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Originally Posted by Nightside of Eden
Well, I've lost friends because they got pregnant and wouldn't talk about anything else, so I tend to assume that's the problem. I also tend to feel that child-free women are treated as selfish by society on many levels. There's nothing wrong with having zero interest in children or subjects related to them.
Plus calling someone an "apocalyptic self centered narcissist" automatically makes me think the speaker is projecting, because that's not the way a good, caring person talks to their friends. Especially since the OP was only voicing a totally valid concern about her friend not having time for her anymore.
There's a vibe in some of the posts here that it's somehow "wrong" to not like children, when in fact that's no more wrong than not liking computers or gaming or snow-boarding or any other interest. We can't expect our friends to change what they like simply because our lives have changed to include that thing.
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I'm glad that I'm not the only person who feels like a single woman with no children gets looked down upon in this society. I think for me I don't really like children because I didn't like my childhood or my mother and don't want to screw up a child that I would have.
My best friend has been there for the ups and downs in my life and I've tried to be there for hers. She's harder to read, she offers less information about herself and sometimes she just plain refuses to share anything. I want to be there for her but I feel like either something is holding me back or pushing me away.