Windsor Parent - May/June 2015 Issue | Page 4

To have kids or not? That is the question When I was in my 20s, I thought I wanted what everyone else wanted . . . to settle into a great job, get married and start a family. That was normal right? Matt Weingarden Windsor Parent Well, the great job did come along and so did marriage. Quite often, my wife and I were asked about parenthood. Our response was “it happens when it happens.” Unfortunately, the marriage didn’t last and we never did have children. I think somewhere along the way, maybe because of a painful divorce, I figured out that kids would never be a part of my journey. I simply didn’t want any. Now as I described above, I didn’t always know I didn’t want kids and as time marches on and I’m in my 50s, it is