Should This Be the Last Generation?

I have always planned to have no kids. But, my sisters turned out to have kids, so the generation goes on in my family. I factored in external and internal factors. Externally, especially when I was younger, I felt that the world was already over-populated and was tragic as well. Later, my earlier feelings were compounded by the fact that both sides of my family carry negative genetic predispositions (heart disease on one side and depression/anxiety on the other). Lately, I still stand without regrets because I realize I can't likely deal with the chaos and 24/7-ness of children. I'll get back to you in the next ten years when I'm in my 50s....

How good does life have to be to change my mind? I dunno if that factors in to my thinking at any stage. I guess the three things mentioned above have a cumulative effect. Am I making excuses? Or are all of these valid? If there were only two of these negative factors would I think differently? I don't think so.

I'm not the problem, as I feel I'm a good, thoughtful energy-conserving good neighborly citizen. It's those others I'd like NOT to see have any children.

BTW, I consciously chose not to have kids (2 marriages); however, should at age 59 I find a partner who still wants kids, I would consider adopting or fostering a child.

Even in our modern world, with great knowledge and such, there are still plenty of babies to be born.

- In many lies the dorment desire to aquire babies.
- babies can tie people together, and with religion it's a further boost to make the baby legal, and not a bastard.
- still getting a baby is the norm, not having them or adopting lies as a last resort.