“My partner and I have been together for 8 years. We’re very happy and we don’t plan on having children, ever. But we’re still regularly hassled by friends, family, work colleagues and even relative strangers about when we’re going to have kids or why we haven’t had any. Maybe I should be used to it by now but I still find it so rude and so fucking invasive. Despite telling people we’ve actively chosen not to have kids, many just keep laying on the pressure regardless. I’ve had a boss repeatedly tell me that it’s not too late and that I may regret not having children once it is. And we’ve had friends tell us that having kids gives your life purpose and meaning. The inference being ours has neither! Having children or not having children is a choice and both should be respected. I mean, I don’t ask my friends or colleagues why they had children!
