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It’s really entirely inappropriate and bloody rude.


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Please stop. (Picture: Liberty Antonia Sadler/metro.co.uk)

I have never wanted to have kids.

I find babies scary (they’re just so delicate). I don’t think I’m the motherly type. And when I picture my life, a child isn’t included.

When I mention this in passing the reaction is nearly always the same.

The person I’m telling will ask how old I am (23 at the mo, but my birthday’s coming up), and when I tell them, they’ll reply: ‘oh, well, you’ll change your mind.’

There’s some variation. Sometimes the ‘you’ll change your mind’ is said with a smile. Sometimes it’s dismissive. Occasionally it’s coupled with getting berated for being ‘selfish’, or asked if I’m… Read the full story

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