I wanted the relationship. I wanted no more kids. It weighed out at 51-49, so I had the kid. I had a “choice” in the matter, but it wasn’t free–it would have resulted in a cascading series of bad effects. you cannot sleep in a house with an angry woman for long. Is it really worth divorcing over one extra kid? plus, as it turns out, he is a good little fellow. but that’s nott he point. we couldn’t know in advance how great he would be. he couldve been a little jerk.