Do you want to have children?

[Henry17]

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There is no right or wrong answer here.

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While I agree with this I don't believe most people see it that way. There seems to be a strong societal consensus that choosing to not have children is the wrong answer.

I'm a competent adult with an extensive education and a track record of making good decisions in life. Yet the general response on the no children position is that I'm either going to change my mind (when I see the light) or that I'm going to regret my decision (supposedly because it was the incorrect decision as people rarely regret correct choices).

It is an interesting phenomenon as I can't really think of any other reasonable life choice where disagreement with the social norm is considered a sign of defective agency. That makes me suspicious of the motivations.

I dated a girl with a child once. I'd never do that again. That is as close as you can get to test driving parenthood without being committed for life and I hated it.