So this just came to mind, since it's kind of related.
My wife's family recently did another round of "family cookbook" reprints, since her sister died earlier this year and reminded the older generation of their own mortality, so they better make their additions and pass it on.
My wife did not receive one. The reason? "well you didn't have kids, so it's not like you can pass it on"
Due to genetic disorders, she decided to make sure she couldn't have kids. The doctor that performed the TL asked her about it in his opening small talk, "but you're so young!" then he opened her file, started reading, and apologized.
Her mother and remaining sister agreed with the decision and refuse to give her a copy.
Jesus that is so messed up. It's such a weird obsession too, furthering the family line. Like are we all royalty all of a sudden? Which hearths will I inherit, mother? Or will I inherit a bunch of debt and grandma's Beanie Baby collection? Get off your high horse.
Having said that, this shit must hurt. Sorry she went through that. It's such a stupid thing to be this shitty about.
Well Grandma's China cabinet and furniture needs to go somewhere as her kids won't take them.
Oh no! Not the cookbooks! With secret recipes for KFC and self-sustaining fusion reactor.
Honestly, you should tell your in-laws to piss off. They sound toxic af.
You have no idea. They're the stereotyped in-laws that everyone hates, but it's well deserved. MIL is narcissist, FIL/SIL are enablers.
The doctor that performed the TL asked her about it in his opening small talk, "but you're so young!" then he opened her file, started reading, and apologized.
Way out of line. He was probably about to ask what her husband would think.
Ohhh the amount of times people ask that... And whenever it comes up in a conversation, people ALWAYS turn to me and ask me how I feel about that.
First of all, FUCK YOU that's how I feel about it, it's none of your goddamn business thanks for asking.
Secondly, I was with her when she went to see the geneticist, and fully supported whatever decision she came to.
Thirdly, who gives a shit what I think, it's not my body that would be going through everything.
That's fuck up. Sorry for your wife.
Family is toxic and pointless. I don't know why people subject themselves to it as adults.
I'm talking about extended family, beyond your adult household.
There are some good families out there as I've dated myself into some of them over the years.
However there are many where you can hear the banjos playing a little too close when you go to a family event like a wedding.
It takes having your own banjos at times to know which ones are really playing them and which ones to cut out which is hard for many. I've been able to do it over the years but it wasn't easy for others to understand. I know I'm better off for it in the long run.
I've never understood old cookbooks. Why would I make cow cunt boiled in fish oil with kale when I have the internet ,and can make food meant for human consumu?
Haha get rekt, genes. Ride ends here
Boomers: create an environment it's difficult to raise a child in
Boomers: wait, you can't just not have kids, starts outlawing abortion and spreading lies about population collapse
Sorry mom and dad. Your shitty genes made me ugly and your shitty parenting fucked up my personality. This is really your fault.
My parents still haven't accepted that I'm not even willing to marry at the ripe old age of 34.
Yes, I'm Indian. How did you know?
Good.
Fuck my family.
I'm ending it right here.
Every person on earth comes from a long line of ancestors that goes back to the earliest humans. That means that if you don't have any kids, you'll be the first one ever in your line to not have kids.
Having said that, I would bet that a "line coming to an end" is a pretty common scenario. Even if the average couple has 2.1 kids, there are going to be families with 10 kids, and others with none. I wonder if anybody has ever collected stats on what fraction of people never have kids. Maybe it's something you can search for if you know what the right search term is.
The line doesn't go back to early humans. The line goes back to the the very "trunk" of the tree of life, a microbe known as LUCA - the Last Universal Common Ancestor.
Ancestry doesn't just run through the history of man, it runs through the history of all life on Earth.
Yup. Sorry.
Better to adopt. If the kid has a fucked up past or shitty genes it won't be your fault!
Is this Butcher's dad the science guy?
