[Antoninus]

So I, in all my irresponsibility and ambivalence about children, should go ahead and spawn, even though I know I'm not fit to be a parent?

Stop making excuses and get fit.

[Xenalyte]

I'll make you a deal. You reform the tax code so I can afford to stay home with a rugrat, and I'll have one.

[Xenalyte]

I don't doubt that I COULD be a good mother. I'm smart, successful, caring, and entirely conservative. My felines and the Dread Boston Salty are my children - admittedly, I spoil them rotten.

However, I also lack patience, and I rely entirely on logic and reason (instead of emotion) in my dealings with people.

Having children requires tons of patience. Using logic on toddlers doesn't work. (Nor does it on dogs. The cats are open to reasoning, however.)

Couple that with a quick temper, and you have a recipe for family unhappiness.

Seriously, would you rather I had one, and just hope to wake up one morning as a good parent? Or would you rather I left it up to my happily married sister and her very excellent husband, both of whom are completely cut out for parenting?