didn't expect this to blow up! hello to all the pro- and anti-natalists in my comments 👋
fwiw I'm pretty neutral about it all. my answer to the question "how many kids do you want?" has always been "however many God wills" — and so far, I've got one! an immeasurable blessing.
currently sitting at a coffee shop, overhearing a table of 15-year-old girls debating the ideal number of kids to have lol
“with just one, it gets lonely. two, and they'll end up hating each other. with three, one always gets left out. four...is good."