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j4d3 · 3172 days ago · link · · parent · post: It turns out parenthood is worse than divorce, unemployment — even the death of a partner
Based on n of 4 in this thread (including the French mom), maybe it's not location, but lingering higher expectations on mothers. Whoops, I read more carefully, and it looks like they did check on the gender thing -- no difference. 30% of parents did get happier after kids. Which means the rest of us, on average, are even less happy. I'm saying all this with a sort of gallows humor which is probably not reading in the form of 0's and 1's.
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Agreed. I am a big believer that it's All Joy and No Fun. Certainly joy has value.