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I don't think they are saying you gave up your life because of your children but that you shift your time towards other things. Rightfully so because having a child is a huge responsibility and people better live up to that.
But I don't think you would have gotten into jigsaw puzzles and probably did something more alike the things You did before you had children.
Or maybe you are the exception to the (from what I can observe) the norm and haven't given up any or most of your adult hobbies when having a child. If so, good on you!
In closing I would like to say that I respect people that want children, I understand some people want children and can't have them (fertility, no partner, discrimination against non hetero) and I understand the anger they might feel when seeing this meme. I also understand those who don't have children and are fine with it or even happy about it because they actively pursued this life concept. So to me that meme is funny without making fun of the other groups but (as ever joke needs) using them as a reference to make it funny in the first place.
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