cosmo531 said:
my wife and i deal with this every day! would love to read your blog!
Jenn's "no we are not pregnant so get over it journal"
People in general have been gracious enough to cut us some slack over the past 3 years for not having children. Apparently 4 years is their absolute limit for tolerating our decision not to be "breeders"for a few more years.This used to iritate me, but now I find it amusing. So amusing, that I plan to use this blog to keep record of all the subtle and not so subtle family planning comments we get on an almost daily basis. Let's get started.
4-20-06 "When are ya'll going to start trying?"
4-26-06 "You know ya'll really aren't natural. The natural course of things is to have babies after gettting married. It's what most people do."
4-27-06 "If you don't start having kids, there's not going to be anyone to take care of you when you are old."
4-29-06 "It's been 4 years already? Wow, when are you going to start having kids?"
5-2-06 "Since you're not going to give us any grandkids, I'm might as well spoil someone!" (in reference to a 4 year-old family member).
5-10-06 "You have to have kids if you are going to be happy!" - from my 4 year-old cousin LOL
5-12-06 "No little ones for you yet??!!"
5-14-06 "Happy Mother's Day. Will that be true for you anytime soon?"
5-21-06 "Just picked this up at a yard sale for you" -- a baby name book!
5-31-06 "Oh that looks soooo natural!" (while I was holding a friend's baby)
6-6-06 "I might as well [do what I'm going to do]. It's not like you're going to give me any grandkids!
Please leave me a comment with creative ways to inform people of our child-free choice. So far I've come up with, "I was bathed in acid raid as a toddler, so I'm sterile." That's my only really good one. The goal is to have a snappy fresh retort for every nosy person who graces us with their opinion.
BTW, I do plan to have children (whether biological or adopted we haven't decided yet) so don't think I'm a bitter cranky feminist please. I just think it's crazy that people start thinking something is wrong with you if you haven't had a child within the first three years of a marriage.