I don’t want kids. I’m fine and completely okay with my choices—and so is my partner. But there’s one person who absolutely isn’t: my mother.
“I don’t just want grand cats, Zoe,” she told me at a party a few nights ago.
“I want grandbabies.”
For seemingly the thousandth time, I said no.
“If you want babies, you can have another one.”
I’m pretty sure what she said next was a joke, but I can’t be sure:
“Why don’t you just have a baby, and I’ll look after it!”
What a fantastic idea—that is clearly the solution to my “problem” of not wanting kids when mum wants grandkids. I get to continue my bloodline and “the family name”, without the hassle of changing dirty nappies. Except for the part where my child finds out their mum didn’t want them. FYI, mum, your grand cats cried when I told them they weren’t enough.
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When I was 21, I knew I didn't want kids. Whenever people asked me about it I would be honest and upfront and say I had no maternal instinct and zero interest in ever having babies. My feelings on that front never wavered.
Fast forward 12 years later, and I met an absolutely amazing man who wanted kids one day, and I knew he would make a fantastic father. So I broke up with him because we weren't compatible. The end.
Not everyone changes their mind and it is beyond insulting to tell someone you know their mind better than they do.
People are ignorant and most have big mouths! I have 4 children and some people still say "having any more" WTF???!!!
You only have to answer to one person in your life - YOU.