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 All yall trad and proud fellas are forgetting something

Once you have a family and home, your life is no longer censorship resistant.
I don't make the rules.

Easy to exert leverage on family men. That's why y'all start to become "reasonable" instead of idealistic and principled.

Not saying family isn't worth it, just a fact. 
 Truth  
 maybe true, but I've seen men with family become more principled than before, because they have a purpose now. Having a kid can light a fire under your ass. i would say it depends 
 yeah depends on whether you had principles to begin with.

I'd also say that men over 40 who DON'T have children better be devoting themselves to something larger then they are.