I just say I can't afford to have kids and that's also true by sheer coincidence and convenience.
I've always suspected this of my parents. I've never really felt they enjoyed having me or my brother around. At least we were born in the 80s and could just leave the house almost whenever we wanted. It must really suck for kids like this now.
Definitely I get the feeling my brother and I were props.
This is some ludicrous thinking. People without kids have existed since humans have walked on the planet.
While there are some people who say they don't want kids when younger and ultimately change their mind, that's an easy one to remedy. The other side of that coin are the people who end up having kids and then change their mind. That's one doodle that can't be undid.
I grew up believing that most people hated their children.
"You'll change your mind when you get older..."
What they mean is ~~you'll get~~ they got more selfish as ~~you get~~ they got older.
Some day their choice to reproduce will be taken away from them and taking their choices away is bad. So it's better to exercise that choice before it's till late and to help with the consequences.
It's flawed and stupid.
looks at the millions of starving orphans
"Hmmm, I don't want any of those, though... I'll just make some new ones."
Tbf, at least in America, it's a very very expensive and tedious process to go the adoption route. Raw dogging is free.