[CarrotAndStick]

And there are compelling statistics to back up Anne-Marie's decision. Surveys show that people who choose not to have children (as opposed to those who desperately want them, but can't) tend to have better marriages, better finances and are no more likely to be unhappy in old age than parents.

For just one generation. At max.

After that, they are all dead!

[Antoninus]

Surveys show that people who choose not to have children (as opposed to those who desperately want them, but can't) tend to have better marriages, better finances and are no more likely to be unhappy in old age than parents.

I'd reckon they're also much more likely to lie in order to justify their foolish youthful decision. I'd be willing to bet that they are also: more likely to seek psychiatric help at some point in their life; more likely to commit suicide; more likely to be in a nursing home at an earlier age.