condescending means talk down to you

[mizarchivist]

Person 1: "Is this your first child?"
Me: "yes, and my last"
Person 1: -[Persquerying person disagrees with me in some way]

If you are likely to fill the role of P1, think long and hard before gainsaying the person who is slated for the theoretical second child. How obnoxious and patronizing is it to think you know better than the person whose body is under discussion? You don't know how old I am, what my financial situation is, my upbringing, my sub-culture defaults, philosphy, how complicated it may or may not have been to get pregnant, stay pregnant, get UNpregnant....
And I have the right to change my mind later without people telling me I told you so.

Anyone wanting to argue any of these points--- I have some sand you can go pound. And that's the nicest send off I can offer.
This rant brought to you by the Nth person who chose to be that guy (the neighbor down the street). And the letters STFU.

Comments

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

peoples' personal choices are no one's bizness and neither is cahnging of minds. A hearty "And you can just Fuck Off", mental or otherwise, is really appropriate