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Buckeyeblue

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25. I don't regret having kids

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Apr 25, 2023, 04:03 AM

Apr 2023

But it was never a life goal of mine to reproduce. I think that's allowed me to let my kids be the people they are, rather than being an overbearing parent who forces choices on them.

I think some people have kids too young and spend the rest of their life chasing down the version of themselves they wanted to be.

But I would agree that the people I know that don't have kids don't seem to regret it.

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Do people actually regret not having children? Possibly not [View all] marmar Apr 2023 OP

nope Skittles Apr 2023 #1

I have regrets, but I'm too neurotic to be a good parent Ex Lurker Apr 2023 #22

Do people actually regret having children? (n/t) PJMcK Apr 2023 #2

According to the article, yes. TwilightZone Apr 2023 #4

Yes. I work with one or two who do. roamer65 Apr 2023 #5

There are things I could have done without them Maeve Apr 2023 #7

I don't regret having children, but it's a tough job and I can understand people who don't wish Arkansas Granny Apr 2023 #11

That's a very taboo topic. Very few people will ecstatic Apr 2023 #17

More than a few people have told me that if they had it to do over again they wouldn't have children shrike3 Apr 2023 #24

Nope, not me. TwilightZone Apr 2023 #3

Totally happy with no children, never regretted it for a minute. Meadowoak Apr 2023 #6

63 YO. Never wanted kids. Still don't. brooklynite Apr 2023 #8

Lol no shit WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2023 #9

A lot of people who had children, by choice, or by accident shouldn't have. Chainfire Apr 2023 #10

I have 4 children. Two have children, two do not. I respect their decision. Arkansas Granny Apr 2023 #12

I Love my daughters and regret nothing about them being in the world. Maru Kitteh Apr 2023 #13

I was always ambivalent about it Meowmee Apr 2023 #14

No regrets. Made my decision in my early twenties. Polly Hennessey Apr 2023 #15

Do people think and feel in monolithic ways? edisdead Apr 2023 #16

It was the right choice for me gratuitous Apr 2023 #18

absolutely no regrets.... bahboo Apr 2023 #19

We all make decisions, large and small Bettie Apr 2023 #20

Child-free both by choice, later cemented by side-effects of a failed niyad Apr 2023 #21

trade off. perfectly willing to entertain stopdiggin Apr 2023 #23

I don't regret having kids Buckeyeblue Apr 2023 #25

The people I know who regret kids saw their children not turn out very well. shrike3 Apr 2023 #27

I don't regret having kids, except when I do. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2023 #26