As A Childfree Woman, Every Day Is Independence Day

[wolfpurplemoon]

When I got married, I assumed kids would soon follow. You know; love, marriage, baby carriage – that whole thing. My husband and I married at early ages – I was just 22, he was 23 – so we had plenty of time. But my standard “I’m too young” in response to the incessant “WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO HAVE KIDS?!” queries stopped sounding reasonable around the time I hit 35.

For us, it turned out, the answer was never.

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Comments

[stardreamer]

Heh. My now-ex was a preschool teacher*, and for several years we had only one car, so I would drop him off and pick him up at the day-care center. My stock response to being asked which kid was mine was, "Oh, I'm not old enough to have a child here." Even though I was usually older than the person asking. :-)

* And one of the reasons I married him was that he was very firm about liking to be with the kids during the day, but wanting to be off duty when he went home.

[wolfpurplemoon]

That must've bewildered them if they then saw the teacher get in your car XD