One enlightening thing I'm learning from this thread is that there are other women like me, who never in their lives wanted to be mothers. I thought I was unique in that respect, so never mentioned it. As a child, I never even wanted to play with dolls, though I adored my many stuffed animals. When someone in my family had a new baby, I was the only female in the family not ooh-ing and ahh-ing over the new addition.

What a relief to find out I'm not the only one!