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[quote=Anonymous]Only PP here with no extended family...I didn't have aunties either. My parents were pretty introverted. And I was fine.

OP, it still seems to me you think having a second baby will "fix" everything and make everything okay. It's like in your head, you feel that if you do this one thing, then everything will be okay and you will be happy. As someone who once thought similar thoughts, gently I say, it doesn't work. I changed jobs multiple times thinking it would make me happy. I moved across the country twice, thinking that if I lived somewhere else, then I would be happy (I didn't learn after the first time!). I made other big choices, all because in my head I thought "if I change this one thing then I will be happy." None of them worked, in fact some made things worse (not saying a baby will make things worse).

What I learned is that happiness comes from inside oneself. Others (like family members) can enhance one's happiness, but not create it. It took some work for me to learn gratitude and acceptance, and now I am much happier and content than I ever was before. And my life is far from perfect.

Maybe I'm way off base here and if so just move on from my posts. Good luck to you.[/quote]

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