It was very clear to me that my parents never wanted me. They constantly complained about how much money it took to raise me and abused me (beatings, yelling, screaming) because I was so expensive and so complicated to raise. They held over my head how hard and difficult they had it with taking care of me when I was 0-3 years old. They complained every time I was sick and needed to have care, to the point where I hid multiple health problems from them I didn’t address until adulthood. I even thought at 12 that it would be so much better for them if I just killed myself and stop existing.

So I knew since I was a kid that no child should be unwanted, unloved, and raised in a dysfunctional environment - which includes disabled children, children with high support needs, and every other kind of child. And if you decide to become a parent, you have to be prepared to parent a child like that as it could happen to you and you don’t get to pick what kind of kid you have. Since I am not prepared to make these efforts, I decided when I was a kid I was never going to have kids.

Anyone else?