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Anomaly77 · 03-17-2004, 07:41 PM

Twenty-first century or not, society still puts a lot of pressure on women to marry and raise a family. As a married yet, childless woman, I quite often have others "reminding me" that this is my role.

My husband and I do not want children. In fact, I never really thought I'd ever marry, (mainly because I knew I didn't want the 2.5 kids and the white-picket fence). So, I never felt any pressure to assume this "role". But, I do know women who have a timeline planned in their heads; (married by age 25, first kid by age 27, and so on...)

And so, what I am wondering is, for the women who do desire this or who have a timeline planned out; at what point do you/did you succumb to the pressure? Would you/did you sacrifice some of your standards in order to marry and have children? And for those that did, any regrets?

03-17-2004, 07:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
Anomaly77 Upright Location: USA	Would you settle? Twenty-first century or not, society still puts a lot of pressure on women to marry and raise a family. As a married yet, childless woman, I quite often have others "reminding me" that this is my role. My husband and I do not want children. In fact, I never really thought I'd ever marry, (mainly because I knew I didn't want the 2.5 kids and the white-picket fence). So, I never felt any pressure to assume this "role". But, I do know women who have a timeline planned in their heads; (married by age 25, first kid by age 27, and so on...) And so, what I am wondering is, for the women who do desire this or who have a timeline planned out; at what point do you/did you succumb to the pressure? Would you/did you sacrifice some of your standards in order to marry and have children? And for those that did, any regrets?