This is probably an unpopular opinion that will earn me a lot of grief, but… for most of my life I haven’t been able to comprehend why anyone wanted to have kids.
- It sounds to me like you were going to make a sacrifice in your own life for the sake of others who may or may not appreciate your efforts.
I thought about all the missed vacations and shuddered. What’s the fun in that lifestyle? Now that I’m older, I finally understand the appeal of having children… especially, passing on some of my own lessons to my kids. Today, I have two sons who I have been carefully training to follow in my heating, cooling, and ventilation footsteps. Namely, I want them to be popular and well connected, so they never have to worry about being comfortable and in good health. Specifically, I want them to understand the inner workings of heating, cooling, and air quality control equipment as best as they can comprehend. Someday I will send them to trade school, where they can earn their heating, cooling, and ventilation certifications in no time. More importantly, they should make new heating, cooling, and air quality control technician friends while they are studying. Sure, it’s important to be a skilled professional in a trade like the HVAC industry, but it’s just as important to be well connected to people who are highly skilled in the HVAC industry. If they ever change careers or get injured on an HVAC job, at least they’ll always have mates to call when the furnace breaks down and I’m not around anymore.