I am currently going through this after twelve years of doctors saying there is nothing wrong with my wife and no reason she couldn't have kids but never has.
Then they found she had PECOS, corrected it, and she seems like she's all ready to go.

But I do not want to have kids right now.

I've been called a bastard and a number of other names by people because of this.

I did always want to be a Daddy, to be a father. So why have I said No?

Because our relationship was not working out properly at the time. I had run up some debts I wanted to clear out, dealing with the loss of a brother due to an unsolved crime years ago, getting redeployed at work after being in a job for eight years and pretty much having it all come to a hilt when the question was posed to me that we have kids.

So now I'm estranged from her. I see her a few minutes a day, some of the best damn moments of my day and more golden that some of the last few years of our marriage.
I still don't know about kids and I feel bad about doing things this way, but I do not believe I should be forced to have kids just because I am married if I do not want to.

I do feel our marriage is starting to work out some of the kinks and perhaps the heart does grow fonder apart. But it has also caused us to re-evaluate our lives as individuals so we may just become really good close friends too.

It's hard, but the best advice I can give is be an individual and be happy.
Time will help, but be true to your own self first.
This way you can be strong for your partner when he or she needs it too.

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