tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post7645837240626684649..comments2024-02-24T15:58:56.712-08:00Comments on The Good Typist: Ten Things People Feel Perfectly Free to Say to Me about My Non-Childed Status:Kristen McHenryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03467256747399406710noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-25625647923683079682011-11-15T10:47:32.767-08:002011-11-15T10:47:32.767-08:00Such a choice little collection of cliches here, K...Such a choice little collection of cliches here, Kristen. You know an awful lot of pisspot sages! Did they volunteer these witless little saws or did they just crop up in conversation?Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-59662596535586244992011-11-14T17:29:25.957-08:002011-11-14T17:29:25.957-08:00You're welcome, Jo-Ann--even if you are a godl...You're welcome, Jo-Ann--even if you are a godless, childless, selfish heathen.Kristen McHenryhttp://thegoodtypist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-29794012973062207852011-11-14T09:04:38.778-08:002011-11-14T09:04:38.778-08:00Ohhhh, this explains why I am an unloved, selfish ...Ohhhh, this explains why I am an unloved, selfish and boring sloth living on the hard working mores of others. Huh... never knew. <br /><br />Please thank them for me, Kristen, for their astute insights.Jo-Annhttp://www.theinterdependentlife.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-24671421474277615242011-11-13T20:33:26.997-08:002011-11-13T20:33:26.997-08:00"Anyone who feels 'completed' by havi..."Anyone who feels 'completed' by having children is probably emotionally eating them." Dale, this made me laugh and cringe and say "wow!" at the same time :).<br /><br />I think that any decision we make around kids is inevitably selfish or self-serving to some degree--whether we decide to have them or not have them. Having kids or not having kids has nothing to do with whether or not you're selfish. I appreciate you being willing to outright say that you wanted them, and so you had them. This is just one of those weeks where I am fed up with people who feel ambivalent about their choice to have them and therefore want to project the judgement of "selfishness" on to those of who decided against it.Kristen McHenryhttp://thegoodtypist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-45867094363505140652011-11-13T20:07:26.598-08:002011-11-13T20:07:26.598-08:00Sheesh.
Personally, I feel like having kids was p...Sheesh.<br /><br />Personally, I feel like having kids was pretty self-indulgent. I really wanted them, but I know that no other decision in my life is likely to have worse ecological repercussions, and anyway I can hardly feel smug about the world I've pitched them into. <br /><br />As for being complete -- who's ever complete? Anyone who feels "completed" by having children is probably emotionally eating them.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-18055486016489492292011-11-13T14:31:37.266-08:002011-11-13T14:31:37.266-08:00Yep, I've heard that one, too. Gee, it's a...Yep, I've heard that one, too. Gee, it's almost as though some people are so shortsighted, unimaginative and lazy they can't figure out how to create a loving marriage, be a generous and caring person, and lead a meaningful life without be forced into it through child rearing.Hmm.Kristen McHenryhttp://thegoodtypist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-855802737317865685.post-41875740898777245532011-11-13T13:05:43.835-08:002011-11-13T13:05:43.835-08:00If you don't want to have kids, you have no bu...If you don't want to have kids, you have no business being married. The institution of marriage exists solely for the purpose of producing offspring.<br /><br />(That was said to me by a co-worker at a publishing company I worked at years ago -- in the state of Kansas, which probably comes as no surprise.)Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298235100913678894noreply@blogger.com