As man, all you need to do is stand still and you have actively selected yourself out of the gene pool. Add reasonings like this on top and you virtually accelerate yourself out of existence with no guardrails.
Men do not have the luxury of zero-sum games when it comes to mating and procreation. If you want to exit the game, evolution will willingly show you the way out.
I did not make the rules, nature did.
Married men like to say thia to make themselves feel important. But then you work with them, discuss life issues and hear their opinions, see how much they let their wives maltreat them, and you realise they are just as immature if not more