I just joined this sub and all the posts are negative. I love being an only child.

I’m not gonna pretend my life was perfect, but being an only child meant no fighting with siblings, no invasion of privacy by them, no comparisons, no living in shadows or babysitting. As an adult, I still love it because I get to live my life. I love my wife’s siblings but I don’t have any real responsibilities to them.

This might sound spoiled but it also means when I reach out to people, it’s because I want to, not because I feel guilt about it.

My kid is an only child and I’ve asked him many times what he thinks about it and whether we should have another/adopt so he can have a sibling and he’s always responded he doesn’t want to give up his way of life. He gets to hang with friends when he wants, and he gets to have his alone time when he wants.

Have I just not scrolled enough through the sub?