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Also?  Parenting is frequently a drag and "we" are finally being honest about this dirty little secret.   Ask your (white) grandmother in 1952 if being a Mom is all that, and you're sure to get a rosy, scripted response that "children are a blessing" blah blah.   Ask me and my close friends and we'll give it to you straight: there are some indescribable upsides and a whole lot of serious and lifelong negative consequences to becoming a Mom.
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17L59 here - I did ask my (white) grandmother that very question recently! Her kids were born roughly 1957 - 1965. I asked her if she liked being a mom, if she would have done it if she had other choices, and she just made a face and said "It was my responsibility. There wasn't a lot of choice."

She was kicked out of nursing school once after getting married and once after getting pregnant. She finally went on after her 2nd baby to finish nursing school, but not without a LOT of work and pressure from the (spinster) head of the program.

I don't want that life. And I'm a lot like her. [/quote]

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