Thanks, that makes it pretty clear. I recently heard from an old friend of mine who did the breeder thing.....simply because, in my opinion, it was expected from him by other people. He has two kids, and on the rare occasion that he calls me up he only talks about business, politics, or old times.....NEVER about his kids. Inevitably, when I mention the subject and ask how it's going, he just sort of sighs and brushes off the subject. Last time, he told me something like "Look, nobody ever calls you up and tells you how great your kids are. They're always calling to tell you how sick they are, or how much trouble they caused, or how much money they're going to cost you." I just sort of chuckled and told him I suppose I shouldn't feel any regret for my lifestyle choice then. He sort of laughed and agreed, and we talked about something else.