Maybe. She was on the elevator waiting for them, so maybe they had already been in a "deep discussion" before getting on themselves.

Yeah. Hope springs eternal, right? Good luck.

Oy. After reading all your comments I just keep thinking - get out! You deserve better!!! Checked boxes are not enough, and you clearly aren't fulfilled or actually deeply happy or satisfied. Maybe, if you can't go all out and end it, which sounds daunting, set little goals. I'm betting you don't spend much time…

Yes, I do understand that it's not always a choice. I do hope that posting some of this relieves some of the pressure instead of having the child see it. I do have compassion for some of these women. I truly do. I am a fairly new Mom with unstable hormones and these just cut me to the core. I do think some of…

Yeah, I think I phrased that wrong; I was really roiling. As I answered another commenter, I am not equating this with other traumatic events that would necessitate trigger warnings. But, as a fairly new Mom with unstable hormones, this post really did send me into an uncontrollable emotional spiral that I had…

I completely agree with what I think is your point. It all starts with access to birth control and freedom to decide whether or not to propagate. Yes, I truly hope we can get to the point where everyone realizes that and we don't need "simple fixes" post pregnancy. Hoping I see this sometime in my lifetime.

Yep. It just makes me so sad, all the way around.

I don't think it's "pearl-clutching" to say these are horrifying. They are. I completely understand that we don't know these parents' experiences and I agree that their perspectives are valid. But, this was not presented as a thoughtful look at how parents may or may not think about their kids from time to time and…

I just want to give you a big hug. I feel like maybe you should try to talk to someone about this. (I know, in all your spare time, right?) Does you work have anything available?

I'm "joking" in the sense that I recognize this does not rise to the same level as other things that deserve trigger warnings. I do get that. Which is why I said, "if there could have been" and not "there should have been."

Not just competition, but fear and worry about not getting it right. And when you worry about that you compare yourself to everyone else, which can make you feel even more worthless and probably not like your situation or your kids even more. I love, love, love my kids and family, but I also get a lot of support…

I know. I am definitely not saying we should pretend they don't exist. I just...these break my heart, and they were posted like it was supposed to be funny, or some flippant way to recognize that not all Mom's are great. So, horrible. I agree that having an outlet to voice these things is probably essential and…

I'm really, really trying not to think about that because I am still hormonal after the birth of my child a year ago and it will put me in a tail spin.

Yes. I totally agree. It's just that these thoughts/feelings are being publicly stated.

I was thinking that too. I really hope they get help.

I do get that. But, I do think that for most people even if abortion is not an option, adoption is. And, while I don't have the demographics for the general whisper user, I'm betting it is less of the demographic that does not have those options available to them, and more of the demographic that does but likes to…

Seriously. Me too. If there could have been a trigger warning somehow associated with this for anyone who actually loves children to not read it, I really wish it could have been provided. Also, I hate that I now have to scroll past these images on the Jez main-page while I look for other articles. I think have to…

NOT FUNNY!!!!! Seriously, not funny. You know having children is a choice, don't you? I get making a choice you regret. But, for F*s sake, really??? You chose to have a child that is then your duty to take care of not just physically but emotionally, and even after taking on that responsibility you decide it is…

And, to add, that "I hate my son," makes me want to cry. Like it's his fault he was born a boy. This person is an awful, awful human being and I can only pray she doesn't show how she feels to her son.

Yeah, this hurts me to my core. I wouldn't say some of this stuff about my sister/bother/husband/parent. How can you say it about your kid??? You know having them was actually a choice, right? This is horrible.