Hello parents of reddit! First I apologize if this is more suited to relationship advice but I think you guys may be of better help. I will try to keep this as short as possible. My high school sweetheart and I got married in our early 20s, graduated college debt free, have good jobs, and have started our married life quite strong. We get along well, we are by no means rich but we make enough money to basically do whatever we want and whenever we want within reason. We are both healthy and are arguably as ready as we will ever be to have kids. We talked of kids prior to marriage and we both agreed we wanted kids but also agreed it would be 5+ years later. Well here we are in our late 20s and now my wife's parental instinct seems to be kicking in strong because she is dropping hints of babies left and right. While I always honestly thought I wanted kids now that the time is knocking on the door the thought absolutely terrifies me and I feel like kids would ruin our comfortable, fun, and relaxing way of life. Over the past few months I have been researching and observing parents with kids everywhere we go and from the outside looking in it appears quite miserable. I even sparked conversation with 2 long time sets of friend parents about children on 2 separate occasions and both of them said they love their kids, but wish they didn't have them. (this was quite deflating for me to hear considering my current anxiety of this issue). One of the mothers even started crying and telling me how jealous of my life she is. (awkward!)I have been researching hospitals, day cares, pre schools, baby equipment, etc. and it completely freaks me out and makes me feel like having a child would basically be the end of our lives. I called one day care acting like I had a baby to see what the process was like and they told me I would basically have to start paying for my spot several months in advance just to reserve it. WOW. I could go on and on and I guess I'm not sure what kind of advice I'm really looking for, but I am terrified to tell me wife I don't think I want kids. Am I being over dramatic? Am I missing an amazing part of life that having children will bring me? Thanks for your time.EDIT: After reading through some of these replies and trying to envision my life with kids. The biggest fear I can currently think of is child care. My wife and I both have well paying jobs so it would be a very poor financial choice for one of us to stay at home. I called 3 local child care facilities to inquire and they all basically laughed me off the phone for thinking they would have an opening and said they would put me on the mile long list. Is everywhere like this? How do you guys find child care? Both of our parents are close enough to visit regulary but too far out for consistent care (2-3 Hours). via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2IHK1kC
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