> Again, feeling should not matter that much in this discussion. Yes, they should. We are, after all, replying to the initial assertion that (and I quote) "you

> Again, feeling should not matter that much in this discussion. Yes, they should. We are, after all, replying to the initial assertion that (and I quote) "you don’t need children to have these sorts of feelings [love, being needed, needing someone]". > But if you make a claim that having a kid is the most important thing in the world That wasn't a claim anybody made in this thread, and specifically everyone was talking from a personal perspective about parenthood, not making universal claims. Certainly not the person who wrote this (and to whom you indirectly replied): > What's so easy to miss is the immense feeling of love, of being needed, of being loved, that words can't describe. I frequently tell people I feel like the grinch after he discovers Xmas - my heart is three times bigger. But you can't really see that it's just a feeling I carry with me. If you don't like talking about feelings, fine. But this discussion was about feelings, not about some universal "most important thing in the world".