Reply #96: The OP was a long-winded fishing expedition for attention and recs. She got 'em.

[Hello_Kitty]

Really, she might just as well have done an OP about how puppies are cute and rainbows are awesome.

Stop picking on poor people! Children are the future!

:eyes:

BTW:

Some people (perhaps yourself) have bought into the -- dare I say it -- illusion that they are autonomous creatures who have no need of the interdependency that comes with creating a family that includes children. One does not need to actually have children (many of my friends don't) to understand family love.

How sad is that, to not be able to understand.

Those are called "people who were unwanted or abused or neglected children themselves". The world is full of us, Hekate, and we know a thing or two about people who aren't cut out to be parents and the damage they inflict on innocent kids. Maybe instead of gasping and clutching your pearls and smelling salts and guilt-tripping me you might want to pay attention to what I and others like me are saying. Yours isn't the only valid experience in the world.