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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old are you OP?[/quote]
OP here, I'm 30.[/quote]

Op i am a pp and I said this to my cousin this week so want to pass it along, one of the things that I feel like is really hard in deciding to have kids is I feel like especially as you get in your early 30s and friends are having kids, it's really hard to see from the outside the good parts of parenting or what make it worth it. I absolutely don't want to sugarcoat it because it can be extremely hard. This is really only to say that it's easy to see the hard parts from the outside, but the moments of pure bliss at watching these little humans grow is impossible to quanitify or really see from the outside. I had babies fairly early from my friends (29) so I had no idea really what I was getting into ha, but my friends who have watched other friends i think honestly have more reservations because they do see those hard parts. And they are there. But just know, that the good parts are hard to quantify and see from the outside. But they are there!![/quote]

^sorry to be a Debbie Downer but I feel the opposite is true -- it's harder to see the isolating, relentless and depressing parts of parenting from the outside, and easier to see the happy highlight reel (look at all your Christmas card pictures and your Facebook). I never regretted having a kid but during the pandemic came very close to feeling that way. I am glad you are being cautious, OP. [/quote]

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