I once knew an older man who'd been an only child. His mother died when he was ~6 months old, and his father when he was ~16 years old. Having a large family seemed to be his #1 goal in life. When he passed away, he had 6 kids, 9 grandkids, etc., etc.
>I never wanted kids – number six is due in a few months<p>You say that, but you didn't get a vasectomy after the first?<p>I was under the impression most doctors won't do them til you're at least 30 -- I had been planning to get one then take the Moscow to Bejing train but of course COVID had to go and fuck up my travel plans.<p>(Being an American, I've never had more than two weeks of... how you say... "holiday", but it's been hilarious as someone who was pretty sure at 19 I didn't want kids seeing how some people can't seem to grok there's a difference between being childfree as in "I don't want to have kids, and I don't want to tolerate yours if they misbehave in public" versus... being evil.)