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    11 months ago

    Yes. I also do not see how this person literally regretting their children can possibly be interpreted any other way

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      11 months ago

      A person an regret having children or missing out on the (childless) life they might have had without regretting the human beings who are their children. Those are just… different things.

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        11 months ago

        Not to their children.

        Weird hill to die on man. This is an innocuous, very reasonable comment.

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          11 months ago

          Maybe not to you, but plenty of us are secure enough in our existence to have honest conversations with our parents about these things. I hope you get there some day, friend.

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            11 months ago

            Lol when I was 17, during my mom’s divorce of us, she told me she wishes she hadn’t had kids because she didn’t get to party enough.

            So now I have 3 kids and I’m a swinger, best of both worlds.

            Things worked out