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In reply to the discussion: To Conservatives: I do not want kids, so get over it!!!!! [View all]tularetom
(23,664 posts)Of course they are 46 and 49 years old, but I think they have finally reached adulthood. Even though the 49 year old is a grandmother and the other one is about to become an empty nester.
We've bailed them out financially on several occasions, we even took our daughter in (with kids) when she and husband split up a couple of times and we acted as unpaid child care providers many times when we would have far rather done something else.
They both have steady jobs and stable families now, but it sure as hell wasn't always that way. Looking back I think my wife would choose a different path if she knew what was in store for her. And she was a far better mother than I was a father.
Our kids were never in trouble with the law they weren't lazy or spoiled. They were relatively normal kids who had problems transitioning into adulthood.
My point is you will never hear me bad mouthing any woman who has chosen not to have children.