Why do people want kids?

Anonymous
I've known that I'm infertile for a very long time, and thus, kids have never been a priority for me. I can barely care for myself and found that with my chronic depression, I commonly find myself not taking care at all.

I know I couldn't care for a child, and don't see why I'd ever want to. Doctors have developed treatment options which make having kids of my own possible, but I'd never want to do that.

The world is awful, and it's only gotten worse for the past 150 years and no matter what anyone does, the people making the world worse will always win. Making the idea of bringing someone else into this horrible, cruel world where nothing good exists a ridiculous idea to me.

My new girlfriend has expressed that she might want kids and might insist that I one day should start those treatment options, but I don't get it. What's the point of having kids? Get real, nobody in the universe has ever, even for one moment, enjoyed caring for kids. Tell me how wonderful it is all you want, you know you're lying to yourself, you hate it, and wish it were legal for you to end their lives on the spot.

Why do people want kids?
Why do people want kids?
Why do people want kids?
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