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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Fair. As we didn't take all the vacations some of our friends did as we raised our two girls. Here is the rest of the story though. My wife came down with a brain tumor 7 years ago, and last year had a second that killed her. Without my girls, who both are really excelling(One is a doctor, other in Med school) I fear what my life would be like now. I'm a mess anyway, but those kids keep me going. I feel there is nothing in life that anybody can do that is more rewarding than raising your babies and watching them grow up and make something of themselves. Obviously we are all different and there is no judgement by me either way, just sharing my .02.
gpt
Very sorry for the loss of your other half, and glad for your daughters and the fulfillment they bring to you.
Didn’t have the choice after multiple miscarriages, although we investigated adoption. Agree that watching the next gen grow is irreplaceable. We are happy with the extent that nephews and nieces share their lives, and those of the next gen, and try to help them with the expenditures we didn’t make with our own.