My take on the DINK videos (Dual Income, No Kids)
There is no right or wrong whether a couple chooses to have children or not. It's their personal choice.
Everyone has the right to reach fulfillment in life in their own way.
The *glamorization* of the DINK lifestyle on social…
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Tweets like this are a net negative to me because the people who understand what you're saying will obviously agree with you, but the people who don't will get upset.
I think X is a bad place to have opinions/convos like this because text doesn't account for inflection and I…
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@WhiteBoardFin
As one half of a current DINK (medical reasons) who foster and discuss adopting, the videos are mildly amusing, but mostly obnoxious. They nailed getting engagement, though!
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@matthew78375381
🙏 Nothing wrong with adopting. Best of luck to you with whatever route you choose!
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@WhiteBoardFin
My wife and I have been called DINKs - unbeknownst to them that we've struggled to have kids. Pretty mean but I know they are just jealous. But we're expecting a baby girl in April! Thanks for posting this ❤
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@WhiteBoardFin
So, a marriage isn’t a “marriage” without making a kid(s)?? You just said some people want to but can’t, so they aren’t really “married”? Some real flim flam here.
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@adambledsoe
Dating with no kids is the same as being married with no kids.
Nothing changes lifestyle-wise.
At no point did I say "A marriage isn't a marriage without kids".
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@WhiteBoardFin
Slight change to the acronym for those of us that have kids: DI'N'K = Dual Income and Kids
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@WhiteBoardFin
I agree and don’t agree with some of those things but I don’t have to, and I think that’s the point you were trying to make.👌
We’re all capable of making decisions for us and our own families and ultimately that’s a strict decision between the couple, no one else.
Respect.❤️🙌
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@WhiteBoardFin
As someone who doesn't want kids I'm there with you on most of this but can't understand why you'd say
"Being married without kids is just perpetual dating."
Children don't automatically make you a better partner or more committed.
Plenty of kids from divorced households
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@Saving_Sherpa
Your lifestyle doesn't change until you have kids. That was the point. I wasn't talking about kids making you a better spouse.
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@WhiteBoardFin
the whole point of life is to create new life, then die 😂
even animals know this basic, simple purpose. (of course not including pregnancy struggles, etc.)
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@WhiteBoardFin
No children is amazing. Paid off the house in 5 years flat. No debt. Drive a new Benz s550. Cash in the bank. Lots of cool hobbies. Meanwhile - all my coworkers drown in debt. Miserable all the time and burdened with the upkeep of crotch goblins. Awful.
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@WhiteBoardFin
Agree with most except the glamorization of DINK lifestyle is no different than people with kids believing their life choices are superior.
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