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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can see how someone might not want to raise kids.  But it's  hard for me to imagine how an older person wouldn't want to have adult kids.  I have to imagine that on some level there is a certain regret that they don't have adult kids around, even if they don't think raising children would have been worth it. [/quote]

You can imagine? Uh, okay. How about you imagine the opposite, which most childfree people have confirmed.[/quote]

Why in the world would a person not desire to have a relationship with an adult child of their own?[/quote]

[b]Are you kidding? You think that's the only important relationship in a person's life[/b]?[/quote]

Of course it's not the only important relationship, but it's HUGE, and incredibly rewarding.  I certainly very much enjoy having an adult relationship with my own parents, as they certainly do as well.  I think this is true in the vast majority of cases unless there is some sort of estranged relationship, but that's not the norm.  Why in the world wouldn't someone want to experience 30-40 years of having a relationship with their own adult child?  A stage that lasts far, far, longer than the child-rearing years. [/quote]

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