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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Completely different that you wanted them but it didn't work out.

I give like 10% thought to people who didn't have children but could have, but didn't want them. I think they have denied themselves having a full life, the full human experience.

However, again, different from you. You have recognized that there does exist a loss. I am sorry for your loss, btw. I think your loss will be apparent to others, on some level, spoken or not.[/quote]

Similar to this, I find them a little self-centered in a way that anyone is when they don't have 100% responsibility for a young child. I don't hold that against them (I used to be that way). I am not saying that OP is self-centered since I don't even know her/him, that's just my experience with people I know. [/quote]

Nothing is more self-centered and selfish than having a child.  We wouldn’t have survived as a species without parenting having a huge payoff to the parents. I write this as a parent.  It’s a totally selfish endeavor.   [/quote]

+100  I adopted a child because I wanted a child.  I agree its selfish and self-centered as it was about my wishes and wants, not the child's.  You have kids for your needs/wishes, not theirs.[/quote]

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