I can't speak for everyone but I've enjoyed every minute of being a parent. Maybe I'm the exception but it's been the best thing that's happened in my life since marrying my wife. Speaking from someone that has a little age on many here, if you have kids, take in and cherish every minute. If you blink it will be gone. I have two, one is gone and gonna be married in the spring, the other is a sophomore at UT, still living at home. I've got a couple years left and he'll be gone. I don't look forward to that day.