Brett Cooper

And she's only hit on one part of it.

Like what about the postpartum depression?

What about the lack of support?

It's not just that society doesn't want to see the kids, but it's that nobody is helping.

Like if I was a woman who was not sure if I wanted to have kids and I read this article, it would not be the children themselves that would terrify me.

It would be the loneliness and the lack of support because that is what they were talking about.

And it is incredibly well established how lonely modern mothers feel.

Like just look at these stats from 2025.

Less than 18% of mothers feel fully supported.

70% feel like they are doing motherhood alone.

75% feel like they have less of a village than their mother's generation.

77% feel like they have less of a village than their grandmother's generation.

But I'm sure it also doesn't help that, especially if you live in a very liberal cosmopolitan area, like I'm sure these mothers do, 30 years old, I'm guessing very liberal, that so few of your friends also have children.

feel even more isolating even if your spouse wanted the baby and even if he is involved.

Like, I'm sorry, but your husband wanting to be a dad is not enough to carry you through.

You have to be on board because it is a sacrifice.

It is the most beautiful sacrifice, in my opinion, that you will ever make.

It is worth it to me every single day because it is so beautiful, but it is hard.

It is a sacrifice that makes it all the more fulfilling, but still, you gotta be fully bought in.

Now to tie this back to something going on in pop culture right now, all of this reminds me so much of one of the storylines from the current season of Love is Blind that is currently going viral right now.