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To ask for the positives of only having one child?

360 replies

uhohala · 12/07/2024 19:59

I know I’m lucky to have one. I always wanted at least two, so they each had a sibling. Sadly separated from DP when ds was 1 and he’s 2.5 now. No new relationship on the horizon and I’m 38 so it’s possible it’s already too late. I feel really down about it tonight. Anyone truly made peace with it or can see any plus points to just having one? I have the money to go it alone but it feels too much when I already have ds.

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StopInhalingRevels · 14/07/2024 16:17

Namechangeywangeyhangey · 14/07/2024 16:08

Did you have a name change fail?! Nobody says "This" to their own posts!

That's embarrassing for you.

Re read it a few times until you understand it.

Thetroutofnocraic1 · 14/07/2024 16:20

StopInhalingRevels · 14/07/2024 16:17

That's embarrassing for you.

Re read it a few times until you understand it.

the only one embarrassing themselves here is you @StopInhalingRevels . I’m glad you think your life is what other people aspire to be least though.

StopInhalingRevels · 14/07/2024 16:22

Thetroutofnocraic1 · 14/07/2024 16:20

the only one embarrassing themselves here is you @StopInhalingRevels . I’m glad you think your life is what other people aspire to be least though.

Oh, you're the one who only listens to "scientific research".

Except from anyone who agrees with you. Then it's whatever they say.

Namechangeywangeyhangey · 14/07/2024 16:25

StopInhalingRevels · 14/07/2024 16:17

That's embarrassing for you.

Re read it a few times until you understand it.

Oh dear, you did, didn't you? Oh bless!

Thetroutofnocraic1 · 14/07/2024 16:26

StopInhalingRevels · 14/07/2024 16:22

Oh, you're the one who only listens to "scientific research".

Except from anyone who agrees with you. Then it's whatever they say.

I don’t mind people sharing their experiences. I do mind people making broad generalisations without backing them up in any way. Which you have done several times on this thread.

StopInhalingRevels · 14/07/2024 16:29

Namechangeywangeyhangey · 14/07/2024 16:25

Oh dear, you did, didn't you? Oh bless!

Quote my own text instead of repeat it to the hard of thinking, again? Yes indeed.

How embarrassing for you.

StopInhalingRevels · 14/07/2024 16:32

Thetroutofnocraic1 · 14/07/2024 16:26

I don’t mind people sharing their experiences. I do mind people making broad generalisations without backing them up in any way. Which you have done several times on this thread.

Jesus. Are we going to have to do this for a tenth time.

I'll go find where I've explained this to your already. And quote it again.

Then the other poster can get all excited that I've quoted myself instead of typing out the exact same information to the exact same response again...

StopInhalingRevels · 14/07/2024 16:35

StopInhalingRevels · 14/07/2024 12:25

It's not bizarre. It's not difficult either...

My experience, is broad. It's my personal experience, of the many people around me, plus myself.

So I can speak directly for me. I can also speak for the adults who have no reason to lie, who have told me their experiences. I can also witness a huge amount of my peers having excellent relationships with their siblings, nieces, nephews. I also have my best friend who can not stand their sibling.

So yes, my personal experience is that being an only child is not what I would ever want my child(ren) to go through and being an only child as an adult has so many downsides. Which some can only interpret as "what a terrible, wretched existence, an awful life." Which is not only deliberate misinterpretation, but also not my problem if that's the faux hyperbole they want to project.

I guess the long and short of it, is you can have lots in your life, and still have a huge part you feel is missing.

There we go.

bookworm14 · 14/07/2024 16:36

No wonder the poor OP hasn’t been back.

AnonSoc · 14/07/2024 17:25

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