[internet_user]

why adoption instead of IVF?

[decafninja]

Watching her friends and my friends' wives go through it, we've been scared off.

Add to that, the usual HN phenomenon that we're observing how the world and our countries (USA & Korea) seem be going down the toilet, and that makes us feel hesitant to bring a new human being into the world, especially when there are kids already here that could use a loving family.

[legutierr]

The world has always been going down the toilet. The only difference now is that we have higher visibility of and lower tolerance for the bullshit. You shouldn’t be so pessimistic.

[DSingularity]

Why not one kid and try to use the excess parenting bandwidth to equip him/her to face the new world and maybe even fix it a bit?

[mrcartmeneses]

It gives a child a normal childhood and saves them from a system of foster care that can never fully meet the needs of a child?

[nxm]

Much respect to those who adopt, but bloodlines matter

[green-eclipse]

IVF is incredibly expensive and certainly not guaranteed to be successful. Might have something to do with it.

[nxm]

If a couple wants something that is priceless so badly, then it’s worth even the multiple rounds of ivf

[ridgered4]

The same is true of adoption unfortunately.