Anyone seperate/divorce because one spouse wanted children and the other didn't?

I had a co-worker who did that

A too familiar situation for me. I have never wanted children, but my husband always did. At some point, he did threaten with divorcing me for that. A few years later he had testis cancer, meaning he couldn't have children. I felt so guilty that I tried fertility treatment. Thankfully, I did not fall pregnant, because just a few months later I found out he was having an affair.

So today we are separating for a completely different reason, but I do sympathise with you because I went through the same nightmare.

I really don't know if there is anything you can tell him to convince him of your way of thinking, I know I couldn't with my husband, but keep trying. If you are happy, just keep trying!

Good luck!

Yes my first husband wanted more kids and after our first daughter i had 4 surgeries because i pushed to hard and everything moved down and i had a colon surgery. Well for three yrs i didn't use birthcontrol never got pregnant. He started telling me i was messed up and made fun of me. He started cheating on me he used this as an excuse but he cheated on me when i was pregnant so he was just a cheat. Anyways i divorced him because first he cheated a gain second he brought her in my home when i was in the hospital. Anyways i moved away sold my house told my boyfriend repeatly i'm messed up can't get pregnant he argued with me in the store once to buy gel inserts-birthcontrol and said i will never forget this if your wrong. I said "i'm not blah blah blah!!!" he put them back when we were at the register. The same month not even the next month i was pregnant! My husband lived 3 hrs away and my four yr old probably said at some point mommys pregnant he probably thought she was just making up a story,well he stopped coming to see her on her 5 birthday and hasn't come back she is now 7 yrs old. I always think if my ex husband saw me in a store with my 2 yr old he would think i was babysitting! Life is ironic he's the one that probably can't have kids he was into drugs and the girl he met and cheated on me with was too hmmm??? i recently talk to his sister and she told me he moved really far away and has never had more children. Well what goes around comes around! ThankGod he doesn't have more by the way.

I am pregnant and my boyfriend has left me because he didn't want children, I can understand his point of view, I knew he didn't want children (I feel pregnant with the coil fitted) so I do have some sympathy for him, I think having children is a really big deal and I don't know if you discussed this before marriage but I can understand what you partner is saying because the longing to have children can be quite strong for some people, I knew that keeping this baby would mean losing my boyfriend but that's a choice I made but that doesn't mean I didn't love him, I love him dearly and wanted to spend the rest of my life with him but I had to do what I thought was best, I'm not saying it right but its what I can Iive with. I feel really sorry for you, its so hard when one wants children and the other doesn't, I really hope you can both work through this, wishing you the best x

Hubbie and I have dealt with this issue... he would love to have kids and I don't want to. I told him a few years back that he should separate from me if he really wanted children... that this was an important enough issue and that he would perhaps regret it if he didn't. He said that he would never forgive himself for doing that and said that he married me and that was that. We still talk about the issue and it doesn't mean his feelings have gone away... however, he has basically accepted that it is not going to happen. It's a tough issue... just keep talking about it (respectfully) and get some couples counseling if you need to.

I know a couple who have, they were both in their late 30s and she wanted kids and he didn't, so they seperated. She seemed to be fairly unhappy and tried dating other guys and ended up on anti-depressants. Then she heard from her husband and he said that he had changed and wanted to have kids if it meant not losing her, so they're back together now but its still too early to tell if it will work out. I'd say sooner or later this will cause problems in the relationship since you both want such different things, and unless one changes then one is going to be unhappy. But good luck with this situation, keep talking it through and I hope all goes well.

There must be reasons why you dont want children and he does. You need to come clean and tell him why. If everything else in your marriage has been fine. Did he know you felt this way when he first met you? If not then in a way you were unfair to him. There is always a solution to a problem. Hopefully it will work out fine for the both of you.

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I know someone who did part their ways because the husband did not want children. So yes it does happen. Eventually this happy relationship may turn into a disappointed relationship because one wants kids and the other does. So it can happen. :/

No i dont know anyone who has split up from that, but if my husband/partner did not want children i would also split with him. I want to be a mum i get a pain in my stomach coz i want to be a mum so much. he could be feeling the same.

Unfortunately it would be for me. Having children is something that was very important to me and as far as I know I only get one life. I wouldn't ask anyone to give that up, and I wouldn't force anyone who didn't want kids to have them so sometimes breaking up is the only option.