Archive for July 1st, 2008
Why I Don’t Have Children
I’m getting up there in years, childbearing years, that is. I breezed through my 20s comfortable in my conviction that I wasn’t going to have children. Most of my 30s have been much of the same, my focus on career and retiring substantial higher education debt. When I met my husband 15 years ago, he told me he wanted two children. My response to him was to ask why. Oddly, he had no answer, and our childless marriage was born. Often people ask me if I want children. Up until a year ago, the answer was an unequivocal “no” that invited no further discussion.
