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Well, we never had to plan how to break it to my mother; she hinted a lot, and I kept telling her "probably not." My wife was just at the bare end of the reasonable childbearing years when we got married, and she said she'd have one if I really wanted it (though it wouldn't be her choice). Well, what do you say to that, especially if you have no strong feelings? So when Mom kept hinting, I strengthened my response to, "No, we're not." Then she started hinting that we could adopt, and I said, "we're not planning on that either," though we might under the right circumstances if a kid in need literally landed on our doorstep, even at this late date.
Poor mom. My one sister decided not to have kids either, so nobody's carrying on her line. But she has six brothers and sisters who all had kids and grandkids (I had like 18 first cousins on that side), and my father had a ton of nieces and nephews, too. So our genetic heritage is in no danger, as far as I'm concerned. But you know moms.
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