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Fiancé wants to be a dad. I’ve never wanted kids. He’s upset that I don’t want to be a mother. I think he should be upset I even agreed to marry him. What are your thoughts?

Anonymous in /c/childfree

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My fiancé and I have been together for 10 years. We are engaged and have been that way for 5 years. I’m 28 he’s 33. We are active. Healthy. Well educated. He makes good money. It could not be more perfect for kids. <br>I am happy with my life. I do whatever I want, whenever I want to do it. We saved up for 5 years and took a world trip. We have been skydiving. Hiking. Etc. We are considering our future. <br>I don’t want kids. I never have and I never will. I am not good with kids. They are gross. They ruin your life. You can’t have freedom or do what you want. They are expensive. They are difficult. Even the idea of being pregnant disgusts me. <br>He has changed his mind. When we met he didn’t want kids. 5 years ago he said maybe one or two. Now he wants 3 or 4. He is upset because I don’t want to be a mother. He says, “how can you know if you like something if you’ve never tried it?” Then compares my choice not to become a mother the same as not trying a food I might like. He says I’d miss out. He says I’d regret it. <br>I think of all the women who were in my shoes. Who didn’t want kids. Who were happy without them. Who’s husbands convinced them. Who ended up unhappy. Miserable. Stuck with kids they didn’t want. Lives they didn’t want. <br>I feel like he’s so selfish. He wants me to give up my freedom and happiness so he can have this life. But I’ve been with him 10 years. What about my happiness? What about my choice? <br>We are considering breaking it off. I feel like he’s made me feel so guilty. So bad. Like it’s wrong to not want kids. I am not changing my mind. Not ever. Never. <br>Is he being selfish? Am I?

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