If you are a parent, please be brutally honest

[TheLuckyPearlCat]

Is it worth having kids?
Do you regret them? Do they massively improve your life? Do the benefits outweigh the cons?
For context, I'm in my 30s, happy with my life, have a loving partner, friends and family, love to travel and go out doing activities on a regular basis. We live in London with stable jobs etc. I don't feel anything is missing but I'd love to know what you really think. Please don't hold back!

Love them with every cell I have and would do anything to ensure their well-being (legally) but F**k me do they tire you out. They make you young and so old at the same time. Cost a fortune in berries and other fruit, battles and tantrums throughout (hilarious but obviously you can't laugh at them no matter how funny they are when angry), soooo much socialising with other parents when you're tired, taxi service for clubs at the weekend, waking you up as soon as the sun rises, fighting bedtime, endless story time and soft plays, tat littering the house.

But ohhh so worth it. Every smile, every hug, every little flower (weed) they've picked for you, every little pic they've drawn, and every "I love you" melts your heart.

Wouldn't change my choices even if I could. But I'll be honest- Bath time with the bathroom door locked with a cup of tea is bliss.

Omg it’s the most stressful thing I’ve ever done but I was desperate for kids and I love them more than anything. If I was looking at it logically, absolutely no way.

If you knew absolutely everything in your life was about to change but at least you would have that little child to love, would it feel worth it?

also if your kid has sen…. Was an absolutely fucking not expecting that. No more travel for us! But we travelled heaps before and told
ourselves we may never travel again. Didn’t think that would actually be the case though 😂