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[quote=Anonymous]I am woman in my mid-40s, never married, no kids, straight. Happy. Dating a 42-year-old single divorced dad with a 7-year-old son.

In my 20s, I was a special education teacher, middle school. I was getting paid $400 every two weeks for a "part time" teaching position. I also taught part time at a college, and I eventually left the field.

However, I really enjoyed being around kids. When I had my 20-minute lunch, I would sometimes:

- Monitor the cafeteria
- Suction the breathing tube of a child in a wheelchair 
- Return phone calls from parents

My point is, I made a lot of sacrifices to be a teacher, working and putting myself through school, making no money in return.

Today, I have advanced degrees and I am in a different career field, that is more lucrative. It wounds me deeply when women my age look down on me and call me selfish for not having children of my own. I know that biological parents aren't always the best at actually raising children. Most parents on this forum are probably excellent parents. It isn't right, however, to feel superior to women who have never had children of our own.

I have noticed this disturbing trend, where mothers especially are very defensive about the importance of a "job" that women have been doing since the beginning of time. I think it is the difference in income inequality in some cities, where young college educated people are becoming bitter and disillusioned at not having as much money as they see others have. So, they want others to pay for their kids, maybe financially, maybe through SNAP or Obamacare subsidies, because they think they are continuing civilization for the rest of us. That's warped. [/quote]

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