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Old Apr 07, 2018, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Olive303 View Post
As someone who does not want kids- how would you feel if your partner wanted kids and they gave that up to be with you?

We worry that if I give it up to be with him that I will feel regret which will turn into resentment towards him.
I don't know that I would expect them to give that up to be with me. I would think that, at some point, they would grow to resent me for it. Like I said, that is a huge life decision. I want to travel, and would resent a partner who didn't want to travel with me. I love animals (I mean, not having cats is sort of a deal breaker since I've had them--not the same ones--for almost 40 years and am not giving mine up for a man) and I would resent a partner who didn't want them. This is a far bigger thing than both of those combined. It is on par with religion or like, the decision to get married or just live as life partners.
Thanks for this!
Olive303