This is an emotional and instinctual question, not one you can decide rationally
The question My husband and I are both in our mid-30s and got married last year. Now we’ve found that societally (and predictably), the conversation has pivoted to, “When are you going to have children?”
We have discussed this a lot together and are not sure if we want to have children or not. I don’t doubt that we would be fantastic parents and would tackle the inevitable challenges that come up as we are both on the same page with our parenting philosophies, but at this stage our “cons” list outweighs the “pros”.
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