Re: "Want to be middle-class? Don't have kids."

>From: Ariane Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

>DH and I aren't having kids, and we're happy with that.  Luckily, we 
>haven't been bugged too much about it by friends and family so far

I have a friend who isn't having kids. We've known each other at least ten
years, and the other day, she said to me, One of the reasons I really like you
is that you've never once questioned why (her husband) and I don't have kids.

Apparently, practically everyone thinks if you're married, you're supposed to
have children.

It never occurred to me to question my friends' very practical choice.