Probably a mix of fear and self absorption

That same argument is often used by people to dismiss any argument they don't understand. I'm not saying it's what's happening with you now of course 🙂; I'm just saying that it's not convincing to everyone Before telling someone to start a family, or indeed any other advice, have you asked yourself if you're the first person to have told them to do that? In a variety of debates, I can't really blame people for making bad arguments, but I blame people for making arguments that they know I've heard 100 times before 🙂