I once knew an older man who'd been an only child. His mother died when he was ~6 months old, and his father when he was ~16 years old. Having a large family seemed to be his #1 goal in life. When he passed away, he had 6 kids, 9 grandkids, etc., etc.
>I never wanted kids ā number six is due in a few months
You say that, but you didn't get a vasectomy after the first?
I was under the impression most doctors won't do them til you're at least 30 -- I had been planning to get one then take the Moscow to Bejing train but of course COVID had to go and fuck up my travel plans.
(Being an American, I've never had more than two weeks of... how you say... "holiday", but it's been hilarious as someone who was pretty sure at 19 I didn't want kids seeing how some people can't seem to grok there's a difference between being childfree as in "I don't want to have kids, and I don't want to tolerate yours if they misbehave in public" versus... being evil.)