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I do want to have children but I have plenty of friends who don't, including one of my close girl friends. She has a great example in her aunt, though, who never wanted children because she doesn't like little kids (same as my friend) but now she and her aunt are best friends (because once she was older it became clear they had a lot in common). My friend has an extended network of "aunties" who don't have children of their own, and I see the important roles these women have played in my friend's life. I hope (as I know her sister hopes) that someday my friend will see fit to play "auntie" to my kids. That way, as she says, you can always send them home.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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