A 2021 study by the Census revealed that childless adults age 55 and older had a median net worth of $153,900 compared to $130,400 for biological parents.
People should sometimes apologise for their actions, but they should never apologise for their feelings. You’ve already said that you think it would be best if they didn’t tell their kids. And I think that’s fair advice. But lets just leave it as that. There’s no need to pile on about it, or attack people who feel like they wouldn’t mind being told that.
A person an regret having children or missing out on the (childless) life they might have had without regretting the human beings who are their children. Those are just… different things.
Maybe not to you, but plenty of us are secure enough in our existence to have honest conversations with our parents about these things. I hope you get there some day, friend.
Yes. I also do not see how this person literally regretting their children can possibly be interpreted any other way
People should sometimes apologise for their actions, but they should never apologise for their feelings. You’ve already said that you think it would be best if they didn’t tell their kids. And I think that’s fair advice. But lets just leave it as that. There’s no need to pile on about it, or attack people who feel like they wouldn’t mind being told that.
A person an regret having children or missing out on the (childless) life they might have had without regretting the human beings who are their children. Those are just… different things.
Not to their children.
Weird hill to die on man. This is an innocuous, very reasonable comment.
Maybe not to you, but plenty of us are secure enough in our existence to have honest conversations with our parents about these things. I hope you get there some day, friend.
Lol when I was 17, during my mom’s divorce of us, she told me she wishes she hadn’t had kids because she didn’t get to party enough.
So now I have 3 kids and I’m a swinger, best of both worlds.
Things worked out