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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you sound like you have had a really good life and you sound not at all grateful for it.  Some of us never had the huge, warm family experience growing up or as parents.  You had both but still mourn not getting more as a (1950s) grandparent matriarch.  It’s not an attractive look and I am sure your kids feel the same.  In fact, they may not have enjoyed their large family childhood that much if they don’t even want kids.[/quote]
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You have two sound kids with a career and they seem fine. That's more than most peple have. [/quote]

I don't get these comments. The "it's not a loss per se" comments and "more than most people have" comments. OP feels the loss. So, is she wrong-feeling? Should we tell her how she's supposed to feel because, you know, that's always helpful.

FWIW, adding "per se' to any comment pretty much means the comment is useless.[/quote]

She’s misguided....that’s what the consensus is. Would she prefer to have heroin addicts for her adult kids? Or ex-convicts? She really ought to be grateful in light of the pandemic.[/quote]

Yeah, only you, which is not  a consensus.[/quote]

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