One and Done - Family doesn't get it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PS--good for you, OP! Nice to hear you're hsppy with your decision. Us, too.

Same here!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again - We're actually very financially stable, which I think is part of the issue. We're responsible with money, almost have my student loan debt gone, have a decent chunk in retirement, DD has a 529 with a few grand, and a 6 month emergency fund. I'm sure if someone else saw our numbers they would say we could have a litter of kids, however for each additional kid we have we then need to take things off the list for the family. Can no longer pay for their college, go on vacation, pay for wedding, etc.

Finances are not the only deciding factor, neither DH nor I feel another pull to have anymore. We're VERY happy with our little family of 3.

This is us. Sometimes you just feel your family is complete. No need to justify it to anyone.

We take our child to Europe several times a year and honestly, the though of dealing with an infant gives me PTSD.

If anyone in my family starts talking about it, I roll my eyes dramatically and walk away.

[Anonymous]

OP here - I ended up texting my mom, apparently it was bothering me much more than I thought (she said some of the comments this past weekend in front of my daughter, who was playing and didn't appear to hear them, but I wanted to make sure they stopped). She said I wouldn't hear anything from her again on the topic. I'm sure she's disappointed and sad, but hopefully she will stop and just accept it.

[Anonymous]

Funny to me that she thinks these kinds of comments would change your mind! I have three kids so I am not in your mind frame but those kinds of comments would just make me feel more stubborn

[Anonymous]

When my mother bugged me about having more kids, I went into excruciating detail about DHs vasectomy. Shut her down real quickly I figured if she wanted to be that involved in our personal life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As soon as she brings it up, just shut it down. "Mom, we did not ask for your opinion and will not discuss this topic."

If she insists on raising it again at the same event I would pack up and leave.

For a while I attempted to shut this down by deflecting with a snide comment "When H gets another wife." or "When you offer to pay for everything associated with the child." It got old, so I got more direct and rude about it. People stopped asking.

This.