SunlitSorceress@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoPeople in their 40s and 50s with no children, how does it feel?message-squaremessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down17
arrow-up1188arrow-down1message-squarePeople in their 40s and 50s with no children, how does it feel?SunlitSorceress@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·7 months agoI wish we had. I’m regretting it more as I get older.
minus-squarehalfeatenpotato@lonestarlemmy.mooo.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoWhat’s the source of the regret? I just turned 30, and am still undecided.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·7 months agoI see what my friends have with their kids and grandkids now, and really wish I had people that care for me that much. Honestly, it’s kinda gotten to where I don’t want to go to events because it just reminds me of how that chance is lost now.
minus-squarewatersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoI know someone who adopted a grandmother at some random point in life.
minus-squarearegularbeaneater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoNever too late to adopt! I know a couple in their 50s/60s who adopted and are loving it
I wish we had. I’m regretting it more as I get older.
What’s the source of the regret? I just turned 30, and am still undecided.
I see what my friends have with their kids and grandkids now, and really wish I had people that care for me that much. Honestly, it’s kinda gotten to where I don’t want to go to events because it just reminds me of how that chance is lost now.
I know someone who adopted a grandmother at some random point in life.
Never too late to adopt! I know a couple in their 50s/60s who adopted and are loving it