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I have kids who are successful and seem happy. I sincerely regret ever single sacrifice I made to get them there. I wish I could have my life again so I could f

• tuesdayrain 7y ago
  I hope you don't tell them that. Hearing my parents say that would change me forever.
  • Bakary 7y ago
    "I'll tell you an anecdote that played a role in my life. I was about twenty-two and one day I was in a terrible state. We were living in Sibiu, a city in the provinces where I spent my whole youth, and where my father was the priest of the city. That day only my mother and I were home.... All of a sudden I had a fantastic fit of despair, I threw myself on the sofa and said "I can't take it anymore." And my mother said this: "If I had known, I would have had an abortion." That made an extraordinary impression on me. It didn't hurt me, not at all. But later I said, "That was very important. I'm simply an accident. Why take it all so seriously?" Because, in effect, it's all without substance." - Emil Cioran, Writing at Risk: Interviews in Paris With Uncommon Writers
• teknico 7y ago
  Did anyone force you to have kids? You have your life now: go and fuck it up as much as you want.