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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
&gt;I’ve never in my entire life looked at a parent and envied their life. Even in the most perfect scenario

Thank you for saying this. I'm 27 right now and me and my boyfriend are 6,5 years together so naturally people start questioning. But what you wrote here, is exactly how I feel. I never envy parents. We are the godparents of my sister in laws child, he's almost two. He's a great little boy but I just feel awkward doing anything with him. Meanwhile I feel sorry for  my sister in law that she can't do anything without her partner being home or someone to babysit him. A while ago she had to bring him to my mother in law because she wanted to go to the gym. Made me realise you can't even leave them alone for an hour. That sounds exhausting to me. I think I'll stick to dogs and puppies!
gpt
The lives of mothers is kind of heartbreaking to me. I’m yet to see a distribution of parenthood that looks fair to me. Women have always and will always carry the bulk of childcare. I think I MIGHT have been willing to have a child if I was a man. But being a mother just sounds like being held hostage till the day I die. My mum told me the other day that she hasn’t slept a single night peacefully since my oldest sister was born 32 years ago because she’s anxious and worried about us. Yeah that’s not a life I want to live at all.