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3 Post author: Carinthium 26 June 2014 07:36AM

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Comment author: tim 30 June 2014 01:09:46AM -1 points [-]

Why is rationalization of one's child-having status an issue for estimating their happiness? People are as happy as they are. Part of what determines that happiness is their rationalization of events and choices they've encountered. If childless people rationalize their situation and are just as happy as child-having people (with their own rationalizations), that looks like an answer, not a problem.