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[quote=Anonymous]Depends on the woman:
-younger than 30?  I see her like me trying to get adulthood going, enjoying the newlywed bliss etc.  I was her 10 yrs ago so I can relate as a "past me"
-coworker my age (mid-30s) or older?  Friendly but nothing in common.  I'm thinking of my kids, they are thinking of their hobbies.  They don't want kids...I don't have time for hobbies.  I just try to stick to work-related conversations as our personal lives are totally different.  
-any age and I find out (not by asking) but if they share as they want kids?  Then I can relate as my children were conceived via fertility treatments.

Otherwise, I really don't care that much what other people do/don't do with their lives. Perhaps because I was 32 and had plenty of disposable income but felt so unfulfilled before my babies, I really could care less if they have better stuff.  But if stuff or travels or whatever makes them feel more fulfilled than a child, good for them!

But the ONE thing I feel give up when you don't procreate is the right to judge children/parents.  You really have NO clue unless you've been a parent.  And just because you become a stepmom or stepdad when a kid is half grown (as my aunt who thinks of herself as a mom for marrying a man with a teenage daughter), you still have NO clue what it is like to be a parent to small children.  So when a 6mo old is crying on an airplane, you have no right to complain.  You were a crying 6mo old at one point too but because you checked the "no" block to parenting... you have NO idea.

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