To feel like this about people wanting kids

What a detestable, irresponsible couple you have described. Furthermore, without a doubt within a year, the guy will split and the girl will dump the child on her parents and ?
There ought to be a law.

I'm aware that the users of this site are from different parts of the world, but people like these are the one of the reasons the US is the way it is today. I don't have the means to support a child, which is why I live alone, and sustainably, and have no children. Let's take my brother for instance. He's a truck driver who busts his ass sometimes 70 hours a week. He payed more in taxes this year than I made in income. Yet when he filed his taxes, they told him he owed them MORE. Then we have these people who sit on their asses and live off of welfare. Welfare that's payed for by people who break their backs to make a living, and still can't afford to buy the things they want, and deserve.

Its interesting to read the above responses.

Two 19yo's who both work and have decided to have a baby. In no way is this wrong. You do not need tens of thousands in the bank or have your house paid off to have children. Nor do you need to be married (these days).

If the pregnancy was planned then I'm sure this baby/child will be loved. I can think of whole lot of worse cases than what you have described. 19 is a natural age (possibly even humanly) to have children. The child will survive especially in our modern world of support and welfare.
Being on any government support does not make you a bad person, I'm quite sure if they were millionaires you'd say all good for them, but money doesn't make them respectful, the love of their child does.

It sounds to me like they are both trying to set up their family life together with their baby, all good to that, I'm sure they'll be fine.

Another point. If you couples out there want to have children but are waiting to be financially secure, you will wait forever. When you want to have a child together and you are adults already, then you are ready.

Well yeah, it's definitely normal to be like wtf when people have kids irresponsibly but it's best to keep your skepticism to yourself. It's entirely possible that they will crash and burn, yes. It's also entirely possible that they will get their shit together, realize what they got themselves into and grow the fuck up.

In either scenario, you're probably the millionth critic here and likely everyone feels similar feelings so just know your place and keep a respectable tone with them. Who knows, right?

It's totally irresponsible to have a kid when neither parent has the maturity or financial means to take care of it.

For now i'd agree with you but you could actually be surprised. I don't know these people personally but I've seen it happen,the girl was 19 with no job and the guy 21 with a low wages job and they still lived at their grand parents house. She wanted a child more than anything in the world and they did, today they are stable and they look very happy. They have their own apartment and she got a job after a while. Their child look healthy and she is loved. Personally, i'd never have done that in their life condition and I think just like you but sometimes life happens differently than we think. Try to be there for them and give them your support even if you don't agree with their choices, putting them down will not change them.

I feel the same when I get stuck behind someone in the checkout line paying with EBT checks trying to manage like four small kids. They already can't support the ones they have but they keep having more. They should be fucking neutered.

I can relate to that. It's kind of sad seeing people have kids when they SO obviously aren't in ANY way prepared...

the smart move is for the new granparents to comandeer the grandkid with em mebbe even joint custody tween the mats & frats

they then kick their kids the fuck outta the house and tell em to go live in a dumpster

People really need to prove themselves in order to have a kid (emotionally and finaicially). If only for the child's (or childrens') sake. Your friend sounds like another welfare case to me.