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Originally Posted by Shazerac
It really comes down to whether or not kids is a deal breaker for you. You need to do some serious soul searching on this. It would not be fair to your boyfriend to build a life together while secretly hoping he will “change his mind someday.”
The thing is that a couple can compromise between 2 or 3 children. But there is no compromise between 0 and 1.
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You said exactly what I was thinking. I don't want kids. I have known that since I was a teenager. I was always honest about this in relationships. An ex said he was okay with not having kids, said the most important thing was to be with me. He had secretly assumed that my biological clock would kick in and I'd change my mind. When he started to realize it wasn't going to happen, things came to a head and we broke up.
If you decide to stay with him, you have to realize that by doing so you are accepting no kids and you shouldn't hold resentments about it. That is hard to do. So, really think seriously if you can do this.
It sounds like you really don't have much experience with kids and may not have a realistic view of what it involves. In my case I am the oldest of 3 and did a lot of care for my sibling and cousins. I also babysit quite a bit. So, I definitely saw beyond the Kodak moments and decided I didn't have the patience or personality for it.
Also, kids are expensive. Are you even in a financial position to have them in the near future? A lot of people naïvely just think things will work out, but you really need to think about how you can afford to give a child a decent life if you decide to have one.