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Sumiko at 61: No children, no problem? 4 areas to plan for as I won’t have kids to count on
I don’t regret being childfree. But in the back of my brain, “what-if” and “if-only” thoughts nag at me.
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The idea of having children occupied a chunk of the writer's young adulthood, though in a vague, romanticised and superficial way.
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Regrets, I’ve come to realise, are built on best-case scenarios, a world where everything works out perfectly.
So if I had, say, two children in this perfect world, they’d be in their late 20s or early 30s by now. They’d be healthy, kind and smart, and in stable careers and happy relationships.
