His thoughts were along the same lines. He wasn't ready for a relationship, and he certainly wasn't ready for a child. As well... He felt like his parents' loving relationship, and their own love for their children, helped to shape he and his siblings. What would happen to his son or daughter, who would know about the lottery? And...
He wasn't sure he could keep from resenting his new wife. Could he keep himself from resenting a child he'd never wanted in the first place?
"Of course," he said, scuffing his shoe on the cement.