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Originally Posted by Olive303
I agree. This is honestly one reason to have kids. To feel that family untit, to love something greater that myself and feel purpose. Maybe those are wrong reasons and I need to feel fulfilled in other ways first. I know that I need to find greater inner happiness and sense of self first.
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Imo, there is nothing "wrong" with wanting kids for those reasons. A wrong reason would be to have kids just to have someone to take care of you when you're older, like a good friend of mine said to me once. That is the wrong reason.
But to want a greater purpose in life & something bigger than yourself, isn't that why most people have children? To love beyond themselves? To take care of another, and to help that child to grow and learn? To feel like their lives are more complete? I feel complete without children myself, but some people feel incomplete because they really DO want that family unit and to give of themselves in a special way that only children can provide.