in the past, people had children to help with the family business (farm) and take care of the children. children were the retirement plan. now days though, there just isn't much use for children. technology has more or less made them obsolete.  if you desire to have children, i hope you all the best. i personally like children, and tend to get along with children far better than even their parents sometimes (there's a lot shitty parents and over stressed parents).  and yeah, i like pleasure, i don't believe this is a bad thing, pleasure is important and i'm not a monk. it gives you pleasure to have children. does this not make you hedonistic? i think it does. rational hedonism is perfectly fine.
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