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Originally Posted by lurkette
Be brutally honest - does anyone here think that having children was a mistake? Do you know people who have had kids and wish they hadn't?
On the flip side, do you know people who have chosen not to have kids who regret it? Not like "wish I'd gone to Fiji instead of Cancun" sort of regret, but deep "my soul will never be complete now" regret?
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While I know several people who regret their marriage I don't know any that regret their children, at least not openly.
As for the childless couples we know, after a couple has been married for several years without children, its a topic no one ever brings up first. I've never heard anyone voice regret but these couples at at their oldest in their early 40's.
I know I'm not qualifed to answer either of these questions as I don't regret my child and we are planning on when to have our second, but you know what works for other people only counts for them. I'm sure you can find a couple that regrets having children and I'm sure you can find a couple suffering from great regret over not having any.
For our lifestyle I want to have only two kids, but there are times I would like to have 12. We are big enough hedonists that I'm sure we will stop at two, but even then I fear we may regret it later.