Fan share:Today I got asked how it felt missing out on so much of my young life to raise a baby. I was really taken back and didnt quite know what to say so I just said, Well, what exactly am I missing out on? What is it that Im supposed to do before I can have a baby? She gave me a really odd look and said Well, most people finish high school, start a career, find someone they want to spend their life with and THEN have a baby. I mean you should have at least finished high school before you had a baby, thats just not fair to your child. I was so irritated that she just assumed that I HADNT done those things. I knew it would probably be a waste of my breath to even defend myself, but I couldnt help it, this was the last smug comment or dirty look that I was taking like a lady. In so many words I told her I had in fact finished high school, moved 800 miles away from home, got to experience the college life and become certified in field that I wanted to make my career. Moved from dorms into my own home, with a great job, and paid my own bills. I met the most amazing man in the world, we moved in together and started a family and I now have the pleasure of being a stay at home mom with a wonderful man by my side that I will be spending the rest of my life with. She instantly changed her smug tone, started to apologize and tried to eat her earlier words. I told her I wasnt telling her these things because I needed the approval of a judgmental stranger, but in hopes that when she sees another younger mother she will keep her asinine comments to herself. She just stared at me...I then told her she has just set such a wonderful example for young daughter sitting next to her that its okay to judge someone based on a stereotype without ever even speaking a word to them and that I knew younger mothers that were raising their kids to be nice, open minded, non judgmental people and that I guess no amount of high school taught her that lesson before SHE decided to raise children. I smiled and told her to have a good day, picked up my son and left as she stared at me, mouth to the floor and nothing left to say. ~Nicole
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 03:13:44 +0000
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