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[quote=Anonymous]I had kids as a single person because I really, really wanted to have kids. Personally, I think my life would be extremely unfulfilling if I hadn't had kids-- but that is mostly because I don't have any other close relationships in my life. I'm an only child, so I'll never be anyone's aunt. My first cousins are a generation older than me and grew up in another country. My parents are dead. I've never been married and haven't dated for many years (and don't really want to-- dating made me less happy, not more happy). And all those friends who said we'd be "urban family" or some cr*p? They all got married and had real families and didn't have time for me anymore. Friends aren't a substitute for family.

I've always thought that if I DID have some other relationships, I wouldn't have felt such a strong need to have kids. So I definitely think it's possible for other people to have fulfilling lives without kids-- if they have other important connections in their lives. But for me, personally? The thought of getting older, by myself, with no one in the world to care about me-- it just sounded super depressing. Like I would be one of those people who's found dead YEARS after they died, and no one noticed they were gone.[/quote]

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