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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, just to clarify, I am NOT talking about women who wanted to have children and could not for various reasons. I believe we should be sensitive to those women on mother's day especially. I am specifically talking about women who are childfree and spend the rest of the time talking about how they are so glad they aren't moms and complaining about children and families. It's just so hypocritical. The rest of the year you're proud not to be a mom but all of a sudden it's mothers day so moms are being celebrated and you want in?? Sorry, but no. [/quote]

Sometimes this is the way women cope with having "wanted to have children and could not for various reasons:" a bit of sour grapes, a bit of unresolved longing, and a lot of "you don't discuss infertility."[/quote]

+1 - one of my dear friends is a “dog mom”. She never ended up with a guy and unfortunately it’s likely too late to have kids.  She makes a lot of comments about how she’s happy she’s not in the trenches like a lot of us are right and loves being a “dog mom”.  I’ve known her since college and am pretty sure she wishes she did have a family (or at least wanted that earlier in her life) but who tf cares. I love her, I wish the best for her, and I certainly have no interest in rubbing salt in the wound if she is disappointed about it [/quote]

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