Came here to find this <| sep |> It ' s oddly satisfying to watch how catering to the liberals slowly destroys your country . <| sep |> The article and associated items say 3000 years that is much further back than Joan , so it would have to be our current definition of schizophrenia admittedly , a ' leftover ' according to the bicameral theory of mind . <| sep |> i recently went to cancel , and they gave me another free month . <| sep |> Depends , IMHO , on your obligations . I know plenty of guys from school or work or other means of interaction , who are parents . Well their wives might be lousy wives , but the kids need food and a roof . Should there be a worklife balance ? Sure . Is it easy to do though for most ? I don ' t know . I know some people with special needs kids or siblings . Guy I know , it wasn ' t his choice that his brother is special needs and will need care for life . He ' s the only one in a position to fill that role , so he does it . IMHO , the critical issue here is to stay flexible as long as possible if you don ' t have a passion or a career path that requires a lot of investment up front i . e . being a doctor Probably one of the worst things that can happen to a guy is he marries too young , has kids too young , and then gets locked in a career , job and mortgage and marriage that he might all regret later . Making that decision at 2324 might be too soon for many , when they understand later they wanted something different . I ' d say most parents I know , deep down , if you give them enough vodka , and in some very isolated moments of clarity , will just come out and say , very carefully , that they wish they didn ' t have kids at all . They had them too young and now it ' s just too late to do anything about it . Some people will never have a passion . Some people will never find their passion . Not sure what to say but for those folks , as you advised , be flexible and keep your options open . As for folks who did find their passion , good for them . And if you have found your passion , maybe it helps to come to terms that some folks out there will never find their passion or one doesn ' t exist for them . You can try a lot of things but sometimes it doesn ' t click for you . A lot of life is luck and timing . Don ' t get me wrong , you have to put in the hard work and effort , but there are things that happen to all of us that operate as good fortune . I will say this , I don ' t expect most women to understand this at all . I have a male friend who was in a high stress and lucrative career , but the stress was killing him . He ended up buying a condo in the middle of nowhere and is now working in a coffee shop . He might be one of the technically smartest people on the planet . But he chose peace of mind over more dollars and nose bleeds . Any guy I talk to , they understand this dynamic . Most women ? I know what they would say . Fuck him . He ' s a loser . He couldn ' t hack it . Not openly of course , but it ' s how they think . It ' s because they have options to be something else i . e . trophy wife , stay at home mom , part time worker whereas a guy has only one choice Work , succeed and dominate or be labeled a piece of shit by society at large . IMHO , these kind of topics would help to have three categories laid out . Those who have found their passion . Those who are looking and have not found it yet . Those who , based on time and circumstance , are less likely to find one or any at all . Just my 2 cents .