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I'll second (or third, I'm not really keeping count) the notion that no one is really ever "ready" for a child, especially the first. My wife and I thought that we were ready for our son to arrive, and 4 months later we laugh at the notion.
We spent a long time talking about kids both when we were dating and after we got married. I came into the relationship against the idea given my trials and tribulations with my brother over the last 15 years. After spending time with her neices and nephews, I warmed to the idea, and I'm pretty happy that I did, especially since our son is now getting to be lots of fun.
I do want to say that Ratbastid needs to be 100% on board for this decision. You (lurkette) could do this all by yourself, but that's not really what this is about.
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