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Originally Posted by WovenGalaxy
I also really like the idea of having some distance from one's partner, living space-wise. I have heard of marriages breaking up once moving in together, then getting back together and making it work once they live in separate places.
I wonder if the reason you feel guilty about not wanting kids and wanting to be the fun aunt, is bc your parents want something different than that for you. You are right though, you need to live your own life and you truly don't owe them anything including (especially! it's your body and life) grandkids.
Being the fun Aunt sounds great.
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Right?! Just thinking about living in a house in the burbs with smelly, screaming kids and my husband’s dirty socks all over the place makes me want to cringe… I mean, I’m not saying it’s necessarily like that or that wanting marriage and kids is a bad thing. But that’s one of the things that comes to mind for me, and I can’t stand it. I just don’t think it’s for me. I’ve always felt like a) my parents had high expectations for me, as I was the oldest child, and b) I managed to screw it up and dash their hopes every time. Maybe I shouldn’t feel badly about it— after all, what’s failing their expectations yet another time going to change? But still.
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