I know the question wasn't directed at me, but if this is where this topic's going, I'll throw in my two cents. I don't want children and I'm glad I haven't had children. I like kids (to a point, and as long as they're behaving, or if they do something funny that the parents have to clean up and I don't!), but raising them is hard. I also couldn't afford them. I feel freer not having children and have no regrets. However, when I was in the 5th grade, I told my friends that someday I'd have "8-10 kids, maybe as many as 14." No foolin'!