I'm glad you said that, because I've been reading this thread and thinking that nothing here resonates with me. I never wanted children, so I didn't have them and am single. Yes, with cats! I've loved cats since I was a small child, down in Grandpa's barn cuddling with them. My mom gave me a doll and it creeped me out. I knew very young that family just wasn't for me. I'm kind to others in a distant sort of way, but that's all.
But that doesn't mean I'm either a sexual adventuress or a money-hungry career woman. I'm just sort of a natural Spinster Libriarian type. I live in spartan simplicity with books, cats, and a rose garden. Kind of a Miss Marple, but not so inclined to become enveloped in a murder mystery.
I guess this conversation ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me, as it's about "having it all" when I didn't want any of it.
Excellent response.
Thank you for your comments. I actually wouldn’t have minded having children or marriage, it is the dating culture that I never have had the stomach for even as a middle schooler. Maybe I took the easy way out by immersing myself in activities I enjoy.
I don’t live the fanciest of lives, but I am as busy as the average soccer mom with a very fulfilling life. It doesn’t include my own biological children. (I am seriously considering becoming a Big Sister for Big Brothers/Big Sisters because I recently met a remarkable teenage girl through other volunteer work and would love to continue helping her once the project we are working on is over)
Know what? That’s great. You were not deceived, rather, you have chosen well. I do know some great women for whom children really isn’t their thing and I respect that. Not everyone should get married or have kids. In fact, St. Paul wrote that he thought it was better not to marry.
This thread is about those who willingly and eagerly bought into the feminist lie without so much as even testing to see that it was a lie.