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In reply to the discussion: I Look Down on Young Women With Husbands and Kids and I'm Not Sorry [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)and when I say "younger" I mean 5 to 7 years ago -- I was so certain marriage and motherhood was a trap for young women.
Now I am very happily married. I was laid-off a little over a year ago and work only part-time now. Part of this is by design so my husband's school aged sister can spend her days with me while her father works (her mother passed a couple of years ago). I feel as if I've become a stay-at-home mom of sorts and I love it. I don't feel trapped. I get to see this beautiful young life growing in front of my eyes (and no pregnancy!).
Lover Boy and I have no plans for children of our own but I'm very happy with my circumstances. I feel more empowered than anything I could have imagined.
Assuming the article isn't simply seeking to incite outrage I can't condemn the author too much because I was probably just as obnoxious. Now I can only shake my head as I feel that pang in my heart at the thought of what I might have given up and the heaviness of thinking how senseless it all seems within the space of a few short years.
So, yeah, your post leapt out at me.