In our society, childfree marriage is quite common now. However, if a married couple decides not to have kids, there'll still be comments about that. Seems like it's a social-culture thing whereby your relatives keep pestering you two about whether or not you're going to have kids, why you don't have them sooner, etc. And if your answer is you don't want to have kids, for whatever reason, people will be likely to tell you that you're irresponsible and callous.
Let's be honest. If it comes to having kids, even though it's your personal life and your decision to make, people will want you to listen to them. It's just weird, and no one feels comfortable when receiving such "advice." The woman in the story below was in pretty much the same situation. She and her husband decided not to have kids. And even though they talked about that quite many times at family gatherings, their relatives were still holding out hope. This time, at their housewarming, one of her sibling in laws brought it up again. She playfully made a joke that she preferred sushi to kids to brush it off, but things didn't end there.
Let's be honest. If it comes to having kids, even though it's your personal life and your decision to make, people will want you to listen to them. It's just weird, and no one feels comfortable when receiving such "advice." The woman in the story below was in pretty much the same situation. She and her husband decided not to have kids. And even though they talked about that quite many times at family gatherings, their relatives were still holding out hope. This time, at their housewarming, one of her sibling in laws brought it up again. She playfully made a joke that she preferred sushi to kids to brush it off, but things didn't end there.
#1 The OP made it clear that their families were aware that they didn't want kids
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#2 And here we go, back to the "when's kid" question
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#3 She was thoughtful to make a playful joke about their decision. But her sibling in law didn't want to let it go
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#5 Fast forward to the holidays, they were surprised that they didn't get invited to that sibling-in-law's usual Halloween bonfire. And the reason? It turned out to be their perspective towards having kids
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#6 So, people weighed in and gave their opinions
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#8 Some people think that because they cannot do a certain thing, others have to do it (for them) if they can
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#10 I don't understand why Alex thought that the OP was rude while she did nothing wrong. The only one who was rude and nosey here was Alex
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#11 The OP edited to add her thanks and also clarify any misunderstanding
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