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Anonymous wrote:Honestly? I think wow, they are very different than me. I always knew I wanted to have kids and I cannot imagine not getting to have this amazing experience, much less not even wanting it. BUT: that thy are very different than me is just fine, the world is made up of all different kinds of people. If they're happy, I'm happy for them

TBH the people that baffle me the most are people who are into their 30s and still "aren't sure" whether they want them or not. That is much harder for me to comprehend

I am 37 and DH is 42 and I still don't know if we going to have children. We might adopt later in life.

Have you done much research into adoption?? I don't think you have a realistic view here, it is unlikely you would be approved

They could temporarily move to another country.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly? I think wow, they are very different than me. I always knew I wanted to have kids and I cannot imagine not getting to have this amazing experience, much less not even wanting it. BUT: that thy are very different than me is just fine, the world is made up of all different kinds of people. If they're happy, I'm happy for them

TBH the people that baffle me the most are people who are into their 30s and still "aren't sure" whether they want them or not. That is much harder for me to comprehend

I am 37 and DH is 42 and I still don't know if we going to have children. We might adopt later in life.

Have you done much research into adoption?? I don't think you have a realistic view here, it is unlikely you would be approved

Why?

It would never occur to me to have an opinion about that, or even to wonder about their reasons. Having kids is not some sort of default "correct" life decision and everything else requires justification.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly? I think wow, they are very different than me. I always knew I wanted to have kids and I cannot imagine not getting to have this amazing experience, much less not even wanting it. BUT: that thy are very different than me is just fine, the world is made up of all different kinds of people. If they're happy, I'm happy for them

TBH the people that baffle me the most are people who are into their 30s and still "aren't sure" whether they want them or not. That is much harder for me to comprehend

I am 37 and DH is 42 and I still don't know if we going to have children. We might adopt later in life.

Have you done much research into adoption?? I don't think you have a realistic view here, it is unlikely you would be approved

self absorbed.

I don’t really think one way or the other about them, but I do feel sorry for them because parenting brings so much joy and they are missing out.

I think that they may have had fertility issues or just enjoy their lives the way it already is.

But after five seconds, I forget about it.

I think - we're different!

FWIW I'm an early thirties divorced mom of two. Sometimes I feel like a fish out of water - even in rural Trump country (where I live) I am younger among the parent set. Most of my friends - ranging in age from 30-40, mostly - don't have kids. They live in huge cities (London, San Francisco, Shanghai) and tend to have big jobs. But I'm not silly enough to assume they don't have troubles because they don't have kids. I adore my friends.

That said, I do get a little annoyed when they say they're tired. There, I said it!

Anonymous wrote:Honestly? I think wow, they are very different than me. I always knew I wanted to have kids and I cannot imagine not getting to have this amazing experience, much less not even wanting it. BUT: that thy are very different than me is just fine, the world is made up of all different kinds of people. If they're happy, I'm happy for them

TBH the people that baffle me the most are people who are into their 30s and still "aren't sure" whether they want them or not. That is much harder for me to comprehend

I am 37 and DH is 42 and I still don't know if we going to have children. We might adopt later in life.

If they are older and rich, I consider if they can be my kid’s godparents of sorts.
If they are young, I think- they must be aching to have kids yet they have no idea how nice and easy they have it and how they should be happy with the way they live now.
Fwiw, I am a newly separated mom of an only and though I live him to pieces, I would never have him if I could go back in time with what I know and have experienced by now.

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Anonymous wrote:My best friend doesn't. She and her DH have a beach house, their beautiful home, a cute dog, buff bodies from working out, and travel a lot. They live a beach lifestyle in their 50s.

I'm not sure that that answers the question asked

Ok then, I think she is happy and I love to hang out with her. My youngest still sleeps with baby blanket she got her 11 yrs ago. I am happy she is happy and my family love when we get to see them.

I think they are very different than me. However, I only have and only want one kid. So I also think that people that have 4 kids are very different than me.

Honestly? I think wow, they are very different than me. I always knew I wanted to have kids and I cannot imagine not getting to have this amazing experience, much less not even wanting it. BUT: that thy are very different than me is just fine, the world is made up of all different kinds of people. If they're happy, I'm happy for them

TBH the people that baffle me the most are people who are into their 30s and still "aren't sure" whether they want them or not. That is much harder for me to comprehend

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Anonymous wrote:They are a little bit cuckoo and naive but otherwise decent people who might otherwise have made good parents.

Cuckoo, says yet another butthurt moocow whose brain slipped out with her placenta.

The CF just haven't run out of better things to do yet. To them doing what cockroaches have been doing for years isn't overly "meaningful."

"The CF"?

Child Free

Anonymous wrote:My best friend doesn't. She and her DH have a beach house, their beautiful home, a cute dog, buff bodies from working out, and travel a lot. They live a beach lifestyle in their 50s.

I'm not sure that that answers the question asked