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pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
4. I think people
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 11:30 AM
Jan 2013

should mind their own business about things like that.

Because sometimes it's not that people don't actually want children...which there is nothing wrong with, IMO. Having kids doesn't automatically make one's life happier. Though heaven knows I would not trade my kids for the world, but I think you know what I mean. If I had never had them in the first place, I doubt I would have felt incomplete.

Anyway, to my point...my youngest stepdaughter and her husband had two miscarriages in the space of a year.

I haven't asked them...nor would I...if they ever intend to try again, but let me just say that without children (they do have a small dog) they have been able to do lots of traveling.

If they want any "baby-time" they have a nephew in TX, where they live, and a niece up here in MA.

Which is one good thing about other people's kids...you can always give them back to the parents.



I was just watching Spaceballs this evening :) kentauros Jan 2013 #1
Seems to be a thing lately... Agschmid Jan 2013 #2
When will then be now? kentauros Jan 2013 #3
I think people pipi_k Jan 2013 #4
Thank you :) kentauros Jan 2013 #5
I have a dog PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #8
My mom pipi_k Jan 2013 #12
My biggest problem with children is the noise. kentauros Jan 2013 #13
A little story for you... pipi_k Jan 2013 #10
Seems to me it would be rather easy to confirm the existence of children. kentauros Jan 2013 #11
Yup, that seals the deal. Chan790 Jan 2013 #6
My dog? PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #7
Personally I am very glad that people who do not like children do not have children CBGLuthier Jan 2013 #9
Good point, actually... pipi_k Jan 2013 #14
My wife says I'm the biggest kid she has ever seen!!! benld74 Jan 2013 #15
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