I think this might be a new record
kelly | 29 July 2007 - 6:14pm
People are now harassing my brother - my brother! - about when I'm going to have kids. My parents and brother went to a family reunion today, which I didn't attend. And then this evening my brother calls me and halfway through our conversation, he says, "Oh, by the way, [one of our cousins] is asking about when you're going to have kids."
"Are you kidding me?"
"Well, he didn't really ask it about you, exactly. He asked about me."
"Huh? About when you're going to have kids?"
"No, he said, 'So, when are you going to get a little niece or nephew?'"
"My god. What the hell?"
"I know."
"What did you say?"
"I said I didn't figure that was any of my business."
Preach it, brother.
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I feel your pain. That is what my family and friends did when I called off my wedding. They kept asking if we were going to get married or not because they wanted to return their dress/ gift etc..
People are wankers.
Lawdy. That is a whole new level...
Holy crow! Good for your brother! He's quick on his feet with the answers!
But .. soon, right? You'll be having kids soon, right? I mean, any time now. Cause you really should have kids. It's .. kinda the natural thing.
Hey Kelly,
Thanks for the nod over at Richie Designs the other day. Yes, they will continue to ask when you're having children until you hit 50 and then they will probably ask if you will adopt. They want you to join their club, because I've realized that moms are hugely jealous of our free time.
I live a good 8 hrs from my family and I couldn't understand why going to visit brought so much anxiety [full panic attacks] when I realized I was being grilled by 20 people I sent everyone a lovely email telling them not to ask me any more about when I was getting married or when I was going to have a baby.
At 38 my saving grace seemed to have been that I wasn't married but my last straw was when my mom said "I should move in with my boyfriend and see what happens" this coming from a woman who threatened beatings if I ever got myself knocked up. That one was cause for a major melt down for me. No one has since asked me which has been nice.
There is some cause for celebration...I'm approaching my 20 yr highschool reunion this weekend and I still look good enough to get carded [lots of sleep and sunscreen] and am smaller than I was in HS. I feel like that's pretty good revenge for the time being.
I hope that I get to the place where it all falls into place for me. I'm not sure that it will but I'm working on getting comfortable which ever way it falls.
here's a great tip I figured out: If you really want to annoy the crap out of a mom...next time you go to a baby shower or are with a group of moms... talk about how boring your life is reading fashion magazines and painting you're toes...they will want to poke your eyes out.