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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with regret of not having kids by em-bee on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @02:53PM (#33266370)
yes, but did they compare to fathers who abandon their partner? or don't even know that they are a father? and likewise to fathers who adopt?

i strongly suspect that it's the act of actively becoming a parent, whether biological or adoptive that is responsible for that change in hormones

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Re:Ask HN: How to deal with regret of not having kids by hoorible on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @03:20PM (#33266695)
Which is probably why they said “parenting” and not “impregnating”
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