You havenโt experienced life until you get to a point where you understand why our fathers and uncles went to Johannesburg and never returned home or returned with nothing after years of being there.
Maybe i am too woke ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ but I'm actually glad birth rates are declining. Not because children are a burden, but because more people are finally realising they're not fit to be parents and that's a far kinder decision than bringing a child into a life they're not prepared for.
pattern recognition is a lonely gift. by the time everyone else finally sees it, youโve already been called dramatic, negative or crazy for pointing it out.