I always wanted kids. Social ineptitude and and a series of bad relationships led to 7 years of not even touching a woman in my late 20s and early 30s. I met a wonderful woman and finally got married. My wife never wanted kids, but she had a daughter before we met, and she had her tubes tied afterwards. My stepdaughter is wonderful, but she doesn't want kids either. I will live a good and meaningful life regardless. But I am resigned to dying before my wife or dying alone.

Men dont express pain often, but talking about things like this in a civilized manner is the right thing to do. It gives future generations the perspective of those that made choices that affect them through to old age. Maybe some will learn from these mistakes and think more clearly about what they want, and how to get it. Thanks to all the comments belittling the issue.