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Originally Posted by iwonderaboutstuff
In the middle of a divorce and leery of marrying again - normal.
Did he elaborate on how come he doesn't want kids? or just absolute certainty, no way no how, not ever, for sure 100%?
When I was a kid, I always wanted to have 6 kids. When I was a young adult, I still wanted kids, but I didn't want to bear them; I wanted to adopt. Actual life, gave birth to two. The 1st was unexpected. The 2nd was planned, and not what I wanted. I wanted to adopt, my husband did not. He had valid reasons and I loved my husband and if I wanted a child with him (we got married to have kids. He told me he was open to adoption pre-marriage) that's how it needed to be, so that's what I did. My point... life happens, things change.
If the future family you want is in the next couple of years, odds are against it working with this guy, given his current status. If you're thinking you're fine with a family later, say in your late 20s, then who knows.
The initial lovey dovey stage of a relationship can be 12-18mo. Those who marry before that 1.5yrs are statistically more likely to divorce.
Some people date more than one person at a time when they're single. Throwing that out there given concern about losing time/ opportunities to meet other men.
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Yeah I won't want kids until I'm in my early 30s probably. So I've got like 10 years for that.
I'm hoping he'll change. I'd, of course, like to still be together, but like you said, things can always change.
He says he doesn't want kids because he's selfish and wants to keep his money for himself lol....
I'm not ready for marriage at all, I'm still in school, and I don't have a full time job, but I guess I'd just like marriage and kids to be an option. I'm just worried I'll remain hopeful for 6/7 years and that he'll never be ready, and then I've waisted most of my 20s... I love him so much, and I just want it to work. It's just scary.
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