Do you wish you’d had a larger, or smaller, family ?

retiredtraveler said:
We did not have children, by choice. We're very happy with that decision. We took a lot of 'heat' early on for not wanting children. I can't begin to tell you how many people, who raised children, have told us we made the right decision. We have seen far too many parents who are not happy with the 'child situation' they are in, or were in. And yes, plenty of people happy they raised kids.
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Good for you, no one should have children if they don't want them. My youngest sister and her husband never wanted kids, but my late mother used to tell them they should have some like the rest of her sisters. Fortunately they stuck to their guns and have no regrets.
 

We are a blended family; 3 his and 2 mine (3 boys/2 girls.) We married when they were all quite small so it was a melee' from the get-go, but overall was really great and I wouldn't change a thing. They all grew up to be wonderful, productive and responsible people and I'm so proud of them all. So no, I don't wish for anything different.
 
I wanted one child and I wanted it to be a boy. I got just what I wanted. People, including my mother and my son as a teenager, prodded me to have another child. I no longer had a husband and by that time I wouldn't have wanted to "start over" anyway. Thank God I have a wonderful, fun son.
 
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