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'It was my biggest mistake': Parents confess the shocking reasons they REGRET having children
dailymail.uk ^ | December 9, 2016 | Harvey Day For Mailonline

Posted on 12/09/2016 7:23:16 PM PST by Morgana

It's perfectly normal for new parents to have worries about raising their children.

However, in a shocking new thread on secret sharing app Whisper, mothers and fathers have revealed why they regret ever giving birth to and raising their youngsters.

Some of the posts are heartbreaking and reveal the emotional pressure that parenting can inflict.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; destroythefamily; fakenews; prolife; regrets; snowflakes
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To: dr_lew

41 posted on 12/09/2016 10:16:19 PM PST by dr_lew (I)
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To: Moonman62

Or simply people making up fantastic stories just for grins.


42 posted on 12/09/2016 10:56:09 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Morgana

My only regret is that I was not blessed with more.


43 posted on 12/09/2016 11:13:08 PM PST by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: Morgana

I know MANY people for whom children (and grandchildren) have been an absolute joy. Then, I knew a few for whom children has been nothing but heartache. It can go both ways, but usually positive. There a lot of stories out there. Don’t be so critical, folks.


44 posted on 12/09/2016 11:16:15 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: RedWulf

the MSN is using its usual tricks to attack the pro lifers....


45 posted on 12/09/2016 11:20:45 PM PST by cherry
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To: Jamestown1630
my dtr can not have children....I don't think they want children either....they don't talk about adoption at all....they enjoy their young free lives....

however, I pray that my dtr doesn't regret these later on.....I pray that she is happy.

46 posted on 12/09/2016 11:22:15 PM PST by cherry
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To: dr_lew

I agree. Yesterday, my three year old grandson refused the grilled cheese I made him because it had “cheese bumps”. which is cheese that has oozed out of the bread forming little bumps. Since then every time I think about it I get the biggest smile on my face. Where else on earth am I going to get that?


47 posted on 12/09/2016 11:34:40 PM PST by jonathonandjennifer
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To: Morgana

Children are actually cooperative if you are a firm parent. What is not cooperative often is the cheating spouse acting like a child.

Maybe this article should have been titled differently: kids who regret having the stupid modern snowflake parents of today.


48 posted on 12/09/2016 11:56:12 PM PST by lavaroise (s)
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To: marktwain

I am 50 single and have no kids...my biggest regret in life is that I never got married and had kids....they are a blessing and when I read this article all I see are people so self centered that they don’t see the blessing before them.


49 posted on 12/10/2016 12:03:49 AM PST by PCPOET7
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To: jonathonandjennifer

Yes, and something that thrills me, are those occassions when my 5, and now 6 year old grandson is the biggest reactionary in the room, although I fear he is being brought to heel. Well, he’s a wild one, so we’ll see.


50 posted on 12/10/2016 12:16:19 AM PST by dr_lew (I)
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To: mom4melody
But if I had a do over...I’d stay single and childless.

And yet your screen name is "mom4melody?"

Does not compute.

Regards,

51 posted on 12/10/2016 1:45:04 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Ezekiel

When I was 20, I planned on being IRS Commissioner, with an apartment in the Watergate and cats. How differently the next 30 years turned out! I have the cats ...

I think some posters are just worn out and blowing off steam. Our psychobiology is at a low point this time of year.


52 posted on 12/10/2016 2:26:51 AM PST by Tax-chick (Nations commit self-extinction one free, personal choice at a time.)
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To: goat granny

I never get to vent but this has prompted me to. I had one child 20-something years ago in my youth. Her father and I did what we felt was right- got married, gave up freedom and friends, and found steady work. I loved this little girl and cared about her happiness and well-being over anything else, as it should be. When she got into her early teens she became verbally abusive towards me. I mean, really personal and nasty. She has gotten physical a couple times since she’s become an adult and just as everything seems to be getting better she’ll get in one of her belittling moods creating discord and then gets mean with name calling. She has sadistic tendencies. Ironically my grandchild happens to have a beautiful spirit. Has been the light of my life these past years. However, sorry to say but my daughter has brought much sorrow to my life :(


53 posted on 12/10/2016 2:46:35 AM PST by kelly4c
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To: mom4melody

This is real.

I have 4 children and I’ve been married 37 years.

I’m no snowflake.

But if I had a do over...I’d stay single and childless

______________________-

I am glad I met my kids, I enjoyed their childhoods, but their teenaged years didn’t make it worth it.


54 posted on 12/10/2016 3:08:09 AM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: mom4melody

Dear Abby asked this of Americans back in the 70’s and the answers were overwhelmingly against doing it again.


55 posted on 12/10/2016 3:08:59 AM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Tax-chick

The Watergate looked a little seedy to me the last time I was in that complex. So maybe you did something right! I don’t know about that IRS stuff, though, lol!


56 posted on 12/10/2016 3:41:41 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: kelly4c

This is not directed at you personally but some mothers expect too much from their daughters.

When I go into grocery stores, I see so many elderly mothers abusing their middle-aged daughters who are there because they drove them to the shop, helped them out of the car and are now putting the items in the cart (while mom yells at them) and taking it all to the checkout. The daughters are generally on their lunch break or after a long day at work. It’s a rare occasion when I see guys doing the same for their moms.

It just works both ways. And, again, this is not at all directed at you. Just a general observation.


57 posted on 12/10/2016 3:46:02 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: mom4melody

I have too many inheritable problems that made daily living at times absolutely miserable.

Passing on even a couple of those traits would be a capital case of child abuse to me.

For a long time I could barely support myself and couldn’t imagine subjecting a kid and wife to suffering with me.

Good thing my wife doesn’t want a child either. She sponsors at least one child overseas and there are the two nieces and a nephew that seem OK.

My sister dodged the inherited bullets I caught.

My parents used to guilt me a little over no children but quit.


58 posted on 12/10/2016 3:54:30 AM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: tbw2

Two of the best people I know succeeded in adopting a fine young boy.

That kid won the powerball with adopted parents. I hope he grows up to know that.


59 posted on 12/10/2016 3:59:26 AM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Tax-chick
I think some posters are just worn out and blowing off steam. Our psychobiology is at a low point this time of year.

Exactly. Anyhow, reading many of these regrets, it sounds more like people just miss being young. Who doesn't?

60 posted on 12/10/2016 4:06:43 AM PST by Drew68
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