• BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    I didn’t have kids, I thought I was child free, and I’m 50 now, and my friend just had a baby at 53, and now I am regretting it and researching fertility options futilely (turns out it’s fairly common to have a baby in your fifties now). I would also very much like to do foster care because I know I’d be good at it, but I’m not set up for that.

    Summary; if you aren’t sure don’t end up in regret like me, have kids.

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      15 days ago

      “If you’re not sure, better take the safer bet and nonconsensually burden some newly created living beings with the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to.”

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          I say this with the assumption that you are not a troll:

          I personally think it’s great that you are childless because your shit attitude toward even the slightest push back illustrates your lack of patience and demonstrates how much of a shit parent you would be. If you can’t handle this, you can’t handle raising a child. That push back is orders of magnitude less than even a healthy three year old would give and that is so much less than a preteen/teenager. So with all dude respect (none), you fuck off.

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      15 days ago

      I’d rather regret not having children than regret having children. I don’t want to risk giving a child that life. They’d deserve a parent who really wants them. I don’t think this is good advice.