tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22972955.post2655771663388830428..comments2023-10-20T09:22:13.327-07:00Comments on A Very Merry Un-Birthday: You AskedMandy Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05520264773584224242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22972955.post-56826340300488759262008-03-13T23:25:00.000-07:002008-03-13T23:25:00.000-07:00I have to say, I'm impressed. I think it is rare i...I have to say, I'm impressed. I think it is rare in life to find someone who is not only honest with themsevles but truly happy with their decisions. No regrets.<BR/><BR/>I wish you lived closer. I think we could definitely be friends. You know those kind who knock on the door as they're turning the handle and saying hello. =)<BR/><BR/>By the way, do you have geese that nest near your place during the summer? Family lives in Antioch, IL has a Canadian Geese couple who live on their deck and raise young. Every spring.Just Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319979358490985604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22972955.post-85233044731809725762008-03-12T12:26:00.000-07:002008-03-12T12:26:00.000-07:00This was a very honest post. Like catheroo, I, too...This was a very honest post. Like catheroo, I, too, was struck by how you say what you've experienced in your life is any less than a women who has had children. I have a friend who was married 15 years before she ever had children. I know she's a good mother and she loves her children, but sometimes she puts off the vibe that she had these children because she felt it was something she *had* to do and not so much because she wanted to because she was approaching 40 and felt like society was pressuring her to be a mom. <BR/><BR/>It's a hard choice, one that ultimately needs to be one the two of you agree on. If you two are happy, that's an important part to the core, because kids or not, you'll have each other to champion.for a different kind of girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04431273646365489225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22972955.post-26391249029091125312008-03-12T11:58:00.000-07:002008-03-12T11:58:00.000-07:00Thanks for sharing. I think that it is great that...Thanks for sharing. I think that it is great that you are content with whatever happens. I guess I shouldn't say "oh, I hope you get pregnant" (even though I kinda do) because then I am insinuating that life with kids is better, and I agree with catheroo, it's not better, just different. <BR/>I also admire you for putting your marriage as a priority over having children. I was not as good as you. My first marriage was childless and I couldn't convince him to have children, he said if he did, he would resent me forever for it, and if we didn't I would resent him forever for it. Not intentionally of course, but you can't help the way you feel. I hated to admit it, but he was probably right. That's not why it ended, but I'm sure deep down that had something to do with it.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14817031631517868818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22972955.post-40092217666612213742008-03-11T23:08:00.000-07:002008-03-11T23:08:00.000-07:00This is a really good post. And totally honest. ...This is a really good post. And totally honest. I appreciate that. Good for you.Bronwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18386091994745153450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22972955.post-83595927480018501022008-03-11T21:13:00.000-07:002008-03-11T21:13:00.000-07:00This is my favorite part: "I know I'm missing out ...This is my favorite part: "I know I'm missing out on certain things in life, but it doesn't make my life experience any less." <BR/>And also, nothing against people with children, but they are missing out on experiences too. Doesn't mean their life is better, or yours is. Just different.Catheroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01959802512013749137noreply@blogger.com