An Open Letter to Parents Regarding Your Strollers: When you have a small child that can\u2019t walk, I understand them. You don\u2019t want to be immobilized in the wasteland that is now your house-with-small-child. Who would? So in the stroller, they go and you can go for a walk. Great. But then you bring your giant baby tank that carries more of your own shit than baby into the subway during rush hour. WTF? A subway car is approximately 4 feet wide, and at least a foot of that is taken up on either side by seats. During rush hour there are already people packing into those cars as if the world was ending and this exact car is the only one that stands a chance in hell of getting out; I do NOT need your fucking Baby Tank slamming into my knees and knocking me even further into the unwashed man that I\u2019m already pressed back to front with. And then you have the audacity to look at me like it\u2019s my fault there isn\u2019t enough room for your Hummer-sans-engine? No. Wait for the next fucking train. Even worse than you with the Hummer and tiny children are you who bring the Baby Tank with children who are big enough to sit on seats \u2013 and let them sit on seats while leaving the tank open. There is already not enough room on this goddamn train; I am tired, I am probably carrying a really heavy bag, and now not only can\u2019t I sit because your sprog is too precious to be kept in its tank, but I can\u2019t even stand comfortably because said fucking tank is rolling over my toes. Okay, here\u2019s another thing. I am single. I am 27. I am not planning on marrying because I don\u2019t even have a boyfriend, and to be honest a boyfriend is not high on my list of priorities. And I am NOT planning on children. Ever. I don\u2019t need them. I don\u2019t want them. I don\u2019t see them fitting into my life now, or 5 years in the future, or frankly ever. And yet everyone I\u2019ve said this to? \u2018Oh, you\u2019ll change your mind.\u2019 \u2018You\u2019ll feel differently when you\u2019re older\/before long.\u2019 \u2018It\u2019s different when they\u2019re yours.\u2019 \u2018But WHY?\u2019 \u2018How can you not want children?\u2019 \u2018Don\u2019t you owe it to your parents?\u2019 All of you get the fuck out. It\u2019s none of your business why I don\u2019t want to have children, and it\u2019s absolutely none of your business where my decision stands with my parents. Why would you think that your desire to spawn obviously means that I must have the same want? Let me tell you \u2013 just because I have lady parts capable does not mean I want them to be put to use for it. And how dare you talk down to me like a child is obviously the end-all destiny of my life and imply that I\u2019m being selfish not to give in? Being barely able to keep myself in a tiny ass apartment, there is no sound financial reason to have a child and get us both kicked out of it. Keep your fantasized, fetishized delusion of the wonders of children to yourself \u2013 I want no part of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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