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Breakpoint

The False Joy of DINK-dom

Breakpoint

Colson Center

Christianity, News Commentary, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

There's more than one recent example of DINKs, or "Dual-Income-No-Kids" married or cohabitating couples, boasting online about their double salaries and lack of responsibilities. DINKs, we are told, eat when and what they want, sleep as late as they wish, and pretty much follow whatever impulse arises. 

If a movie began with a character going on this much about how life is all about him, or how she only worries about herself, or how happy he is not to care about anyone else, or how she goes after whatever she wants, you'd know up front that this is not the good guy (or girl), or that they were destined to be visited by three ghosts before the next morning. 

The idea that nothing's better than absolute freedom, and nothing worse than having to rely on others or have others rely on you is a lie. I suspect that if they make another video when they're 80 or 90, it will be quite different.

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With a

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one minute look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

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There's more than one recent example of a dink or dual-income no-kids married or cohabiting

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couple boasting online about their double salaries and lack of responsibilities.

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Dinks, we're told, eat when they want, what they want, sleep as late as they wish, and pretty much

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follow whatever impulse arises. If a movie began with a character going on like this

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about how much life is all about him,

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or how she only worries about herself

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or how happy he is not to care about anyone else

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or how she goes after whatever she wants, you'd know up front,

0:34.5

this is not the good guy or girl, and that they were destined to be visited by three ghosts

0:39.1

before the next morning. The idea that nothing's better than our absolute freedom and that nothing's worse than having to rely on anyone else or having anyone else rely on you,

0:47.5

well that's just a lie and I suspect that if they make another video when they're 80 or 90 years old,

0:53.6

it'll be quite different than this one.

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For the Colston Center, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

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