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In reply to the discussion: To Conservatives: I do not want kids, so get over it!!!!! [View all]mike dub
(541 posts)I saw HockeyMom's original post this morning, and have a moment to chime in, now:
My wife and I were married at age 35 and 33 (married in 2003, for perspective) and always planned not to have children.
My progressive-liberal Protestant mother has the toughest time with it (but "thankfully" my older sister does have a son --the first GrandSon to the family ;o). And I verbally told my parents a few years ago that my wife and I were planning Not to have children.
Ironically ? my wife's hard right-wing father has the Least problem with us Not having a child. When my wife eluded verbally to him to the fact that we weren't having kids, he said "yall do what y'r gonna do" in his usual south Louisiana way (e.g., "to each Their own" .
Long way of saying, I hear everyone here who's said they feel the social construct thing about "when are You all havin kids?" and my wife and I have gotten over that pressure for ourselves. And the love between the two of us (and, yes, the intimacy) is goin' real strong.
Thanks all, for this thread. I used to worry about this topic, but really don't as much now. And it's Great to see it posted here on DU. Thanks.
Mike