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Does anyone here want / already have children? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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If so, why do you want them / how do you like it?

I hope this can be more of a wholesome post about cute stories, instead of more dooming and glooming.

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[–] 5 points 3 months ago

I have kids.

It was obviously a difficult decision when not knowing what it would be like, but I think the key for me was that it's the kind of experience that you can only fully grasp by going through with it. I just had to YOLO it.

No regrets. Not only did I get to be part of their lives, but it also changed me in ways that I would never have thought possible otherwise. I learned a lot.

It's hard work and expensive, but I don't think I've missed out of anything that I could've had or done if I hadn't had kids. I suppose I'm very privileged in the sense that they haven't been a hinderance in any regard. It's not really a choice between being able to do something or not. It's more about having these tiny companions along when you decide do it anyway.

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