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Sad for who? I have no cousins (or siblings) and don't find it sad at all. I had a great childhood.

You can't miss something if you never knew it existed.

I hung out with cousins sometimes as a kid and honestly am glad I don't have to anymore as an adult. It was always awkward and uncomfortable feeling. There was just no reason I wanted to be around them and ultimately I still had to be because they were _family_ as if that actually matters.

I bet $1 that OP knew that cousins existed.

My wife and I are each one of three kids, and we have two kids ourselves. She wanted a third because she very much wanted our kids to have the same experience of having two siblings. The thing is, our kids have no experience of having two siblings -- having only one is all they know, and they're very close.

Maybe my kids will themselves want a family, or maybe they won't. I have no nieces or nephews on my side but do on my wife's side. At least as far as this subject goes, I don't ruminate on what might have been. Que sera, sera.

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