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It can be difficult to know what to say when your parents and in-laws pressure you to have children. Children are a wonderful, beautiful thing, but that doesn’t mean everyone should have them, or at least that you should have them right now. Explaining why you don’t want children, or avoiding the topic entirely, becomes increasingly difficult once you and your partner get married. Then it becomes a little more difficult when you become really financially successful. And you can almost forget about explaining why you have an empty nest when you’ve moved into a three-bedroom yard with a home. Surely you couldn’t expect to enjoy that all to yourselves—you and your spouse? That’s just selfish, right? Not really. But it’s hard to tell that to aging parents who want to grow their brood. Here is how to deal with parents who are pressuring you into having kids.
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Remind them they’re welcome to have more kids
Ask your mother if she would like to have another baby around? Would she like to deal with the diapers and the vomit and the toys on the floor and the sleepless nights? Bring her some pamphlets on surrogate mothers and in vitro options. Tell her she is more than welcome to make another little baby herself if she’s so intent on having one around. This may quiet her for a while.
