There will come a day when strangers don't lecture me for not having children. Today was not that day. 🙃
#MindingYourOwnBusinessIsFree
@MLClark how dare you make decisions that support your own beliefs. the audacity.
/endsarcasm
as a mom, no one should ever have kids if they don't want them. end of story. not my business how others lead their lives!
@MLClark I point at THEIR kids, which are usually crying, running around, grabbing things, bumping into people, fighting and screaming and say, "THAT'S WHY."
@MLClark I get that sometimes at work. It's usually some older folks who ask if I have kids, I say no, I have cats instead. They seem very disappointed with that and say I should have at least 2 children, and i then proceed to stifle a laugh.
@MLClark A mind your own business moment, coupled with an icy “non-smile” and a Good Bye would be my reaction. (even though I have kids, I would not imply that anyone should have kids- personal and private choice, imho!).
Hope the rest of your Thursday goes well! 🌻☕️
I love all my friends who parent. It fills me with great joy and healing to know that so many children are in such wonderful hands: not among perfect beings! But among beings honest about imperfection, and committed to building safe foundations for growth.
It takes all (wonderful!) sorts in this world. 🤗 Thanks for providing yours with a loving home. 💐
@MLClark On an emotional level, I don't understand why people do this and it makes me sad. On a sociological level, I understand why people do this and it makes me even sadder.
Agreed. Who said knowledge was power? 🙃 Did... did they ever have to *live* with knowledge?
@MLClark Knowledge is the power to know that ignorance is bliss?
@JakeA Hot dog yes, that is just about perfect. :)
How are you, Jake? Getting a good work/life/writing/shouting-into-the-void balance in these days?
@MLClark Oh, things are going! I'm getting close to finishing a story that's been close to my heart for a while, definitely in spite of my work schedule. (Though at this point I mainly have Zelda to blame!)
Also reading this pretty cool book about, like, a starship AI??? I'm absolutely loving it, by the way. 😊
I saw your post on Twitter! That was super kind of you, thank you. 🤗 I think you're in the reader group that hasn't read TBK, right? Or maybe you have! @Apocryphiliac has, and another person I know currently reading CoD has been delighted to recognize references, but if you're in the other group, then I'm even more thrilled to know that the dialogue *works* and is so engaging for you too. 🤗 Thank you so much for supporting the piece!
@MLClark @Apocryphiliac Yeah I haven't read it yet, but you've certainly put it on my to-read list. I can sense the references and it has me eager to reread. Happy to report that I'm loving the Trek references.
What a-holes.
@MLClark have you ever encountered World Childless Week seminars?