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I'm A Millennial And I Can't Wait To Get Married And Have Kids

Hear me out.

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It's pretty uncommon to hear nowadays that people my age actually desire to have children. In fact, I came across this angry and bitter article titled "9 Brutally Real Reasons Why Millennials Refuse To Have Kids." Apparently, "birth rates among women in their 20s have declined 15 percent between 2007 and 2012."

People don't want babies because they want to "live their lives." They're too poor, they say. Life is already miserable enough and they don't want to bring another human into the world. Pregnancy isn't pretty. They don't want to use my uterus as an "incubator," and "they don't want to be a food source for something that lives inside of them. The idea seems parasitic in nature and altogether kind of gross." They can barely take care of themselves, so how are they supposed to care for and raise a small child?

In fact, this narrative is so far off from one of the deepest desires I've ever had in my whole life. I'm a part of the small majority of millennials for whom this article does not speak.

Every day I dream about getting married to the love of my life and starting a family. I deeply want to love someone so much that our love creates another human being. I literally can't imagine myself doing anything else.

Even the idea of growing a human inside of me sounds like one of the most beautiful experiences in the world. My body can create a whole other human being! On its own! How crazy is that?

Giving your life to your family and child is one of the most selfless acts you could do in your life. It's hard for me to understand why someone would not want to. It's not easy, and I understand why it could scare some people away. There's a lot of risk involved; your whole life is changing!

I don't care if people think I'm throwing my life away. The day I get married and start to have kids is when my life will begin.

It is completely your free will choice if you do not want to have children. That's fine. However, this article was bitter, rude, upset, angry and hostile towards children and the miracle of life in general, and made sweeping statements about millennials that simply are not true. In order to understand more, read "50 Reasons to Have a Baby."

As if their smiling, joyful faces were not enough.

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