Writer's Block: Go it alone

[eumelia]

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Yes.

Very obvious and self-explanatory question.

If you don't have children you're not a "real woman".
You have to be a "real woman" in order to be a Mother.
If you're single, you're a failure anyway.

Being child-free is a kind of scarlet letter on your social standing - you're refusing to contribute to the human race, refusing to be a responsible adult and all that junk.

*sigh*

The answer to all those questions (thought the holiday part is ambiguous) is "Yes".

Comments

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I only feel slightly bad about being childfree because I'm an only child, and my mother has no grandchildren.

But she buys the dogs SWEATERS. So I think her affections have found an outlet.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Being the Aunt of four... I feel no qualms about eventually ending up with no children.

I'm still unsure as to whether I want to have kids or not.