Gilda

I applaud those who recognize that they would not be good parents, or are too selfish, or don't desire to have children deciding not to have them. If you don't want children, for whatever reason, you are better off without them, and possibly the children are, too. People who aren't ready to be parents probably shouldn't be.

I hope and plan to have a child at some time in the future, maybe in a year or two, but for right now I'm doing good with my relationship, enjoying my family as it is. I suspect that when my sister, who is staying with my wife and I while she goes to colleg, when she leaves to be on her own and doesn't need me any more, I'll find myself wanting children more. Or possibly, I might find myself thinking, "I'm done with this."

Hmmm. I had legal custody of her from the time she was 15 to when she turned 18, and I've been helping her since then, so though I'm not actually a parent, I suppose I have had some of the same experiences the parent of a teenager would have, but without the experience of having had her as a younger child. Then again, maybe it's completely different; I don't know.