tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14816443.post2050854775472107847..comments2023-03-25T09:03:43.507-07:00Comments on Childfree Me – Reflections on my choice to be childless: "I used to be just like you." Stashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15440437922934786574noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14816443.post-3529965904554032892014-05-04T17:01:30.961-07:002014-05-04T17:01:30.961-07:00If someone wants to have children its as much thei...If someone wants to have children its as much their business as someone that doesnt want them. <br /><br />I dont get why in this day and age having kids is expected. Why is it that women generally are the more harshly criticized when the decision is made? <br /><br />What is it to some of these people if I never had kids? I dont get it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14816443.post-52532726358176239132014-03-20T10:12:00.460-07:002014-03-20T10:12:00.460-07:00Turn it around. Flip it back. What's good for ...Turn it around. Flip it back. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. <br /><br />Tell the new mommy:<br />"I used to be like you." <br /><br />For example:<br />"I used to feel superior and more mature than my friends because I thought my way of doing things was the only way....Then I turned 16 and started thinking for myself."Temujinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15311893269588654768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14816443.post-40672286310465234102014-03-20T10:06:42.839-07:002014-03-20T10:06:42.839-07:00To Anonymous:
Someone seriously suggested that ha...To Anonymous:<br /><br />Someone seriously suggested that having a baby will make your husband less likely to cheat on you? Not only is that totally offensive (to men, women, everyone), but it doesn't even make logical sense.<br /><br />We can now add that to the long list of Bad Reasons to Have Children. Reason #592 and counting....Temujinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15311893269588654768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14816443.post-27614453935195414062014-03-08T09:55:03.412-08:002014-03-08T09:55:03.412-08:00Just wanted to say it's so amazing to find thi...Just wanted to say it's so amazing to find this blog - I've never been maternal and never had any interest in having children of my own. I respect other people's choice to have children but it would be nice if they could also respect my conscious decision to be childless but unfortunately this never seems to happen! I don't know if this is just my experience but I definitely get Amandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14816443.post-42101990550693998432014-03-04T22:55:56.560-08:002014-03-04T22:55:56.560-08:00I feel you... I have been for almost 5 years with ...I feel you... I have been for almost 5 years with no kids yet... As musch as we want to see ourselves pregnant, I guess God wants us to wait for a little while. It annoys me everytime someone would bombard us with questions "why" or "when." And some would even tell me if I don't get pregnant, my husband will cheat on me. How rude is that? Are they thinking? Should man Anonymoushttp://thirtyandrockin.com/kids-dont-matter/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14816443.post-17011007489182439752014-03-04T04:00:21.941-08:002014-03-04T04:00:21.941-08:00- Oh, you say you don't like kids because you ...- Oh, you say you don't like kids because you don't have any of your own<br /><br />- No, it's the other way around! I don't have kids because I don't like them!<br /><br />Always, always, always<br /><br />AlessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14816443.post-49615850537346973252014-02-23T16:26:37.644-08:002014-02-23T16:26:37.644-08:00Stasha, we'd like to invite you to become one ...Stasha, we'd like to invite you to become one of our Authors in <a href="http://www.aleksandreia.com" rel="nofollow"><b>Alexandria</b></a>. This invitation has been extended to you by email as well.<br /><br />In addition to posting on anything you wish, as you desire, you may of course mirror posts you've already written from here or elsewhere to gain a different or additional audience H. M. Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13058391782467086976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14816443.post-51410630676919505432014-02-22T11:36:50.393-08:002014-02-22T11:36:50.393-08:00I admit that I sometimes think along these lines: ...I admit that I sometimes think along these lines: If I had my own child, I'd be totally different in my thinking about motherhood, I'd end up loving it. But then I think, if I were advising a college student about graduate school, and that student was waaayyyy on the fence about it, saying maybe they'd love it if they just tried it, I'd tell them, Do not go to graduate school Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14816443.post-5485426027664829282014-02-20T11:47:56.682-08:002014-02-20T11:47:56.682-08:00My husband and I are childless my choice too, I fi...My husband and I are childless my choice too, I find your blog to be very interesting. I have never experienced the "rabies" and in my mid-40's I'm certain if I haven't yet, I never will.<br /><br />I once had a co-worker who had fertility issues and was finally able to have children via IVF tell me that having a child was amazing and I should "try it". <br /><brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14816443.post-42342510719444042242014-02-19T18:33:24.026-08:002014-02-19T18:33:24.026-08:00I'm hearing you!
I AM good with babies/kids/t...I'm hearing you!<br /><br />I AM good with babies/kids/teens, which seems to make it unbelievable and even more unacceptable to those who don't quite get it...:-D Bubble Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257391900204410186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14816443.post-24827273703140947552014-02-15T11:43:52.765-08:002014-02-15T11:43:52.765-08:00She couldn't have used to have been like a chi...She couldn't have used to have been like a childfree woman if she had intended to become a mother all along.kangamasfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346266043526700231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14816443.post-91618336862658147162014-02-12T08:44:09.680-08:002014-02-12T08:44:09.680-08:00This one always gets me. Clearly, no, you did not...This one always gets me. Clearly, no, you did not used to be just like me because I will never be having kids. There is nothing that will make me change my stance on this, but obviously you were never 100% committed to the idea or you wouldn't have kids now.Alixnoreply@blogger.com