Yes, I feel very secure in my choices. When my friends/ex-friends get judgmental, I'm mostly just bemused and annoyed.

Oh, I get that. I guess that people just grow apart, and being around like-minded people has its draws.

We had child-free friends who constantly pontificate, even though we never bring up our son when we see them. They once referred to him as our new "hobby."

They once referred to him as our new "hobby."

Exactly. We have child-free friends who constantly pontificate, even though we never bring up our son when we see them. They once referred to him as our new "hobby."

That's what I came here to say. My mom was a terrible mother who wanted four children; my dad wanted no children. For the majority of my life, he treated me the same way he treated house cats: taking care of my basic need and occassionally clucking and saying "isn't she adorable?" when I did something cute. I was not…

It's kind of a bummer. I used to be good friends with a few childfree couples, but the older we get (mid 30s) their childfree status seems to become more and more integral to their identities, making conversation difficult. I refrain from talking about my child, but that doesn't help.

Doubling down on one's misery - never a wise idea.

I'd feel sympathy for a woman who was forced into motherhood against her will or by lack of options, but the woman saying she never wanted to be a mother then had a son anyway, had no feelings for him, and then had a daughter? I'm sorry, she's just an asshole.

That's the thing - I think its important to normalize these kinds of feelings to an extent, because shame never helped anyone. But its also important to protect those who did nothing to deserve any of this besides being born.

Agreed. But I think there are two different types described in the article. A mother who loves her baby and simply doesn't like the tasks of being a mom isn't that bad. But a mother who doesn't feel affection is a huge problem. It doesn't matter that she takes care of her baby, if there's no affection the baby doesn't…

I understand why people would feel like they couldn't talk about this. If we're being honest about feelings here, I honestly felt no sympathy for the women above. To be honest, I saved all my sympathy for their children.

These are really great conversations to have, definitely, but as a side note, can we all just get along? I have a 15 month old son and he is obviously the biggest thing in my life right now. I go out of my way to temper the amount I talk about him at work or on social media or to my childless friends. I would…

So ... because you don't want to commit, in other words. Also you are not over 30.

It was a mistake to go with the whimsical jokey style for this one.

It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers.

Yeah, this has been pointed out to me. I feel like a real tool. I can only hope that the real football-field-dong for this story also has a money shot.

As much as I detest Iggy Azalea (and god do I detest her) this whole sex tape debacle is not cool and Vivid should face legal action for soliciting a tape that was filmed without her knowledge (or consent) when she was still a legal minor.

Yeah. Suddenly this sounds less like "generous and gracious offer" to "hey can I whore you out for a publicity stunt?"

This is the official statement from the school. Essentially, Nicki wanted to film in the school.