Meaghan O'Connell

Mouth Breather

In my other life, I’m not afraid of fish.

I think about this a lot. What it would take to have a baby without much financial strain and stress. The absence of these circumstances wouldn’t preclude me from having a baby (and didn’t!), but I think these would be ideal, esp. if you are a person who can’t tolerate money panic:

I miss Twitter so much I am starting shit with ruling class mums in my local Facebook group

I had the same reaction! Though I felt similarly when I had a new baby — the thought of putting him in daycare made me so nervous, and the prospect of finding (and paying for) one so overwhelming, that having the option NOT to do it initially (a huge, huge privilege) was totally appealing. Then he got older and we got our shit together and were…