Michael K. - Hey, pretty "flippant" stuff here, but funny!

By the time I was 17 years old, it was already absolutely clear to me that I did not want to have children at all.

Accordingly, I have not had any. This necessitated some careful attention to birth control, naturally, when I eventually worked out the mysteries of how to get into intimate relationships with women...(that took a while).

It was also clear to me that I didn't want to marry...in the legal sense...although I was certainly looking for a full-time partner in a one-on-one relationship. I've never had any problems with being faithful...it comes naturally.

I have not regretted the decision not to have children, and not to marry in the conventional sense. I honestly didn't have much faith in the institution of marriage, or in the usual traditional notions, given what I observed around me while growing up.

Besides...I knew there'd be a few million other people around me who WOULD have kids and do the conventional thing, so the world was hardly going to become depopulated due to my particular lifestyle.

It's been an interesting experience, and hasn't prevented me from having deep and meaningful romantic relationships ...although it's sometimes been hard to find a kindred spirit. But then, everyone finds that hard, don't they?

Could be I'll change my mind sometime. We'll see.