Are your reasons along the lines of
"I value and enjoy my spare time and am unprepared to completely relinquish this, along with my various hobbies, sex life and any chance of getting a decent night's sleep for the next decade or so"?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:35, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

yes
and also, I don't have enough money as it is
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:38, Reply)

Ironically, I always used to want kids
Having the above illustrated to me, first verbally and latterly demonstrably, has brought me round to Ms Foxtrot's way of thinking
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:41, Reply)

in all honesty I'd be terrified of it splitting me and the mrs up
it's touch and go anyway because I'm such an insufferable bastard
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:43, Reply)

Maybe after a year of mopping up after a similarly insufferable bastard with no respect for sleep patterns and appalling bowel cotnrol
she'll learn to appreciate you more
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:45, Reply)

hmm, you make an interesting point

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:46, Reply)

There are probably other, better, less dramatic ways
to get your missus to appreciate you. Flowers, say
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:51, Reply)

"We already have a dog *heavy sigh* just don't think I could go through all that training all over again with a baby, it eventually learns to talk back"

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:40, Reply)

I like this

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 14:44, Reply)