Amen to this newsletter! I live in the UK and our obsession with marriage and kids is the same... it’s so boring! 🙄🙄🙄
I have neither and I DEFINITELY also dont want kids!
(No idea what pronatalism is, going to look it up!)
On a similar vein to the reader people pleaser who wrote in (me too hunni) - my partner is probably on the spectrum and finds social gatherings really hard (I think I have ADHD too and am currently going through the diagnosis... that’s another convo..!). People comment and it DOES MY NUT IN - leave him alone! He showed up! He’s quiet! It’s a lot! But he’s here! No, we haven’t argued! Yes, he’s fine!
interesting issue! to me this REALLY puts on stark display americans' obsession with heteronormativity and marriage. i can't believe that a couple that's been together for nearly half a decade gets side eyed because there's no ring? what is this, the 1950s? i come from a pretty conservative south Asian background but i have plenty of friends who are in their late 20s/ early 30s who've been with their partners for significant periods of time without being engaged (including in huge periods of long distance because of career) and aside from initially having to explain said choices to parents, i dont see them having to constantly battle this. sigh!
Amen to this newsletter! I live in the UK and our obsession with marriage and kids is the same... it’s so boring! 🙄🙄🙄
I have neither and I DEFINITELY also dont want kids!
(No idea what pronatalism is, going to look it up!)
On a similar vein to the reader people pleaser who wrote in (me too hunni) - my partner is probably on the spectrum and finds social gatherings really hard (I think I have ADHD too and am currently going through the diagnosis... that’s another convo..!). People comment and it DOES MY NUT IN - leave him alone! He showed up! He’s quiet! It’s a lot! But he’s here! No, we haven’t argued! Yes, he’s fine!
Can everyone just fuck off with their opinions??
Rant over!
interesting issue! to me this REALLY puts on stark display americans' obsession with heteronormativity and marriage. i can't believe that a couple that's been together for nearly half a decade gets side eyed because there's no ring? what is this, the 1950s? i come from a pretty conservative south Asian background but i have plenty of friends who are in their late 20s/ early 30s who've been with their partners for significant periods of time without being engaged (including in huge periods of long distance because of career) and aside from initially having to explain said choices to parents, i dont see them having to constantly battle this. sigh!