Dear linda_22003,
I don't think my post voiced any direct opinion about your choices. You'd posted that you and your husband were essentially taking care of yourselves, which is great. I merely pointed out that your ability to take care of yourselves nonetheless rests on the premise that enough folks have enough children that our social and economic infrastructure doesn't implode.
Your golden years wouldn't be so golden if most folks of your own age cohort decided to forego children.
sitetest
And most didn't. The Baby Boom had a quite sizable Echo Boom. And let me make clear that I don't for a moment object to our property taxes going to the schools; I agree with you that there's an important community investment in the future there. You should see all the people on these boards who DO object to paying those taxes, because THEY homeschool.