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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]If having grandchildren is important to you, you should not have an only child.[/b] But yes, it’s perfectly valid to want grandchildren and be disappointed if it doesn’t happen; expect, no.[/quote]

This makes me sad - I have an only child, not by choice (5 IVFs and 3 miscarriages trying to have #2). I will grieve if I have no grandchildren, but I will try my hardest to grieve privately. It isn’t for me to decide… but I will (silently) hope. [/quote]

Sometimes this works the other way as well. I wanted kids but struggled with infertility as well. One of the reasons I would have kept going even if there was more failure was that I'm an only child and I knew my parents would be amazing grandparents (I see them with extended family, family friends etc. So I wanted it for them as well as myself. But I am from a pretty traditional family (immigrants) - I can't think of anyone in my family who is child free by choice.[/quote]

If you struggled with infertility, you should know how hurtful these kinds of statements are for those who also struggled and didn't end up being able to have children. [/quote]

As someone who has been struggling with infertility for 9 years, I fail to see how anything that PP said is hurtful.[/quote]

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