This is really an unpopular opinion that will receive 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 prefer your efforts.
I thought about all the missed trips and shuddered. What’s the fun in that lifestyle? Now that I am 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 affixed, 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 component as best as they can comprehend. Someday I will send them to trade university, where they can receive their heating, cooling, and ventilation certifications in no time. More importantly, they should make modern heating, cooling, and air quality control serviceman friends while they are studying. Sure, it’s important to be a skilled professional in a trade like the Heating and A/C industry, however it’s just as important to be well affixed to people who are highly skilled in the Heating and A/C industry. If they ever change jobs or get destroyd on an Heating and A/C task, at least they’ll always have mates to call when the boiler breaks down and I’m not around anymore.