do you ever feed bad when one of your friends of family dont want to have kids?

do you ever feed bad when one of your friends of family dont want to have kids? I feel bad but I dont want to have kids, of course im happy that they get to do what they want and i dont encourage them to have kids because i dont want them to be pressured into it. but i feel bad that they will never have kids because i like them as a person, i think they would make a good parent and I want more relatives, i have a very small family, just parents grandparents and my grandmas sisters, their kids and their kids kids. I wish I did not feel this way because its very ironic.

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indyjoe · 56-60, M

There are a lot of people who have the potential to make good or even great parents, but the choice to do so or not is a personal (and often private) one and really no one's business ...they don't owe anyone any explanations. No one should have kids just because relatives want them to or it is "required" as part of society and culture expectations. My wife and I chose not to and my parents wanted grandkids so they didn't like it one bit, but we weren't about to make babies just to appease them (they eventually accepted it but it was always a part of the rift we had between us).