Someone asked how long I had been married, I said two yrs. (this was a long time ago), and he asked if I had any kids....I said 'no and I'm not going to have any'. He asked why, and I said because I didn't want any. His response was 'well, that's very selfish'. This was a total stranger.
I was young and naive at the time. Believe me, if anyone said that to me today I would give them a piece of my mind...in no uncertain terms.
We were at a social event last evening. A new aquaintence asked if I have any children ...I said "no, my kid is (insert house address which is our winter home)'......cause if I had kids I certainly wouldn't be able to own two residences! Anyhow, this was quite an elderly lady who also happens to be childfree.....we had a good laugh.
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