Agreed... I remember a study on “do kids make you happier” and their conclusion was “kids make you happier if you want kids”.. people who didn’t want kids but had them or wanted kids but couldn’t have them were sadder, but people who didn’t want kids and didn’t have them were just as happy. Which I guess makes sense... people are happy when they get what they want!

Yo, it's a joke, they literally have "won at <creating> life" ;).

Sure I could have rephrased it along the lines of "you have the invaluable blessing of children, and surely that's more important than a 15% pay rise?".

It definitely isn't a competition, because us parents clearly won ;-)

... That was dripping sarcasm. Please don't down vote.