That's a really big compromise. Is there a good side to being a parent for you?

There's a lot of pride in seeing her grow up, in being her "Da". We have a nighttime ritual before she goes to bed, when it's warm enough to anyway... she and I hang out on the back deck and talk, about whatever's on her mind. In spring we listen to the peepers, in summer we watch the fireflies and the brown bats flying around the yard, in fall we listen for the owls. It's just hers and mine, that time, and knowing she actively seeks it out.. there's a certain honor in that. My parents were dubious, knowing my views on ever having a family, but they backed me up and that helped a lot.

Have at it.