Not sure if this fits in here... I just wonder what made you decide to have a baby? I'm serious about this. I'm currently exactly 50/50 about the whole baby thing.
My boyfriend and I have stable lives, we own a flat and both have fixed jobs although my career is not very important to me. We don't have an extravagant lifestyle and don't spend much money. I sometimes think it would be nice to have my own family and start the adventure of raising a child, teaching them useful things, spending nice time together etc. My boyfriend would make a good dad, in my opinion, but he is as unsure about it as myself.
But I'm also terrified. I'm afraid that I will regret my decision so much it will make my want to run away and never come back. We don't have much support either because almost all our friends don't have kids and our families live thousands of km away.
Don't get me wrong: I have no illusions regarding being a parent. I have been long enough in this world to understand what a hell of a workload kids are and that things may as well go very, very wrong.
I'm 29 and I know I still have time but I don't think my feelings will suddenly change and I will know for sure what I want. People say "one day you will know it". I don't believe that. Not my case. What can help me take this big decision? What's your experience?
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MaKo2015 · 12/08/2015 13:02
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