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> I'm pretty sure men can have children into their 70s.

Sometimes, but sperm quality declines, leading to more birth defects and it takes longer to succeed. And a 70 year old is simply not a suitable father.

I assume you were planning a may/cecember marriage? Which is pretty cruel to the wife, and to the kids who will loose their father MUCH too early.

Kids need their father very much in their 30's. If you are waiting long enough that you are dead, or even just declined you are not doing well by them.

> I don't have to raise the kid by myself like normal people. I can use nannies and boarding schools.

You don't even have kids and already you hate them?

> My parents already gave a standard middle-class upbringing. If I can't do better by my children, what's the point?

OK, now you REALLY make no sense. A sentence before you want to give them a horrible childhood (using nannies too much leads to attachment issues, and various disorders).

And now you want to do better?

I have a feeling you have no idea whatsoever about what children actually need out of childhood. It's not money. It's love, attention, and approval. Having lots of money is detrimental to all of them.

And your standard is ridiculous anyway - if every generation refused to have kids until they could do it "better" no one at all would have kids.



I wish I had had money and rich friends as a child instead of love, attention, and approval. YMMV.




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