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(PRT 1) Guys me and my bf have been together almost a year and I asked him what his long term goals are cause we haven’t really talked about it. He said he wants a family one day and I’m now freaking out a little because I’ve never really wanted kids.
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Anonymous 4w

We’re both still young (22 & 22) and it’s obviously going to be a while time till that even becomes a conversation. I’m open to my mind changing about kids if it just happens, but I’m not gonna “want kids” just because my partner does. I’m really worried about this because I love him sm but I don’t know how fair it would be to the both of us to continue this if our goals don’t align. But it’s hard to know what to do because the conversation we had was just as short as explained above, and my

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Anonymous 4w

Gotta have an honest conversation about it. It doesn’t need to be a sit down serious one, but sometimes people want a family cause it expected. Find out what he wants and then panic if necessary

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Anonymous 4w

Mind could always change. But it also might never change

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Anonymous 4w

What advice or suggestions are you seeking? Totally fair to be freaking out a bit tho. My partner and I of 3+ years have both been back and forth about kids but we can’t biologically have them either so it’s different.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4w

But the thing is we’re sooo young rn, either of our minds could change somewhere along the way. I feel like it’s good that I’ve thrown it out there that I don’t want kids, I don’t know if this warrants a longer talk just quite yet since like I said we have so much time

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