"The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength, each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving. It is even more deceptive to dream of gaining through the child a plenitude, a warmth, a value, which one is unable to create for oneself; the child brings joy only to the woman who is capable of disinterestedly desiring the happiness of another, to one who without being wrapped up in self seeks to transcend her own existence."
Simone de Beauvoir [The Second Sex (1949)]
oh snap ... nails all the common delusions of marriage and parenthood ... if you're not doing it for the right reasons, don't do it! but sadly too many people only think of themselves and never of others, and it's most painful when they don't think of their children. but hey, feed my fucking ego, right?! that's why i had you! fuck and off, sorry excuse for parents!
*signature.freedom.obsession* (= way less fucking up and fucking others along the way)
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