Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : My wife and I are talking about kids. And she has a condition in her family, Retina pigmentosa,  which affects the men of the family. If we have a kid and it is a boy then it has 50% chance of going blind in the late 20s. 

Am I the asshole for thinking that I dont really want to deprive my child of all the joys that life has to offer? 

For example ger father, has never seen his 3 kids. 
He has no job, no social life etc. 

Am I the asshole for not want a future similar to that for my kid? 

This post, in no way intent to patronize, offend or hurt anyone that lives with a disability.  I need to make that very clear. 

Also this is a throwaway account coz wife is lurking around here somewhere! 