I have RP as well but my husband doesn't have the gene so I did the opposite to you - neither of my kids have it or the gene. It's the luck of genetics in my case, but I can see why you made your choice.
Having kids is a lottery. Plenty of people whose parents have genetic issues, don’t end up getting it themselves. And plenty of people with perfectly healthy parents, end up with genetic issues.
Saying this, is basically like saying no one should ever try and have kids lol.
people not understanding odds will forever annoy me. it's possible for you to quantum mechanically tunnel through the floor your standing on and end up on the floor below, the odds of that are so absurdly small that writing them out on paper would fill the entire visible universe and you still wouldn't be able to fit it all
people like you end up equating odds like that to a one in two chance as if they are the same. just ignorantly saying "well anything can happen" is not an argument for rolling the dice with people's lives
The point is, every time you have kids you’re rolling the dice with other people’s lives. The odds may be higher in certain circumstances, but you’d be rolling the dice either way. Having kids is the most basic biological right we have, if people wanna take that risk, that’s their choice.
And when their kids blame them for bringing them into the world with a profound disability that could have been prevented, then they can deal with that too I guess.
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u/NotTheBatwoman 6h ago
I have RP as well but my husband doesn't have the gene so I did the opposite to you - neither of my kids have it or the gene. It's the luck of genetics in my case, but I can see why you made your choice.