Soon after one is married, almost everyone starts to ask the dreaded question, “when are you having kids?” You gain a little weight and people jump with excitement because they think you are WITH child...nope, just WITH cheeseburger. Every time you say you are nauseous every person tells you, “must be pregnant” or maybe I just don't feel good? My husband and I fall into the non-breeding category. We are child free by choice. Which is something many a person can not get a handle on. When I tell people I am not having children they give me a sad look and usually tell me, “there's always adoption". There is, just not for me. It's not that I can't have them, I don't want to have them. I'm all for everyone else having them, don't get me wrong. Have as many as you like. I'm just not of me having them is all. One of the greatest things my mother ever said to me was that though she loved me dearly she was quite sure that her and my father could have lived a full … [Read more...]