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[quote=Anonymous]omigod!  
I married a man when I was 42 and he was 39.  (dated before then, but finally found a great guy later in life)

We jointly decided that we wouldn't have children - I would have, but he really didn't want to start so late, and the thought of being 48 to 50 in the kindergarten pickup line made me pause anyway.  So his mother never got grandchildren and my parents didn't get any from me (2 from my sibling) and..... they haven't said a word about it to either of us!  This was OUR decision!  If we'd met in our late 20s or mid 30s we would have, totally, had children.  (or tried, whose to say I was fertile? I've never had a single missed period and believe me, my bc wasn't perfect from 22 to 50)

It's not a guarantee when YOU have children that you will have grandchildren.  It's not about you!

Honestly, I have worked through my sadness at not having children, and you can, too.  And I have a wonderful life, filled with family, a wonderful husband, friends, a wonderful home, no college tuitions to save for, etc.  [/quote]

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