I have ranted about this before on this board. One of my biggest pet peeves in life are those women who think that they are so damned special just because they chose to have kids. They think it is OK to bring those SUVs called strollers into the tinest store and expect you to yeild to them because they have a stroller (not nec. a kid IN the stroller, but the stroller itself). And those mothers who act like their screaming whining food-throwing children are not disturbing the rest of the adults in a nicer restaurant (McDonalds is a different thing). The parents who refuse to cknowledge that their children are just plain old BAD and in need of an attitude adjustment. Of course their bad behavior is caused by other people, never the parents....
I'm so bothered by "mommy culture" and soccer moms and people who live vicariously through their child's social life.
I'm bothered by the "purpose of marriage is to reproduce"...'scuz me? Do I look like a brood mare? THey did that to Aryan women during Nazi germany...bred them to men to reproduce "pure" babies because that was their purpose. I want to marry for love, to cement my love with my husband...not to be pregnant for the rest of my life until I become infertile and then they take me out back and shoot me like some old cow.
And for all the reasons stated above...I , as a woman who has spent a ton of her own money and time building her education and career, will NOT be having a kid...EVER. I'm not cut out for it. My work would make me a bad parent...away from home at random times of the day, in war zones and third world countries...it wouldn't be fair to do that to a kid. If I'm bringing someone into this world, I'm going to be there for them, and I can't do that in my field. Plus, I'd probably become unemployable for that too...I've got to be able to pick up and move and travel, and not have to worry about the school system or a babysitter or food on the table at the right time.
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