Portsharbour,
Some of us still aren't on the property ladder and have ended up with absolutely nothing, well into our mid thirties - all because of flying.
With all due respect and it's not an attack on you, but I just tire of how patronising people with children can be at times. I don't believe in 'unplanned' children either...
I've seen that card played by the opposite sex too many times.
I'm sure you've put a lot into this, I don't doubt that. Never questioned it.
But don't think that the single lads have it easy. Some of us have given up everything and are gutted at some of the relationships that have not been pursued or fell by the wayside in order to finally get that flying job. Only now, starting life at a snails pace on meagre turboprop wages while your friends are all a decade ahead of you in life.
That gets you down at times.
Not attacking you, just telling an other side of the tale.
It's very hard being a parent while doing this, I hear that. But it can be just as hard on other people, albeit in different ways.