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In reply to the discussion: No Kids - No Debt - No Regret [View all]spanone
(135,830 posts)80. two kids - no debt - no regrets
i would certainly regret not having/ knowing/ loving my two children.
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i am glad you are happy with your choices. i feel so blessed to have experienced life with my two
seabeyond
Dec 2012
#3
4 children, 3 grands, plenty of debt, retired, no regrets. To love and be loved...a gift. nt
kelliekat44
Dec 2012
#71
I feel loved by my husband. DNW children (or pets. Not the caretaker type.).
WinkyDink
Dec 2012
#169
we have two kids and I had no idea it would cost this much to raise two kids
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#4
The sad thing is that middle class people should not have to make the choice between having
spooky3
Dec 2012
#24
If that is true, a failure to provide adequate pay and benefits for deserving work should not be
spooky3
Dec 2012
#134
I wonder where the autistic and mentally disabled children were when I was growing up in the 1940s a
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#58
Exactly, it's another medicare scam for doctors preying on hysterical young mothers.
xtraxritical
Dec 2012
#100
Simply not true. It's a real condition, and it is exploding in frequency. It's cruel to suggest
Squinch
Dec 2012
#152
Unlike the Great Depression, our money, over the past 30 years, has been removed from our country
DhhD
Dec 2012
#99
That is b/c we have let special interests go unchecked! We no longer have representative democracy!
Dustlawyer
Dec 2012
#104
my husband grew up in a household where there was alcoholism and abuse
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#15
Not only does Japan refuse immigrants, it tries to send back the ones who are already there.
athena
Dec 2012
#164
Children regularly pay others to care for their elderly parents - why is it okay for
DeschutesRiver
Dec 2012
#90
Has been nothing to "understand", until this post and the last paragraph explained your real issue
DeschutesRiver
Dec 2012
#167
Are you serious? I have children and in no way would I ever expect them to care for me.
madinmaryland
Dec 2012
#124
Yes, yes, we know and they are also going to have to "Pay our God damn Social Security!"
RB TexLa
Dec 2012
#142
That did nothing? Like pay taxes to build the schools they learned in, pay the first responders to
RB TexLa
Dec 2012
#145
On the flip side of that, it wouldn't matter if I were in debt up to my eyeballs,
DapperDon
Dec 2012
#27
Right. And that's the type of person I am. I love both friends and family. Not judging.
nolabear
Dec 2012
#112
no kids and damn proud to maintain a SMALL CARBON FOOTPRINT because of it.
BlancheSplanchnik
Dec 2012
#46
Filed for a marriage license... there were checkboxes at the bottom of the form...
smccarter
Dec 2012
#48
It's not too late, I had a friend 48, she had twins with help and then a single 11 months later...
NotThisTime
Dec 2012
#121
Donna and I never wanted kids because neither of us wanted to risk the hell we went through.
hobbit709
Dec 2012
#91
IMO too many have kids for their own personal satisfaction and not for that of their kids! n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#103
5 Kids More Debt than I will ever pay and I would not give up any of the kids for all the debt $$$
Moostache
Dec 2012
#105
Reagan defunded organizations that helped the homeless have shelter,food,clothing & basic needs
judesedit
Dec 2012
#113
People with kids seem to have an innate need to proselytize--a telltale sign of doubt... nt
Romulox
Dec 2012
#161
Thirty five years employed, retired, 2 kids, 3 grands, regret ex-son-in-law, some debt.
mfcorey1
Jan 2013
#175