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author=Necrile
Why does everyone just assume that kids/marriage is some level of success? I know plenty of people who are late into their 30's and happy with being single, and living their own lives how they want.

It's a cultural thing, arguably more in some cultures than others. Where I'm from (the Indian subcontinent), it's fairly often thought of as selfish to not have kids before the age of 30 if you're a man, or 25-26 if you're a woman.

I probably wouldn't be giving a crap right now if I didn't feel I had a certain duty to provide my parents with grandchildren. To an external person, it probably sounds dumb ("You don't have to provide your parents with ANYTHING!!"), but it's a bit more complicated than that unfortunately...

author=Gourd_Clae
YM, you just gotta get married before me. ^.^ There's your bar~ It should be a low one because I'm personally not planning on getting married for a long, long, long time. Also, don't worry about it if it's not one your priorities. People are silly thinking marriage is some kind of necessity.

LOL, right now I'm struggling with getting a long-term relationship, never mind marriage. When I think about it that's way, it's kinda silly for me to care about these things.

Also I can see where you're coming from: I should probably have instead wrote, "People who actively CHOOSE to have kids despite knowing they can only barely afford them, if at all". My bad.

author=Shinan
I remember some years ago when I was wandering the local autumn market where you generally meet people you haven't seen in years. I met one of my old schoolmates I hadn't in years and he had a kid with him. It did hit me a bit. I mean this was probably almost ten years ago now.

Nowadays my younger sister has two kids and a house (and is married with a husband) and I feel like I probably haven't changed much in the last ten years. But I try not to think of it too much and just play video games :)

Man, I feel you there. A guy I knew at Uni (he had the same thesis supervisor as me) already has a kid, and he's three months YOUNGER than me.

At the very least your sister has kids....my elder brother, for various reasons, isn't likely to get married anytime soon, so I feel most of the pressure is gonna be on me to settle down yada yada.

author=Corfaisus
That's nothing. I had a classmate who had a baby in 2007 (I know this because Facebook was a thing at the time). If that wasn't bad enough, I'm pretty sure she's about a year younger than me. I also knew a girl from middle school (a grade below) who had a baby with one schmuck, left him (or vice versa) and found another guy who was working two jobs to support the three of them by the same time.

Teen pregnancies are 18 years bad luck.

Eek. I always wonder about people who have kids and then can't afford give them at least a decent life. Isn't that cruel to the kids?

author=pianotm
Most people get married too young. You can gauge wisdom by how long he or she waits.

What is "too young" to you? (I'm 25 next month)

author=SgtMettool
First all of your friends get married.
Then all of your friends start having kids.
Eventually all of your friends have bought houses.
Then you're 30.
But damn, at least you're still working on that awesome RPG.

:<

FWIW, I don't think many people here are gonna be able to afford houses even when they're 30...

author=InfectionFiles
I'm actually glad I didn't slip into that role when it presented itself. Waaay too young

You da man

Quarter Life Crisis? Is that a Pokemon?

author=Craze
i am currently wondering if the persona 5 devs watched penguindrum and were inspired by it.

Uh oh - I ended up strongly disliking Penguindrum.

I just finished the second Palace, don't think I've picked up anything hugely Penguindrummy so far...

Stati........