Oh I'm honest with myself alright. Done plenty of things I'd consider selfish too, nothing wrong with that.

Your logic just doesn't make much sense. I even wrote some things that were part of my reasons to have a child but it seems you missed them.

Our ego dictates who we are. Even a will to live goes down to ego. But doing something you want isn't always selfish. 

No point arguing this any further though. 

Is it selfish to make your wife happy? I was pretty indifferent about having kids yet making my wife happy was a priority. I'm very glad we have kids now although I haven't been able to give her the girl she wanted. Life is all about compromises, 2 boys is enough. Yet I guess I'm being selfish too for not wanting to try a third time :p (She's happy with two boys as well, a third would really be a bit much at our age)

No, actually I haven't missed your reasons. But, you're right, there's not point in arguing it further - I have a certain way of looking at what makes us tick in this reality, not something I expect for anyone to either understand or agree with.

My wife wanted boys, I wanted at least one girl - she told me "dream on, I'm not giving birth to a girl"...well, I guess she was right.

If I think I have the knowledge and the means to raise a human being capable of contributing to our society's progress, be it trough medicine, science, physics or math, then I should do it.
As a statistics student the theme of overpopulation is dear to my heart and I understand its critical issues, but as a young individual I can't help but be overwhelmed by optimism about the future and the progress of our knowledge, deep inside my brain there's this voice that says "We can't afford to live like this if we're this many, but if we managed properly our resources then we wouldn't have to decrease our population".
I agree that adoption is a noble choice and a valid alternative, but I also understand that certain human beings simply can't form a bond as strong as that of a biological mother to her biological son because of their desires/values. My suggestion is to have children if you feel like it's the right choice, but if you have any, you better do whatever you can to leave them a world as enjoyable if not more than the one you lived in, otherwise you will be the one who put those lives in Hell.

Thank you all, I think I've gotten a better understanding now! This was probably obvious but I mainly made this thread to get a reason for why my parents would deliberately create me only to make my life hell. To better yourself, spread the love, etc. are all nice reasons but I don't think they apply in my case. As some of you said, my parents were probably just going through the motions, doing what society n instinct tells them to do, regardless of whether or not they actually should. Well again fear not, I have the self awareness to know that I have no business having kids.

One more reason I don't think I have seen yet in this thread, is to give your parents grand children. For most parents that is the greatest reward you can give them for raising you. It will also bring you closer together as a family and meet other parents. It takes a village to raise a child.

Of course if your parents didn't really care about you, you can either break the cycle and do better or find other ways to be happy. Having parents that care are a great help when raising kids, it's a lot harder when you're on your own.

As for worrying about over population, population is actually declining in western countries. Simply having kids a few years later is enough to reduce the population.

Well 2 is enough. But I guess you won't get the very heart breaking challenge of protecting your girl from the world =p

I'm sorry to hear it, and it is unusual occurence. But perhaps it's the phase of your life that makes you think that because sometimes we don't understand the love of our parents.

And sure there have people that makes babies just cause or why not.

Creation and destruction is basically a universal truth when it comes to living things and even beyond that, since we wouldn't exactly call planets themselves living. A species that doesn't reproduce goes extinct eventually. I don't know of any living creature that doesn't reproduce in some form. Humans have their own version, but our's is designed the way it is, to make the process as pleasurable as possible, so we take part in it more often, which increases the chances of reproduction. Nature is pretty efficient, and wouldn't go to the trouble of making you more sensitive just for the heck of it, especially considering the world itself is not a sensitive place. When your capable of being able to participate in things like video games, theme parks, etc, she has to try and make reproduction more enticing or the longevity of the species is unlikely.

Sex is necessary for reproduction and yeast is necessary to create alcohol. You can use yeast for other things, just like you can use your reproductive organs for other things, but who would prefer that over the pleasure of alcohol and sex if it was an option? Some people have kids, some drink, and some do both.

Here's my opinion. Having children is about a lot of things for me. Some of them selfish, some of them not.

1. Creating a family. Loving and being loved by family members is a huge part of my life.
2. Giving my parents grandchildren and their first grandson.
3. Reliving my childhood through them (Christmas, birthdays, toys, etc.)
4. Maybe having a gaming (board game and video game) buddy or two in a few years.
5. Hopefully raising good people who leave the world a little more positive than when they entered it.

My twin boy and girl are less than 2 months old, so I'm very new to this. But the feeling is incredible so far. The wife and I had a long and difficult time conceiving. We ended up having success with fertility treatment. This is something we've been working on for years and we're pretty ecstatic about it.

I can surely understand why people want to further their bloodline but i hope adopting gets more popular and less complicated but ofcourse controlled in future.