I think it's smart in concept, but it feels like its a little too overarching. Taken literally, it sounds like he's dismissing his relationship/marriage and sa

I think it's smart in concept, but it feels like its a little too overarching. Taken literally, it sounds like he's dismissing his relationship/marriage and saying he was lonely while in it, pre-children. I'm not going to try and extrapolate if that's what he truly meant or what the implications of such a statement would mean. The sentiment, I think, would improve from removing kids and saying "I didn't take advantage of my pre-children freedoms and was lonely because of that." It also raises an interesting question... If he had maximized those freedoms, how would that have affected his decision to have a child?