As an FYI, thousands of Mormons (myself included) have been calling the church’s Public Affairs office and demanding that the Tabernacle Choir back out. As a tithe-paying, magic-underwear-wearing member in good standing, it’s pretty profoundly embarrassing.

Exactly! And I can't fathom how people argue that some hypothetical happiness/regret outweighs actual lived happiness. I might regret not having a child someday, but I'm going to Tibet this year and I'll for sure have one of the most amazing experiences of my life—and I am able to take trips like that because I am…

I would live and die for all three of my children. Each one is precious in my eyes. I also wish I did not become a Dad. I'm not nearly as good at it as I had hoped. I feel like there is no refuge or sanctuary when things get really difficult. The peaceful moments either never happen or are far too short and few. …

I'd rather take the off-change that I'll regret not having them down the road ...than regret ever having them and be in an irreparable situation.

I'd insist that those people should go fuck themselves.

That's a really important point. I don't want children and neither does my husband, but I know that I'd love a child I made with him more than I can possibly understand. There's no one in the world I'd rather have children with than him. But I don't want children. It's a nuanced thing, for sure, despite how it's…

I'm hugely anti-natalist. I think spawning is one of the most selfish and irrational things that an educated human can do on this inequitably distributed and resource-strapped planet.