[RinaseaofDs]

I believe you.

For me, my kids are a great gateway to a lot of happy things.

I know that for others, that’s just not their bag.

[ClearCase_guy]

Put me down as not believing a word of this.

[Interesting Times]

I’m okay with the NYT encouraging its readers not to reproduce.

[Autonomous User]

I’ve seen her picture. I know why she is alone.

[ronniesgal]

neither of my kids have kids and they seem fine with it. It’s not my place to tell them to have children- i am not the one taking care of them!

[aquila48]

Why are you trying to convince others that you’re happy?

Could it be that you yourself don’t believe it?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Sounds like a shrewish, know-it-all, self-centered b*tch. No wonder she's not married.
 

[pepsi_junkie]

I happened to be in the final stages of finishing a proposal for a memoir about being a single woman over 40 without children, and was inwardly marveling at the timing of our encounter.

Man that sounds like a riveting read.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I read that, this morning.

She had to go on and on and on and on trying to convince us of her happiness after her first comment was along the lines of, “I no longer care what anyone thinks of me.”

*SNORT*

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Maybe it is because she writes an article every 6 months telling everyone how great it is

[txrefugee]

Wait until you are 70 or 80 in failing health, and then write the final chapter.

[aquila48]

[Lonely Bull]

Can a Glynnis-free life truly be happy?

[apillar]

My brother and his wife never had kids, always said that neither of them wanted any, they were always too busy with their careers and hobbies. However now that both have recently hit the big 60, it has hit them that they aren’t going to live forever, they will die and leave their possession to a distant relative they hardly know. For the first time ever I recently heard by brother say he regrets that they never had kids...

[PetroniusMaximus]

"...Childless". Oh, we believe you!

[Responsibility2nd]

Methinks she doth protest too much.

And to write about some a-hole being mean to her at dinner only serves to make me think she may not be as happy as she thinks.

[colorado tanker]

Perhaps a bigger issue is she doesn't have a mate with whom to share her life.

I believe her that she is quite happy now. The problem will come when she is aging alone in the world and it will be too late to unmake the choices she's making now.

[SamAdams76]

This has to be a made up story or greatly exaggerated. Nobody should be that intentionally rude like that. Either that or she needs to find new friends.

That said, there are many situations where assumptions are made but not meant to cause offense. For example, Mother's Day was a couple months ago and a friend of mine got offended that she was wished a happy Mother's Day when she hadn't had any children. The person wishing her happy Mother's Day was just trying to be polite.

People need to learn not to take offense when no offense is intended.

[Trillian]

I don’t believe her. If she didn’t care what people thought about her, she wouldn’t be writing articles about it.

[Dr. Sivana]

Maybe the famous male writer was trying to hit on her in a strange, alpha-male kind of way. I can picture this as a scene in a movie.