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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I tend to greet the "when are you two having kids" question with the "goodness, I don't know, we haven't got a crystal ball" response, but if pressed when I've had a few I do admit occasionally actively getting into it with the pushy. Usually to the tune of "I was thinking about it until I met yours." One really shouldn't, under any circumstances, get into the substance of such questions, it only encourages them to pry more.
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My tendency has been to offer a simple, unapologetic "I'm not." People then react one of two ways: (1) "you hate all kids, you monstrous unwomanly unnatural freak" or (2) "of course you will I didn't realize until I had them that my life was utterly empty and meaningless before".
This pisses me off then because (1) while I may or may not (and may certainly find your own kids unbearable), it doesn't lessen my essential decency as a person, and either way I'd never be rude enough to say so and (2) while your life may be a miserable useless pile of crap without kids, mine is actually pretty damn great. But there's no way to convince people without acting like I'm justifying my actions, which I won't do for some graceless idiot.
