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[quote=Anonymous]I am mid thirties and have one child who is almost 3. DH is close to 40. At this point in our lives, one child is what we can handle. We both need to work full time to make things work financially, and my DH gets extremely stressed about our financial situation although we are perfectly comfortable. He is in a commission based career and it's feast or famine. He is so involved in work that a lot of the more intensive parenting work falls to me. I love DS with all of my heart, but parenting is no joke. I can't imagine having more than one child right now. He has some mild health needs and I thank my lucky stars that they are all correctable, but it's been tough.

My gut tells me to not have any more kids, but there's a nagging part of me that worries about DS later in life. He will (hopefully) have 2 aging parents and that is not easy for anyone, much less a child without siblings. It sounds horrible, but that would be my only reason for having another child. I have one sibling and we were never close so I'm not sold on the whole "every child needs a sibling" thing that I hear about.

I need to hear from people who have been through it--is the life of an only child as lonely and difficult as people make it out to be? I'm trying not to think short-term. I know that everything is a phase and time moves quickly.  I just don't want to regret our choices 20 years from now. I need to hear from other people in deeper phases of life that it all turned out ok because every time someone questions our choice to only have one it sends daggers into my heart. Not because I want more kids--just because I'm worried I'm setting my son up for a tough life due to our choices. Any suggestions?[/quote]

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