You have made a very good point. Imagine having a child and then discovering that your husband is a lying, thieving, conniving, philandering.... Imagine putting said child through the unpleasantness of a divorce. People make errors in judgment. I even knew a woman whose first marriage failed after she had two little boys. She became enamored of an ostensibly good, family-type man only to discover later that he had molested her boys when he purported to share childcare responsibility. There are defective men who manifest jealousy and therefore mistreat children and animals. I’ve seen enough ugliness in my life that I’m reluctant to make judgments about another’s status with respect to children.
Those things happen, but in my post I was referring more to women who would like to get married and just haven’t found someone yet. Owning a dog does not mean theyre bitter, nasty, career-obsessed, or reject children.
Also, many young women have found that men do not want to hear “Oh I’d love to get married and have three children!” It spooks men, and they bolt like a nervous horse before the second date. So the girls try to be cool and not admit it. Certainly not in public.
You are correct. My niece got married and a few months after the wedding she came home to find him with another woman. He had been cheating on her even when they were engaged! We were all thankful that she didn’t have children. He was a democrat!
I will add that now she is happily married to a nice guy and they are expecting their first kid.