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What's something you were told you'd regret in the future, but you still don't regret at all? (reddthat.com)
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[–] 17 points 6 months ago* (8 children)

I don't begrudge anyone not wanting kids. It's not for everyone.

That said, my first thought when I saw the post title was "I don't regret having kids".

I suppose the caveat is that my twins are only 2 and a half, I may well regret having kids when they start getting pregnant, selling drugs, marrying chat bots, that sort of thing.

Edit: I just scrolled through some of the other comments and noticed that the majority of them say that they don't regret not having kids. The fediverse is pretty homogenous I guess.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Were you told you would regret having your kids? That's wild.

    It's a lot more common for people to be told that they will regret not having kids, than being told they'll regret having them... so I think the similarities in the responses is quite natural, dont you? Not a lot of parents can answer this post with their kids in mind, but pretty much every voluntarily childless person can.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    It’s a lot more common for people to be told that they will regret not having kids, than being told they’ll regret having them

    That's not my experience, at all.

    When I was in my 20s plenty of older guys would tell me not to have kids. Admittedly, these were the older weirdos hanging out at bars, but the source of the advice isn't really in question right now.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    Every single voluntarily childless person I've spoken to have had the experience of being told they'll regret it.

    I can only recall two people being told they'd regret their decision to have kids... and they were both teenagers, so even though I don't agree with saying something like that, I can understand the sentiment of wanting them to wait a few years.

    Seems we life in very different worlds.

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