I've noticed a trend in these "Pros and Cons of Kids" debates:
Ever notice that the lists people make for having kids always have Pros that are intangible things like feelings of love and happiness, seeing the world through a child's eyes, playing with toys, experiencing the wonder of discovery, their first word, etc... Nice things, but completely abstract, esoteric and intangible.
Then when you look at the flip-side, the Cons they're always very REAL things like the tremendous financial burden, no personal time ever again, stress on your marriage, house full of kid stuff everywhere, the smell, the noise, the mess, the loss of sleep, the zero gratitude, constant worry, giant struggles to get the smallest errands done, food struggles, picky eaters, scenes in restaurants, fighting siblings, teenagers, and other completely terrible things.
If I had to put up with any two or three of those Cons at my job, but got all of the Pros daily I would still quit and find a new job, so it's hard to imagine willingly doing that to myself. Forever. With no chance of parole. Yikes...
Tell me if I'm wrong...