As a nurse, many of my elderly patients have children. But you would hardly know, because they never come by to help or visit their parents. These people end up feeling lonelier knowing that their children choose not to visit them. I am personally happy to be without children
One of the most important life lessons: if you have no children, the last third of your life will be filled with increasing death. If you have children, the last of your life will be filled with increasing life. Choose wisely.
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Long story short, having children guarantees nothing. No guarantee they will be around as you get older, and its such a common (and heartbreaking) thing to see. I would rather grow old without kids than to hope that they will stick around when I'm elderly
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I choose puppies
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Good choice.
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Unfortunately, It’s not always your choice to make....
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Well said. Thank you. I don't have children, but it wasn't my choice.
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My story also. We tried everything, but we weren’t that lucky. Which doesn’t mean we’re not happy by the way! After trying, grieving and picking each other up over and over again, we concluded this was it. I’m living a very blessed and happy life with my husband.
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2 adults here too. Due to circumstances of both. Living the full life now with our 4 dogs
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I’m in the same place it was not a choice given to me and I need to just enjoy life how I can.
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You assume it was possible. It was not. Please don't judge people. There are so many reasons.
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Sometimes it not a question of choosing...
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For most people it is...
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But not for everyone... be careful about generalisation: not everything is a rule
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There are trends, and that’s what Stefan is observing. No need to make it personal, it’s not about you. I have friends with no children, and Stefan’s right.
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I know but it is not my point: I’ve friends who tried for years to get pregnant without result n who will end up childless. So what may look as a trend should be carefully observed first (there r no statistics of people who choose to be childless n people who haven’t a choice).
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Actually it’s very simple to measure the decline in childbirth per family. There is no corresponding increase in infertility. This is a common trend in Europe as well.
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Theoretically yes but in Belgium not really.
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All you have to do to see the difference is to compare the Muslim birth rate with the Belgian birth rate. Case closed.
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