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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whatever you do, NEVER tell your kid you might not have had him/her, if you had known how difficult it is.

My mom has repeatedly told me, "I love you and your sister so much, but if I had known how emotionally draining raising children is, I don't know if I would have done it."

Mind you, my sister and I were relatively easy kids--we did well in school, neither of us has special needs of any kind, we didn't do drugs/smoke/have sex or even skip class--and we're both married to nice guys and have professional careers.

I'm sure you can imagine the number that has done to me, so please--just don't share your thoughts with your kid. [/quote]

I think it’s sad that you can’t appreciate your mother’s honesty and insight.  I was a surprise pregnancy for my parents and there is no way in hell they would have chosen to have me, but I know they love me.  I’m not hung up about the fact that they would have made a different choice,  if they’d had a choice.  It’s not a reflection on me—it’s just a reflection of the fact that raising kids is damn hard and not something you should really do unless you’re well set up for it.  Really, I think more people should be more honest about this.  Your mother was trying to make sure your eyes were open and tell you it’s okah to choose not to go down that road.

My MIL who is an awful person and was an awful mother, gushes no end about how being a mother is the most important thing and of course it’s the best thing she’s done.  She has no insight or self-awareness at all.  [/quote]

My mom has made it abundantly clear that "I only ever got pregnant when I wanted to." My sister and I were 100% planned.

There's a difference between saying "it's ok to not want to have kids" and to say "you and your sister were so emotionally draining that I might not have had kids if I had to do it over again." It has led to me constantly wondering what made me so emotionally draining. It has led to me constantly striving for my mother's acceptance and approval, even though I know I will never really get it.

It has been horribly painful. [/quote]

Ok I think you're being a bit dramatic here. Sounds like you ARE emotionally draining because you're so needy and sensitive. [/quote]

Oh, come on!  My kids are super emotionally draining, but it's not because they are needy or sensitive.  It's because kids are super emotionally draining.  Full stop.  It hits some parents harder than others (News flash:  people are different!).  You realize this person just told us that what her mother told her was incredibly painful for her and you basically doubled-down on it?  I hope you are kinder to yourself and to others in person, because on the internet you suck.[/quote]

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