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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to feel that way (I'm 43)...but it gets less and less as time goes by. I think things have become a bit more demanding as they've got older. I put my focus on all the pluses of having 2. I do sometimes get pangs of remorse or sadness, but it passes because I know it's more based on fantasy instead of the logical reality. Two is best for our family, regardless of what I might have wanted.[/quote]

This is almost exactly my situation.  Over the past couple of years I've shifted from desperately wanting another to contentment with the two children I have.  When my kids were younger, I wanted a third by my husband was against it.  I still get pangs of regret sometimes but at this point, if my partner was to suggest a third, I would say no.   [/quote]

My DH said no, too. He was so adamant that he stopped having sex with me for a number of years. When I got an IUD, he decides to start being intimate again and said he would not mind if we had a third. It was too late by then, of course, plus we had fertility treatments to get the kids we have. I still feel regret and resentment. I’ve been fiercely loyal to him my whole life, but after what he did, something died in me. [/quote]

+1. Very similar situation here. I feel the sadness and resentment daily.[/quote]

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