Even during mourning people can’t seem to shut up about having kids.
So last month my grandpa died. He played a huge role in raising me and truly I was distraught when he passed. Naturally, his death led to a huge family reunion and I saw my great aunts and uncles for the first time in a long time. I also saw my own father who I haven’t spoken to in a year due to our own tumultuous relationship. Even during mourning, relatives still made it a point to harass and ask about kids. When I straight up told them I have no plans to have kids, it was funny seeing their faces turn up and their responses were in line with “but you just HAVE to give your mom/grandma a grandchild/great grandchild!” I told them, “they’ve (mom and grandma) known for years and have come to terms with it, and also know to not further touch the subject.” And when my father and uncle came together to discuss how “when I have kids they’ll be a new generation etc” and I just got fed up and said to both of them, “Stop obsessing over when my boyfriend is going to nut in me! You don’t think you’re weird for that?” And I haven’t had kids brought up to me since. I am usually the very sweet, soft spoken bubbly one of the family, but since I’ve gotten older I’ve given less of a fuck 🤣 I also come from a big Latin family so, you know that the idea of not having kids is blasphemous.