How long has the war between being rich and having children existed? I’m not very sure as I’ve spent only a few decades on Earth. I do know that it’s a long, excruciatingly long discussion that never ever ends. Why? Because there’s never any correct answer.
I have had circumstances where I would argue that I would rather work for money and be able to provide when it’s needed than give birth and have my children suffer and struggle but I was shut up. By men, by the way.
Now this does not mean that I think all men think this way as I have met men who think otherwise but I have also met people who brag with their children. “He thinks I am a small boy when I already have a wife and two children”.
This was coming from someone who’d just told me about his loan, salary payments and how hard it was to survive with the “load”. But he was happy to add one more child to his family. So what do you think his take on this topic is?
Have we ever thought or pondered on the fact that many beggars on the streets have more children than the richer folks?
One day, I saw a lady feed her child with “Nutri milk” on the roadside, probably because of health complications or most likely due to the inability to feed properly. How then can she breastfeed?
What do you think she’d say if you could ask her what her pick is? Being wealthy or having children?
A lot of people are quick to associate this topic with illiteracy and education but I’ll remind you that not all educated people are literate. Even educated people think having children is a better option. “Omo, we go run am.”
While it is a great idea to have children and watch them grow older while being relatively young yourself is a very alluring thought, I wonder how it feels to be able to provide the basic amenities for you and your children.
Be poor and have a grand family.
Be comfortable and still have a family, only much later.
Raise an early but distant family.
Raise a family while waiting for one child to break out of the strings of poverty.
It is not guaranteed that the wealthier folks have happier families, though, inh but it is believed that wealthier folks are more likely to visit the therapists more often than the latter. But, again, this is because I think they have the most complicated families.
But who would rather cry in a car than smile and walk in the sun? I wonder.
I’d choose happiness, though. My happiness comes with being able to provide for my needs. What about yours?
