SunlitSorceress@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 24 days agoPeople in their 40s and 50s with no children, how does it feel?message-squaremessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down16
arrow-up1190arrow-down1message-squarePeople in their 40s and 50s with no children, how does it feel?SunlitSorceress@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square151fedilink
minus-squarezxqwas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down1·24 days agoThey told me I’d change my mind about not wanting kids when I got older. I’m still waiting for it to change.
minus-squareemogu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·22 days agoAs someone who didn’t want kids and then had them later in life, your mind doesn’t really change until after you have them. That’s when I was like Oh At least that’s what it was like for me. Plenty of people’s minds never change even after kids sadly.
minus-squarezxqwas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 days agoSeems unwise to take that risk. What if I don’t change my mind?
minus-squareemogu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 days agoAbsolutely. Definitely not recommending chancing something like that haha. Just saying you might never change your mind and that’s ok. But also if a kid came into your life somehow, don’t panic! It might be ok
They told me I’d change my mind about not wanting kids when I got older. I’m still waiting for it to change.
As someone who didn’t want kids and then had them later in life, your mind doesn’t really change until after you have them. That’s when I was like Oh
At least that’s what it was like for me. Plenty of people’s minds never change even after kids sadly.
Seems unwise to take that risk. What if I don’t change my mind?
Absolutely. Definitely not recommending chancing something like that haha. Just saying you might never change your mind and that’s ok. But also if a kid came into your life somehow, don’t panic! It might be ok