When I was a teenager, my mom sat me and my older sister down and told us about the time when her mom sat her and her sister down and told her "I love you both, but I knew then what I know now, neither of you would ever have been born". My mom echoed that sentiment to us. Althogh she wouldn't trade either of us for anything, she said that if she had it all to do over again, she wouldn't. Six years later, my older sister had a baby. She told me that while she would cheerfully rip out the beating heart of anyone who tried to harm a single hair on her son's head, she would not have made the same choice if she had it to do over again.
Me, I listened to the advice of my grandma, my mom and my older sister. Sure, sometimes I wonder what might have been if I'd had kids. But then again, my handbag is free from baby vomit and has nothing but disposable income in it.
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