I stumbled across this article titled: 9 Silly Things People Say When They Hear You Don’t Want Kids (And Ways to Counter Them). Just from that you know that the author is one of those so-in-love-with-their-own-cleverness sorts. Not that’s bad, but you know…you can come off like a jackass. I should know. I’m that sort.
That being said, the author has been kind enough to give unreasonably stupid responses to the unreasonably stupid questions nosy people ask or unreasonably stupid statements they make when they find you don’t want children.
The only one that was rather amusing was:
5. “But they’re so cute!”
This is a topping good reason to buy a Hello Kitty “vibrator,” but to bring a whole new person into existence?
We hadn’t planned on having kids. Even though I was asked these questions (which I do think is extremely rude), I was never a jackass like the author and most childless-by-choice people I see online. People did tell us that we’d change our minds and clearly we did. Otherwise, my stock answer to strangers asking “Do you plan on having children?” was “Not at the moment.” Pushers got ruder responses. To my friends, I typically responded, “The day after never!”
Having kids does NOT stop these rude questions. I have a girl and a boy and people still push us to procreate. When I get the questions below, I just, smile and say, “Yeah…we’re done.” (Hey! Who says I lack tact?)
1. “Well, I was raised in a large family. I loved the chaos. “
That’s great. For you. But I have to raise that chaos. My two already create enough chaos for me.
2. “But don’t you think your daughter should have a sister/son should have a brother?”
I have one of each and my husband has no siblings. We turned out just fine.
3. “But you make such cute babies.”
Your point?
4. “But what if something happens to one of them?”
My. Aren’t you just a ray of sunshine?
5. “You’ll change your mind.”
Just because celebrities have babies in their 50s doesn’t mean I want to join them. As it is, having these two in my 30s have wiped out all of my energy reserves.
Also note, the ones who push you to procreate are NEVER around when you need a sitter.
The Top 5 questions people say when they hear you don’t want to have more kids by Anika Malone, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Tags: children, Kids, procreating