# Didn't want kids and had them anyway? What happened? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 1, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-want-kids-and-had-them-anyway-what-happened/237797 "2004-04-01T21:34:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 50
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-want-kids-and-had-them-anyway-what-happened/237797/50 "2004-04-04T03:27:38Z")
What made the most sense to me in my decision not to have kids is that I’m a woman, and even in this enlightened age, women still do about 80% of the childraising. I could handle about 20% of the childraising, and so can my husband - that brings us up to 40% worth of parents. Not nearly enough, in my opinion. So, instead, we have cats. They can handle 40% worth of looking after quite nicely, thank you. I also read a long time ago someone who said “If you don’t want children with all your heart and all your soul, don’t do it.” I took this to heart. I tried to find some stats on how many people regret having children, but I didn’t have any luck. Anyone else know this information? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-want-kids-and-had-them-anyway-what-happened/237797)._