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Whiny Wednesday

March 24, 2010

Why is that people have no problem asking, “So, why don’t you have kids,” or “How come you don’t like children?” or “Don’t you think not having kids is selfish?”

Imagine if mothers were asked the inverse. “So, why do you have kids?” “How come you like children?” or “Don’t you think having kids is selfish?”

It’s Whiny Wednesday. What’s your gripe?

Filed Under: Lucky Dip, The Childfree Life: Issues and Attitudes, Whiny Wednesdays Tagged With: Dealing with questions, Society

Comments

  1. kathleen guthrie says

    March 30, 2010 at 10:57 am

    At my crankiest, I think about pointing out that my brother and his wife have four kids, so they took up our quota.

  2. happynenes says

    August 13, 2010 at 6:16 pm

    Someday, some well meaning parent will ask me if I have considered adoption and I will ask them if they considered using a condom.

  3. Cortney Lyon says

    April 29, 2012 at 9:25 am

    For the past hour I’ve been sitting at my computer while my husband sleeps in bed 3 feet away and I am trying to muffle my sobs as I read through this blog and find some comfort and happnees comment above allowed me to chuckle through my tears- thank you.

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