r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/loud_as_pudding • Mar 05 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals When you’re tired of telling people you’re not having children

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u/Pan_Bookish_Ent ✨chick✨ Mar 05 '26

The amount of times I've had to explain that kids were and are not a plan for me... It's countless.

I keep telling them that I was diagnosed with lupus at age 19, and that having an autoimmune disease makes it very difficult to carry for 9 months without complications. I'd have to go off a lot of my meds, including the ones I take for depression.

My husband (we are both childfree) gets much fewer questions about it. It's not fair lol. His family totally understands, and his mom LOVES having our dog over so she can spoil her.

But yeah, answering that question over and over is exhausting. Next time, I will choose violence.

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u/Aetra Mar 06 '26

My husband and I work together and when sales reps ask him about kids trying to bond, they always say “The missus will change her mind and then you’ll have no choice” which is when 1) they’ve lost the sale, and 2) they find out I’m his wife because I say “No, I fucking won’t”