Comments on: The Baby Pressure Is On

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:39:43 +0000

Just tell her that talking/thinking about babies is a HUGE mojo-killer for you so her nagging is counterproductive.

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:31:11 +0000

I have a totally different opinion about all this. I think it’s perfectly fine for a loving mom to ask her daughter when she is planning to have children.

I know it’s very american for children to leave home and go to college and then to have their own lives and forget that parents (if they were good parents) sacrificed 20 years of their lives to raise that child – very selfish indeed.

Plus, I strongly believe that nothing in life (career advancement, travel etc.) can come anywhere near raising a little person and watching him/her turn into an adult. I do talk to my son about all this (he is only 14) and explain to him that when you wait too long to have children then you end up not having enough time to enjoy your grandchildren and end up being too old to have energy for children and grandchildren. God only knows what my son will decide to do when he is older but at least he know how we feel about it.

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By: Amber in Albuquerque

Amber in Albuquerque — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:48:37 +0000

Maybe if you pretend to have “invisible children” (like invisible friends) people will stop asking…just a thought.

By: Marinka

Marinka — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:35:43 +0000

I used to tell my mother that I was a lesbian. That was before I realized that lesbians can have children. Clearly, I was not ready for motherhood. You need to know that lesbians can have children before you can have them yourselves.

By: Pollyanna

Pollyanna — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:15:51 +0000

Fortunately, my family never really bugged us about kids (even though we were married almost five years before the first one came out). That said, my poor father maybe should have asked for the grandkids to be spread out a little more. He currently has eight grand-daughters under the age of six!

By: Ams

Ams — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:08:48 +0000

It confuses me why anyone in their right mind thinks they actually have a right to ask this question.

Tell them Never. Then if you decide you want them it will be a pleasant, quaint little surprise.

People!

By: GrandeMocha

GrandeMocha — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:39:00 +0000

Tell them not until people stop bugging you. Tell them it makes you NEVER want kids. Because if you did it now, it would be just to please them & IT IS ALL ABOUT YOU!

By: christy

christy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:50:26 +0000

I feel so lucky that no one in my family ever bothered us about when we were going to have kids. And then when we did decide we wanted them, I wish we hadn’t told people – because it wasn’t as easy as 1,2,3. So be careful — when you do decide, you might not want to announce to the world until you’re actually pregnant. 2nd trimester pregnant!

By: The Good Cook

The Good Cook — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:16:52 +0000

“When we decide it’s time” is the only answer EVER someone needs to give to a totally obnoxious question as “When are you going to have children”… geez.