Reply #165: And here I thought I was the only one!

[iris27]

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My disinterest in having children or a big career stems from a single reason - lack of overall motivation/drive. I know the work involved in raising children right - my parents were great examples of how NOT to do it. Parenting the way I'd want to seems as exhausting as climbing the corporate ladder would be. When my days of retail mid-management are longer than normal (say, 10 hours instead of 8), I am pretty much useless when I get home. I can't imagine being up for the 80-hour weeks required of ambitious lawyers, nor can I fathom coming home from a day at work to a night of cooking, cleaning, changing, bathing, crying, and broken sleep. Maybe I have undiagnosed CFS, or maybe I'm just extremely lazy, but I can't function if I haven't had at least a couple hours at the end of the day to decompress before bed. Kudos to those who find fulfillment in their kids or their work; it's just not for me.