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I know it means shit, but i'm proud of you dude :) It takes a lot to not only ackowledge the existence of the fucking circle, but also to decide against a kid first to protect it (which already was a good sign hm?). And it rocks you didn't pull through with the suicide-shit. Dunno where you're from, but in my generation here, mental health is not a thing. Female mental health is "tsk, weak women lol" but men? oh my. Men do not have mental problems. I'm glad the younger generations aren't that dumb anymore. So yeah, 40 is still a good time to get started and probably still early for men our age :(
I understand why you didn't wanna have kids/feared having some. I too, did not (and now too old for one). I also feared I'd be a horrible dad, but probably I wouldn't have been. Who knows. I just didn't want to find out IF. It wouldn't have been the kid's fault.