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Yesterday I was at work just chatting with a few coworkers after one of our weekly meetings.  There were three of them, all with children.  One of them mentions that she would be living in a downtown trendy flat in the city if she didn't have her children.  The others piped in and start discussing how grand their lives would be without children.  Not necessarily that they resent the lives they have now, but just how different it would be without their children.  They talked about the fabulous vacations they would be taking, different areas of town they'd live in.. and the expensive cars they could be driving.  I'm listening to them as they continue to say, oh the wonderful, exciting lives they would lead.  I finally say, you should preface all of this with the fact that you'd have these lifestyles if you had made the decision to NOT have children.  Because I am here to tell you, if you didn't have them and wanted them, you wouldn't have those lifestyles.  All that money you could be spending on lavish vacations and fancy cars.. you'd be spending on just trying to have a child.  Trust me, I know!  Boy do I ever know it too well!!  Yup, one of the many times my filter was off haha!