My stepbrother had a long term girlfriend who swore she would never have children and was animal mad. He was some years younger than her so was happy about that. Some years into the relationship he started to want children and found that it was really important to her. After much discussion, they decided to get married and start a family. Roll on 12 years and they have 2 children and she is the most fantastic mother. She absolutely loves motherhood and is so happy that her husband wanted children after all.
I think you can't possibly know how you can find parenthood until you get there. The most keen to have children aren't always as happy as they thought they'd be!
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I can see the appeal of having such absolute devotion and no mouthy answering back in their teen years. Although mindful of reading Ben Fogle's comment "a dog only breaks your heart once" longevity isn't always on their side. I would never under estimate how much owners love their dog, an emotion that is clearly returned in spades at their best they are wonderful. Even though I'm more of a cat person myself, an animal so perfect, the ancient Egyptians were right to worship them as Gods!