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[quote=Anonymous]Also, I have no idea if this applies to your friends, but some people who "don't want kids" may have tried having them and it didn't work out for them. They may feel sad or relieved or some combination but they don't necessarily want to share with you, especially if they can sense that you will not understand or be sympathetic (and I can 100% guarantee, OP, that you would not respond in a helpful way to someone in that situation so it makes sense they wouldn't share with you if that were the case).

Kids are hard. I think if I'd had them I would have been a better parent for some kids than others. Sometimes I'm wistful. Sometimes I'm glad I didn't have to find out if I'd be a good or a bad parent and I am happy to have the freedom that comes with not having kids. I still like kids (generally speaking--some I click with better than others) and am happy to hang out with my kid-having friends either with our without their children but if I got the sense that my friend thought I was "unnatural as a woman," not "truly happy," "bored," and with "no one else to love" I would not be friends with that person anymore. [/quote]

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