Originally Posted by Belaslav
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Nobody (including your parents!) should judge you for wanting your own kids. I do not know what life circumstances led your sister to this path, but your decision not to have kids but to adopt instead sounds a bit like condemning yourself for her faults.
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I'm not condemning myself at all. And no one is judging me. And if they are, I really don't care. I've just seen what good it can do. I feel like the need to have your own biological child (other than the experience of pregnancy, childbirth, etc) is an outdated idea based on family's obsession with lineage and legacy which isn't as necessary nowadays. Nothing wrong with it, obviously. But whether they're a child you conceived or adopted is not important to
me. Both have their pros and cons.