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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always had an aversion to kids, the thought of a mini-me physically creeped me out, so I basically had no maternal instinct.  I've met quite a few women later who also admitted that they had no instinct and didn't miss having kids either.  It's a dirty little secret as supposedly that's not possible.

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Just out of curiosity: are all these women came from dysfunctional families? I always assume there is some childhood trauma, depressed mom or something else that contributed to suppressing an instinct. Some women end up suppressing their sexual instincts, some maternal. But from what I've seen, there is always a reason for why they doing it. [/quote]

Or they are like me: physically infertile, and my dh and decided to accept being childfree rather than adopt or go to great lengths with treatment's. I like children, and wish I could have had my own, but decided to go forward childfree and accept it.

One of my friends, who went on to have 7 kids, now tells me she regrets having so many. It does make me feel better about our decision. Hers are all adults now, but still are dependant on mom and dad either monetarily or emotionally on a regular basis.

In my case, both dh and I were both self supporting and our parents weren't interested in our emotional lives, so were on our own by our mid 20s.[/quote]

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