preservedcucumbers: We are taught that it’s important to be respectful, yet the practice of questioning a couple’s decision to not have a family is still openly frowned upon. A woman who doesn’t want children is still considered abnormal, a childless man is thought to be selfish and immature. It is not the business of anyone but the couple (and potentially their doctors) whether they should decide to have children. That means it’s none of your business, so think before you utter any of these condescending phrases to a childless/childfree person. edit: here is the source of the quote. YES YES YES YES YES YES. I am a motherfucking adult. When someone tells me they are pregnant or they are trying to conceive I do not say, “Oh, sweetie, I’m sure you’re excited about that now, but you’ll regret it. Teehee.” Because that is not my place. So when you dig into my personal life and ask me why I don’t have kids, or when I’m going to start my family, and I answer you that is not a request for your wise words on the state of my uterus. Seriously, just … Fuck. You.  It’s gotten to the point where I sometimes just look down and say, “Oh … we … can’t have kids.” And I just sort of trail off, making the other person uncomfortable. I don’t supply them with the rest of that sentence which is, “because my partner had a vasectomy.”

preservedcucumbers:

We are taught that it’s important to be respectful, yet the practice of questioning a couple’s decision to not have a family is still openly frowned upon. A woman who doesn’t want children is still considered abnormal, a childless man is thought to be selfish and immature.

It is not the business of anyone but the couple (and potentially their doctors) whether they should decide to have children. That means it’s none of your business, so think before you utter any of these condescending phrases to a childless/childfree person.

edit: here is the source of the quote.

YES YES YES YES YES YES. I am a motherfucking adult. When someone tells me they are pregnant or they are trying to conceive I do not say, “Oh, sweetie, I’m sure you’re excited about that now, but you’ll regret it. Teehee.” Because that is not my place. So when you dig into my personal life and ask me why I don’t have kids, or when I’m going to start my family, and I answer you that is not a request for your wise words on the state of my uterus. Seriously, just … Fuck. You. 

It’s gotten to the point where I sometimes just look down and say, “Oh … we … can’t have kids.” And I just sort of trail off, making the other person uncomfortable. I don’t supply them with the rest of that sentence which is, “because my partner had a vasectomy.”

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