Quote Originally Posted by colby View Post
I'm married, so it's not quite the same, but I feel this way about having children. So many people (I'm 31) are focused on it that sometimes I have an "is something wrong with me?" moment, and I sit back and think... I just want to live MY life before I decide if I want to share it. I know it's not OVER for me if I have kids (like it wasn't when I got married), but I just want to be me for me (or us for us) right now. Selfish? Yes. But that's my prerogative.

Having children is a A LOT of work. I know I don't want to put that much effort into children. I wish more people would realize how much effort it is and that they don't really want to make the commitment, before they actually made the commitment. It would make teaching a lot easier. Maybe then NCLB might actually work.

Veronica