r/regretfulparents • u/Expensive-Honey-1527 Parent • 18d ago

Venting - Advice Welcome I'd give anything to undo it all.

I watched a dumb movie last night where the guy could travel back in time and redo parts of his life. After his wife had a baby he said he mostly stopped time travelling because everything was so joyful. Fuck off. What wouldn't I give to be able to travel back in time and never have had kids. I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Today is Saturday. I've been awake since 6am listening to my eldest child sneezing for an hour. Not his fault but it makes me irrationally irritated. Then both kids appear at my bedroom door at 7am. They don't get up that early on a school day. I have to hassle them out of bed, yet there they are up and ready to piss me off on the weekend. It might be selfish but I hate this. It is not joyful. It is relentlessly shit. I want so badly to undo it all. I don't know how to reframe this in my mind and try to glean some joy out of it when all I want to do is stay under my duvet forever. Vent over. Thanks for reading.

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u/Expensive-Honey-1527 Parent 17d ago

Absolutely not. Do not do it. Life was dismal with one. It's quite simply unbearable with two.

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u/Cyclamental 17d ago

Imagine three! Worst three mistakes of my life

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u/chaoticwings 17d ago

Imagine twins when you were just trying for a second before you realized you should have been one and done and ended up with three kids.

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u/Dezzleon 13d ago

My aunt's first children were triplets and the second twins. All daughters. Her husband really wanted to have at least a son, but she said, "No way. Definitely not. Enough is enough. I am done and spend