People who wanted to be childfree but ended up getting children, ...

I never thought I'd be doing this but here I am, asking complete strangers on the second most savage Kenyan social media channel for advice. I know the post is going to be long but indulge me r/Kenya

I (35M) have never wanted children. I just think they are a lot of work, a lot of money and quite frankly, I find children to be very boring. Think Lucifer with Chloe's daughter, Trixie.

My girlfriend(27F) on the other hand loves kids and she wants one of her own. She actually wants to birth one and adopt one. She told me this the very day we met and has echoed it a few rimes.. In fact, when we met, this kid coming from school bumped into her making her spill the juice she was carrying all over her and the kid. But then she apologized to the kid and took out these wet tissues and helped the kid clean up before she cleaned herself up. That alone and I was hooked. I found it interesting that she didn't tell or get angry or girl out a string of insults like I would have.

So I approached her and one thing led to another, 3 years later, I want to propose.

But I still don't want kids.

I like our life, her and me. Kids are going to ruin that At the same time, she is my life. I honestly don't want a life without her.

So I want to go ahead and propose, have those kids and hope I am going to like having them down the line.

Any person who wanted to be child free but ended up getting a child? Do things change? Will I end up loving children? And now that you have children, would you go back to a child free life?