The Truth About Not Wanting To Have Children, That No One Talks About
I have never wanted children, nor do I plan on having them.
5 years ago, or even less, everyone would ask me
“Sara when are you having kids”. At this point I was 36, and everyone thought I was “past my prime”. If I did not pop out a few babies in the next few years I would lose the “opportunity”.
I hate getting asked this question.
For starters, when I was growing up and where I grew up it was the norm to graduate high school, get married have kids. That was your life plan.
It was already set in stone when you were born a woman. Who decided this plan? It sure as hell was not the plan that I had or wanted. Yet society made it damn hard to go against the grain.
If you were single at 21 you were a failure. I chose to go to college instead of marrying my high school sweetheart, and popping out a few kids by 25.
My family was not happy with this decision. They could not believe that I would “leave the family business”. We had a farm. It was not a multi-million dollar business, before you get too excited that I was born with a silver spoon.
