I remember as a kid when I first had the realization that I do have to have my own kids when I'm a grownup, and from that day decided that I don't want to have

I remember as a kid when I first had the realization that I do have to have my own kids when I'm a grownup, and from that day decided that I don't want to have kids. When I was 25 (about 8 years ago) I got a vasectomy and I haven't had any regrets yet. I'm not one of those toxic "Child-free" douchebags on Reddit [1]; I do like kids, I enjoy playing with my nieces and nephew, but I also really like having money and less responsibility. It's absurdly expensive to raise kids, especially before they're school age, and I spent a lot of 2023 unemployed. I am very happy that I didn't have to worry about an infant while also looking for a job. [1] I'm sure not all of them are bad but what I saw was calling kids "cum goblins" and the like, acting like they're some kind of blight on the world.