<story><title>&apos;The desire to have a child never goes away&apos;: The Involuntarily Childless</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/oct/02/the-desire-to-have-a-child-never-goes-away-how-the-involuntarily-childless-are-forming-a-new-movement</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>yodsanklai</author><text>42, I don&amp;#x27;t want kids. People keep telling me that:
 I&amp;#x27;d be happier if I had one, that they thought like me until they had one, that they wished they had them sooner, or more of them and so on...&lt;p&gt;I like my life as it is now and don&amp;#x27;t feel the appeal for kids. Should I take the risk because everybody says so?</text></item><item><author>Dunan</author><text>Wasn&amp;#x27;t especting to see this kind of article referenced on HN, and it hit me hard.  I&amp;#x27;m 41, partner is too, and would give absolutely anything to have a child of my own.  She was never ready until just recently.&lt;p&gt;I can&amp;#x27;t even go an hour without thinking about it...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>aidenn0</author><text>Two words: Hell No.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m saying that despite having kids and being glad that I made that decision.  I&amp;#x27;ve seen way too many relationships destroyed because one or both of the couple were pressured into having kids that they didn&amp;#x27;t want.  It&amp;#x27;s not pretty.</text></comment>
<story><title>&apos;The desire to have a child never goes away&apos;: The Involuntarily Childless</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/oct/02/the-desire-to-have-a-child-never-goes-away-how-the-involuntarily-childless-are-forming-a-new-movement</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>yodsanklai</author><text>42, I don&amp;#x27;t want kids. People keep telling me that:
 I&amp;#x27;d be happier if I had one, that they thought like me until they had one, that they wished they had them sooner, or more of them and so on...&lt;p&gt;I like my life as it is now and don&amp;#x27;t feel the appeal for kids. Should I take the risk because everybody says so?</text></item><item><author>Dunan</author><text>Wasn&amp;#x27;t especting to see this kind of article referenced on HN, and it hit me hard.  I&amp;#x27;m 41, partner is too, and would give absolutely anything to have a child of my own.  She was never ready until just recently.&lt;p&gt;I can&amp;#x27;t even go an hour without thinking about it...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dqpb</author><text>Millions of years of evolution have led to you. Now you have the fascinating choice of whether or not to end this branch.</text></comment>