Wednesday, December 26, 2012

LOVE: SOME WOMAN DON'T WANT TO GROW UP

Life's funny. To a kid, time always drags. Suddenly you're fifty. All that's left of your childhood... fits in a rusty little box

Our society is full of lost boys and girls hanging out at the edge of adulthood,someone who refuses to settle down and make commitments, and who would rather go on partying into middle age.If you read the newspapers, all you hear is that young people’s lives have never been as horrible as today — which basically requires historical amnesia, because that is not the case. Recession and economic depressions have happened across the past century. People are scared of thinking of themselves as adults. They cannot see anything good that comes with being an adult; all our cultural values are with youth and the further we move away from that, the more anxious they become. They read books aimed at children and teenagers (such as Harry Potter, Hunger Games and Twilight), the popularity of cartoons such as the Simpsons, and the rise of adults playing computer games, are symptoms of this desire to escape adulthood. People are frightened of what the future might hold and are terrified of taking risks. People now avoid or postpone thinking about making a commitment to others for fear they will get hurt. the decisions on whether to marry or not marry, start a family or not, travel or stay put, stick in your existing job or find a new one can make us overwhelmed, anxious and depressed.

Of course, there is one decision that a woman — even of the Peter Pan variety — cannot put off for ever, and that is whether to have a child. They fool myself into thinking that they don’t have to decide just yet and cling to any headline about women having their children at 41 and 42 as proof that, yes, there is plenty of time. But is there? The obvious truth is that fertility plummets in your 30s and you will wake up one day and regret that you missed the boat on babies altogether. Your fertility has a limited lifespan and you are simply being reckless with chance. If you're over 32 and heartbroken over a breakup with the guy who you hoped would be 'the one' or haven't had a good date in a while or watch your close friends go on to their second or third pregnancy, it will be unbearable your  anticipation of turning 33... 34... 35 and remaining single will create more anxiety than anything else in your life. Once you hit 35, you will realized that despite your dreams (and deep biological and emotional desire to be a mother), You will be still happy for all the other things in my life. Being an aunt ..but you are fooling yourself. People assume you never wanted kids because you don't have any.Is that you want?

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