No Children
My name is Jaime and I have a broken biological clock. Even though I’ve passed the thirty-year mark, I still don’t have a deeply-rooted, primal desire to pop out a baby. Problem is, if I don’t have a child within a relatively short window (short being under ten years) the decision will be made for me. If the Wedding Road Trip fairy could grant me anything, I’d ask for ten more years of my twenties in which Chris and I can frolic through the fields and fly around the world without worrying about nap time and baby wipes.
I’d like to say that going on this Wedding Road Trip has inspired me to rush home, close my eyes, spread my thighs, and think of babies. But it hasn’t. Instead, it has done quite the opposite. Don’t get me wrong: it’s not like our friends and family members have children that resemble Satan’s earthly army. Quite the opposite, in fact. But after seeing several families who haven’t been on a vacation in years, parents who don’t have sex because they are too tired, and sleep schedules that remind me of cramming for tests in college, I can’t say I’m finding the idea the least bit attractive. Sure, there are babies out there like Alexa and children like Addy, but that doesn’t insure that our child won’t turn out like Veruca Salt- the Willy Wonka girl, not the band.
In some ways, I feel pressured to have children because my older brother and his wife have opted out and it will be several years before my younger brother and his wife start making mini Gregamels. Plus, who will I have around to play my reindeer games when Chris gets sick of taking road trips around the country?
At this point, all I can hope for is a morning when I wake up with the desire to carry a large melon in my stomach for nine months.
Hey, it could happen.
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We feel the same way! Glad there are others out there like us who are kind of ambivalent.
I share your pain and I am three years shy of thirty. As I said during our lunch, “If I have kids - great. If I don’t have kids - GREAT.” I think reading this entry puts me back into the cruise zone of having babies.
LOL I never wantd kids but I have an awesome daughter now whose 6. However, I am feeling pressure to make her a sis or bro before egg expiration as well, trouble is I hate dating, have had awful experiences and NEVER want to get married. I don’t want her to end up an only child because I was one. So to each his own eh?
does this mean I have the best of both worlds - two awesome kids, vacations with/without kids, active social life, sleep deprived only occasionally, sex when I want it?! hahaha…being a parent isn’t easy, but I’m so thankful to be one. Never knew I could love any one person as much as I do them. I’m going to hope along with ya that the desire comes one day…I want to see you knocked up
You didn’t consider this…married couples who have children statistically live longer and rate their lives “happier” than those who do not have children.
…especially after their kids MOVE OUT!
different strokes for different folks - though the idea of being able to live 10 more years of your twenties is pretty popular in SF
Now you are making me rethink our attempts!
I was once horrified to watch the Smurfs being turned into mini Gregamels. Why is your younger brother so evil?
well, if you can handle not sleeping for over a year and who knows how much longer, go for it:) but maybe you’ll luck out and get a kid that sleeps…
We shall see. Thankfully we have a little time!
I am keeping my fingers crossed because I want another little angel Jaime Liz, but I’m not pushing
Hey, just when I was settling down to thinking that I might finally have a bilogical grandchild. I vote with themom.