Reply #198: If I said I felt sorry for childless women on DU, I'm pretty sure I'd get a beat-down

[TwilightGardener]

of epic proportions. Because it's a put-down, an insult. It's condescending and rude. It belittles others' choices and lifestyles. It insinuates that they have made mistakes. I don't care if someone chooses to have kids or not. But as a mother, I don't like reading that someone "feels sorry" for me because of my choices. It's rude to do that to childless people, it's equally rude to do that to parents. This reminds me of the stay-at-home vs. working-mom debate, when each side "pities" the other in an attempt to justify their own particular life choices.