Why do people around me tend to increase their responsibility load (i.e. have children, become a manager, do charity, etc.) while I (30M) try to avoid it as much as I can?

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The reward is worth the sacrifice.

It's funny how some people treat responsibility. It's like they are trying to convince me that brushing teeth is "worth sacrifice". I totally agree and I'll probably need to bring this topic to therapy.

Take having kids, for example. You have kids, but you have to earn a fortune, you have to change pampers and you have to regulate yourself emotionally not to fuck up their psyche. It's not that I don't want to have kids because I don't value kids over these chores, it's just I'm afraid if I don't do these chores, I'll be responsible for their shitty future.

Brushing teeth is totally worth doing, but if I one day don't feel like it - it's not a problem.

Don't let those other parents fool you, we ALL have don't feel like it days. You can just take more of them as the kids get older.

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