Comment on talking to my dad about depression

chefdano3@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• steeznson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This is why I’m adopting if I ever decide with my wife to be parents. Can’t imagine the guilt of my DNA looking me in the eye and asking why “did you make me?”

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  • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Look straight back and say, “cause your mum wanted to get rawdogged and forgot her birth control pills”.

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    • lars@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      “…and your dad refused to get a vasectomy” which is easy and reversible and quick-recovery

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  • lars@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I know so many well meaning people who have said exactly this

    Until the pregnancy test. And then they’re like “Let’s fucking DO it! We’ll be parents!!”

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• Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I know better than to add misery to the system.

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