It's truly insane that at 33, I have to justify not wanting kids.

I feel like I'm living in a strange universe where everyone truly believes that the only reason for living is to reproduce. like, what the actual hell? Nowhere in any other species' survival instructions does it say that they MUST reproduce. <br><br>I got a call from an old friend I haven't heard from in years and it was very very awkward. She had kids and all she wanted to talk about was her kids, and she asked me a lot of questions that probed if I had changed my mind about not wanting kids. Then when I said no, she just kind of ended the call. Like, what? I thought she called to catch up? <br><br>I feel like my lifestyle is being attacked from all sides. Judged, questioned, probed, belittled, unworthy... for not wanting to have kids. No, truly, in this world, women are just here to pump out children and that is it. It makes me so angry.<br><br>I don't understand this weird tunnel vision that mothers have. They just can't talk about anything else. It's so embarrassing. And the way they attack childfree people. Emotional attacks. They ask pointed questions and then judge you if you don't answer the way they want you to. They make backhanded comments. They exclude you from activities they used to invite you to, and then act guilty and ashamed when you ask them why. <br><br>It's honestly really fucked up. Just let people live in peace. I don't attack mothers and I don't exclude them from my life. But mothers, especially, attack childfree people, and EXCLUDE them from their lives. Why? I thought we were friends... I thought you supported me... But no, you truly believe that people who don't reproduce are worthless idiots.<br><br>I swear, I'm starting to feel like I'm living in a strange episode of The Handmaids Tale.