So...
A 72 year old guy is upset he never had kids?
And the article talks about a couple in their 40s that wanted kids but it was "too late", just acting like adoption isn't a thing...
this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2023
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The world could do with fewer bio parents and more adoptive ones. Cry me a river you old coot
Even if I end up with pain from not having children, it well worth enduring that pain if it keeps a child from having to be brought into a dying world.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Research by Dr Robin Hadley has found that 25% of men over 42 do not have children – 5% more than women of the same age group.
Half of the men who are not fathers but wanted to be describe a huge grief and isolation from society.
But in real life, the Mick Jagger and Jon Snow-age fathers are actually very rare – and in any case, it’s medically not wise, as regards sperm quality.”
What compounded Nurden’s pain was that there was no public or private discussion about how men feel when circumstance leaves them unable to become fathers.
“I was mute too until recently, because as I aged, I found the regret grew into a great pain,” he added.
But, Goulden said: “I hope Robert’s book will trigger a change in public dialogue around this issue.
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