Thank you! You captured exactly why I was getting so f’n annoyed by my Facebook mom friends getting so annoyed and offended and in a tizzy over this article. As a single mid-thirties woman with no desire to have kids or a marriage, I get so much shit for being selfish and how lucky I am to have “no responsibilities”…

And for those things you note there (death in family or other life-demanding thing that requires personal time off) I don’t disagree. But, from what I’ve read (and commented on) here there seem to be a lot of people who are “well, having kids is a life choice/goal, and I don’t have/want kids but have life choice/goals…

And interestingly, the more “burdens” that get placed on single people because their time is considered expendable, the less time they may have to date and meet prospective partners, or the less attractive they may become to prospective partners (i.e. the only unmarried childless sibling being the one having to move…

Preach. This was actually my last situation at my previous job. I work at a theatre at nights because that’s my actual passion. But at LEAST twice a week I was asked to stay late because I was the only one on my team that didn’t have a child. I don’t mind doing it every once in awhile, because I’m a team player and I…

For the affluent, it certainly is a vacation and it’s not like this book, (and many like it) are geared towards the working poor mothers and career-women out there. They’re geared towards the “busy” mom audience who complain that they’re don’t have time for anything and - yet curiously have time to write prolific mean…

Internet Mom communities are the worst, and rival MRAs and 4chan in their ability to bully people.

It’s 100% true that moms have no chill, and moms who start out with chill get it knocked out of them by other parents very quickly. I work at a museum for kids and let me tell you, there is no meaner, no more smug, no more critical or more sanctimonious than other parents. You know the obnoxious standard about diet…

You're absolutely right about the common enemy in the workplace, but this isn't just a problem in the workplace. Women without children are being called selfish and treated as though there's something wrong with them in so many other scenarios. That's why I took issue with the Internet Mom reaction - the kinds of…

I’m with you! I think people should be offered something like a sabbatical. If you want to take a month off to go find yourself, go for it. If you want a month off to have a baby, go for it. As a childfree person, it annoys me to no end to be expected to move around my plans to accommodate parents needing to pick up…

It’s a novel. Sorry but I have exactly zero sympathy for people getting pissed off and taking it personally when people write fiction they don’t approve of.