So I met this guy online and we went from chatting to eventually speaking on the phone. I learned he was ex-military [yay!], had a great job [double yay!], and a father of three [bummer! 😢]. Anyway, the conversation was cool at first, but then it quickly became uncomfortable for me as he went on a diatribe about his first born. She was about 13 or 14 years-old and he spoke about her as if she was some bitch on the street. He said that over the past two years, she has become a terrible child, feeling/smelling herself, and being disrespectful [you know….the kinda things that a lot of teenagers do!…
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Get Out Of My Uterus
Dear family, friends, and strangers: I am writing this message on behalf of women all over the world who do not have children, are not having more children, cannot have children, and any scenario that relates to our desire and/or ability to reproduce. STOP asking us when we are having kids, if we want them, what we are waiting for, if we are making room for another and ALL the invasive questions and comments (usually before an audience) that for so many, are painful and damn offensive. Some of you are as comfortable walking into our reproductive journey as you are a 7-11 and we wish you would stop. “Stop telling…
