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I was with him until the unborn child bit. Then it went off the deep end.



If a project I put a lot of sweat into and providing a revenue stream I depended on for my family was now threatened by a large entity, and the monetary cost was more than the combined value of my total app revenue and my personal savings, plus the time cost is more than I'm willing to bear... I'd be there with him.

Being sued is stressful.

Being sued and losing a revenue stream, when you want to bring this thing into the world that eats, breathes, and needs you and your time is doubly stressful.

Being sued, losing a revenue stream, wanting to have another child, and having your significant other tell you that while this cloud is hanging over your head, we won't take on the additional responsibility in the shrinking window of her fertility, is heart breaking.

Those daydreams you have of building a successful product, while your kids play in the backyard, now evaporate.

To call it the deep end, is very dismissive.


Why? He lays out his reasoning behind this thought. Not every thought process can be purely logical. There's a lot of emotion behind anything to do with having kids and if they're concerned about the stress, it's got to factor into the equation.


Oh, do tell of your brave reaction when you were sued, and how it never bothered you to risk losing it all during the months or years until resolution. Also tell us about how easy and worry-free having kids was for you.

Wait, let me guess: you've never actually been sued. And don't have kids.




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