Daz for most people having kids is the greatest joy on earth!
no its not....it a myth......
There were probably miserable with themselves for being stuck in a dead end job and not being able to probably provide more for their family which they loved and had as an escape from their job, only to hate their job more for not being able to provide more for their family which meant everything to them.
Put it this way daz, lol you know my story. I was married b4 for 12 yrs n had three kids, the oldest is now 21. I was divorced in 2010 and remarried by end of 2013 and i now have a step son n two more little ones. Yep they all bring a certain level of stress, that comes with family life but i knew that from my previous marriage. If it was doom n gloom, i certainly wouldnt be going back through it all now, if it was.
Though im glad your somewhat happy with your life, car and drum sticks. Yet something tells me, you would have reformed your life earlier if given the right circumstances and had your own loving family.