“A lot of reasons but a big one is that I have a few kids inherited physical problems that made life lousy a lot growing up and I would rather not pass any along.”
Anytime you have a child it is a crap-shoot. You can have what is considered a perfect baby physically and then later in life psychological problems show up. All you can do is pray for your children pre and post birth.
The mental health thing I really understand.
In a much sadder case, a friend of mine’s sister could have been a model or actress but in her 20s seemed to fall apart mentally. She was a very pretty girl.
The last I heard she was in bad health and lived in an apartment full of newspapers and magazines. Major hoarding.