I'll have to say your experience is an anecdote and not data. I've met parents that were regretful of having children, but I have meet people who's only regret is they did not have more children than they did.

You may live in an environment where you have a limited set differing world experiences, keep that in mind when making any important decisions.

> your experience is an anecdote

Yes, all personal experiences are anecdotes. That's by definition.

> your experience is an anecdote and not data

As if there is something wrong with sharing anecdotes in a forum like this. This is not a scientific journal.

> I've met parents that were regretful of having children, but I have meet people who's only regret is they did not have more children than they did.

"Your experience is an anecdote, and you shouldn't share anecdotes here, but here's an anecdote from me to counter your anecdote"

> You may live in an environment where you have a limited set differing world experiences,

All they did was to acknowledge the existence of a fact they experienced personally. They don't have to see the whole world to do that. This sounds patronising. Maybe it's you who live in an environment where you have a limited set of differing world experiences? Have you never met anybody who regretted having children? How can you even believe that everyone who had children are happy with that decision, and have no regrets? I won't start with my own anecdotes, but there are many.

Did you even read what I wrote? I never said 'everyone' was happy having children. Yet that is exactly how you interpreted it.

Oops, you're right. Apparently you said that you've "met parents that were regretful of having children", so I was really mistaken to interpret it the way I did. Taking back the last part of my comment back and apologize for the straw man.