Your career does not need to suffer because of kids unless you have ton of them.

Kids are expensive but if you have stable career you’ll do just fine financially or better than fine.

You also do not need to lead boring life and not travel or live in ugly places because of kids.

I and most of my friends and family members have kids and we all have advanced degrees (graduate degree as a minimum), all have fulfilling professional careers, travel all over the country and world regularly , have ton of exciting hobbies and overall do very well.

I think this idea of giving up career and travel and go broke because of kids comes from old times when women were supposed to give up their career, sacrifice themselves for a man, cook, clean, reproduce, and be quiet. Those times are over. You can have a great life AND have kids unless you envision yourself just as a housewife and just a mother. It’s not necessary

Marriage and relationship also does not need to require major sacrifice. Sacrifices will make you resentful. You can have great marriage without sacrificing your dreams.