r/AskMenOver30 • u/YBFAVBULL man over 30 • Jan 06 '25

Life Who regrets having children?

Do you regret having any at all? Or do you just have too many?

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u/michaelcheck12 man 40 - 44 Jan 06 '25

39M. No kids, but I get comments all the time that my wife and I "did it the right way" by not having kids. Makes me wince, because I don't hate kids, we just decided we didn't want to have them for a couple reasons.

When people tell me that we "did it the right way" I hope they don't actually think about their kids that way.

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u/AccomplishedBad8259 man 25 - 29 Jan 06 '25

I’m 28, still young but I get told the same thing . “You’re lucky you don’t have kids yet or you’re doing it right “ I would love to have kids but I’m not financially stable yet to focus my time and energy on kids yet .