“Oh nooo, children are a burden because I’ll have less time and money for me!“
What a cope for your own selfishness. Yes, having kids can get expensive, it’s stressful, and there’s a lot that you have to sacrifice in order to raise them. No amount of money or “solo life journeys” will ever make up for the precious memories with your child that you lost out on.
There is no more fulfilling or happy life a woman could have than putting her children’s needs, her husband’s needs before her own. Loving and nurturing the very life you brought into this world, watching them grow up, fostering a strong bond with your own family, making so many memories that you can look back on and smile when you’re older–because you had something so much greater than what anything materialism could give you. That is priceless. No amount of cope will ever change this.