"Selfish, irresponsible ecological nightmare" - EXACTLY!! Thank you!
I'm so happy I found this subreddit. I'm a 30yo woman & the incessant bullying by family members for me to have children asap is out of fucking control. Even when I explain my position for not wanting kids (which I shouldn't have to explain shit), they react just like this OP psycho fb mom.
My parents legit think I "owe them grandkids." It's such typical Baby Boomer bullshit. No regard for the earth, no regard for real life. For them to call us selfish - Oh, the irony! The ego and vanity of that generation & their like-minded understudies is astounding if it weren't so lame.
Their total life approach is twisted.
They should've done something about climate change back in the 80s if they cared about their grandkids so much.
Frankly, I love my kids too much to have them. They are better safe not here.
And I can't with the verbal manipulation tactics, either, such as: "kids complete you" & "you'll never be fulfilled unless you have kids" & "you can't experience true depth of love until you have your own baby." GET FUCKING REAL, Baby Boomers.
You're not tricking me. Stop prescribing this bogus LifeScript. It's insulting.
I can think of nothing more fulfilling for me & my bf than a child free lifetime of learning, reading everything, exploring what's around us & delighting in our discoveries, involvement in new & different activities while mastering our favorites, respecting & appreciating nature, being kind to animals, helping people, dancing, encouraging others to dance with us, finding good music, creating & enjoying art, making mundane things fun, eating simple foods, live in a simple quiet spaces, and being grateful every day for it all.
Why are our parents so unaccepting of this lifestyle we are creating together, in honor of ourselves & the planet? We are "good kids," independent of them and happy. I've always enjoyed making them proud. I just can't in this case.
I don't want to be so angry toward them, but it's becoming increasingly difficult & their willful ignorance makes it worse. I don't know what to do. At least I'm not alone, though. At least there's some community that feels the same way. I take comfort in the existence of this child free subreddit. Thanks for being here.
Thanks for listening, guys.