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Johnnie Girl, I feel kind enlightened now that I some idea of how young you are! Let me clarify something for you: the idea that women choose career over family is a misogynistic myth! It undsrscores a hateful notion that a woman who chooses anything other than motherhood is selfish.
None of my friends had children until their thirties. And, aside from a few, they don't have terribly exciting jobs nor are they making bank. Rather, they waited until they found a man (or a woman) with whom they could share the responsibility of raising children.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: there's no recipe for family. Was it Tolsotoy who said that thing about all happy families are the same? Tolstoy was full of shit. There are about a million ways to make a happy family.
