no grandchildren

[fruitsalad]

my eldest son whos coming up for 30 assures me he does not want children his words were im not that keen on em, although i feel a little sad about it, in a funny kind of way im glad, this world is bad enough now, whats is it going to be like in another 10 or 20 years time, for kids growing up, i dread to think.

[4getmenot]

you have to respect his wishes, yes its sad when people dont want children but better that they dont have them than to have them to please someone else and resent them. You have other children you will get your grandchildren. xx

[B00]

Whilst I see where you and your son are coming from, I'd really not take that much notice of your sons words just yet.

I said, after my 1st child, "never ever again"......and my 2nd husband seemed ok with that plan too, simply wasn't interested in having a child of his own, was quite happy bringing my daughter up as his own. However, 16 years alter.....we hit mid 30's and something (biological clock maybe?) made us both change our minds, and along came Mini Boo.

[unruliejulie]

My brother and his wife have one daughter. She has decided that she doesnt want any children and her mum is very upset about this, however, it is my nieces choice and she shouldnt have children if she doesnt want them for the sake of making her mother happy. I too would be upset at the thought of no grandkids but i would resepect their decision not to have them.
I worry for my own 3 year old son and what life will be like as he grows up but it wouldnt make me decide not to have them for that reason alone. Im glad that part of you is happy about this decision but as 4get says, you will get some in time via your other children no doubt.

[Joe_the_Lion]

Well I would happily say to my Mother or Grandmother "The Joe_the_Lion clan stops with me"

Coming from a fairly large family of Uncles and Aunts, I have no siblings and nor are there any boys in my family to carry the name on.

I feel sad for my Great Grandfather who was killed at the Somme, who fought for this country to save us from the start of Germany's fascist empire, but my name will die with me. :-(

[4getmenot]

my friends mother dies of cancer, a year late her sis got run over and her father died last year, She is the last one standing, and she doesnt want children.

[sunflower71]

I agree fruitsalad, its one of my main reasons not to have children,
Its such a crap world I just dont feel its right to bring someone into it.
Even though my mum doesnt feel like that cos she always making comments about it.
At the end of the day thats what I think and Im glad Im not the only one.

[Craig007]

Mrs007 and I have made the joint decision not to have children. We love kids, all our nephews and nieces are spoilt rotten by us but, we had a big talk about this before we were married and decided against it.