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People in their 40s and 50s with no children, how does it feel? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by SunlitSorceress@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Mid-40s: it feels fine. It both complicates and un-complicates various things for later in life, but that's life.

I do like kids, but never wanted my own (at least biologically; I never fully ruled out adoption). We have nieces and nephews we can spoil instead of our own, heh.

[–] gazter@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Being an uncle is great. You get all the fun of kids, and can give the bloody things back when they start screaming and shitting everywhere.