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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I could go around to every CalgaryPuck member and ask them if they regret having kids, or took the career path they did, or married the mate they did or any of a million of the serious life altering decisions and the over whelming answer would be "Yes I regret doing it
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The difference is if they wrote a book about regretting their career choice, they wouldn't have had a critic suggest they be burned alive or that they must be a terrible employee and their employer deserves a better employee.
There's a huge social stigma about admitting you regret having kids that exists in absolutely nothing else, which I believe partly exists because the idea of having kids is romanticized like almost nothing else.
Similar to when one asks me if I'm having kids. When I say"no", I always get the response "Well, maybe you'll change your mind". That answer is pretty much unacceptable or unused for any other question.
If I was asked if I was buying a Ferrari on the weekend, taking a trip to Winnipeg for my vacation, or if I was going to start cheering for the Oilers, a response of "Well maybe you'll change your mind" would be outright ludicrous.