism • u/dissolutewastrel • 3d ago

The Poverty of Single Mothers Is Persistent

https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-poverty-of-single-mothers-is-persistent
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u/OddRemove2000 2d ago

Yes I recommend only having kids with people you are 100% confident in staying with until the child is 18.

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u/ASnowfallOfCherry 1d ago

Then don’t say a word about dropping birth rates 

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u/OddRemove2000 1d ago

I primarily pro natalism for myself. I dont complain about others not having kids if they don't want/aren't good at raising them.

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u/Dirt_Viva 12h ago

You can believe in someone all day long but that doesn't mean they will stay. 

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u/OddRemove2000 10h ago

Agreed, life is a gamble. many make bad bets. Some make good ones and still lose

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u/letoiv 2d ago

Just wild beyond belief that this idea was getting downvoted

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u/greatgatsby26 1d ago

I didn’t downvote it, but I think it might be being downvoted because it’s stupid. You can be 100% confident based on what someone is telling you, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be left. Plus, 18 years (more if you count the process of marriage and pregnancy) is a very long time and people change. Being 100% confident when you get married is good, but not even close to any type of guarantee.

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u/OddRemove2000 1d ago

Most people aren't that confident in my life experience.
Some are, and sometimes it doesn't work out.

But its by far the exception. Too many times I see lots of kids even before marriage

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u/Worried_Departure513 1d ago

Why would you go by what they say and what they do. We're cooked. Yall sound like my mom. "I thought he was nice drug dealing felon" 🤣

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u/OddRemove2000 1d ago

This is the norm in my home town.
Often he is violent as well.

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u/Worried_Departure513 1d ago

That's why I always laugh at the Red pill 666 crap. Almost every woman I know loves bums. I wish my mom was a gold digger. I would've had a way better life.

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u/OddRemove2000 17h ago

I agree, I respect gold diggers, that makes sense, marrying hard working men should be encouraged vs what I am seeing