http://thebritgirl.com/2006/07/24/childfree-you-must-be-so-unfulfilled/ The Interests of a Childfree Brit Living in Toronto Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:14:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://thebritgirl.com/2006/07/24/childfree-you-must-be-so-unfulfilled/comment-page-1/#comment-143 britgirl Sat, 29 Jul 2006 03:58:40 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/?p=82#comment-143 It's sad really. Seems that vey few people even think of those things until they happen. Mind you, it seems to be increasingly common for children not to leave home these days, or to go back home if they've left because of the cost of living, paying student debt etc. It’s sad really. Seems that vey few people even think of those things until they happen. Mind you, it seems to be increasingly common for children not to leave home these days, or to go back home if they’ve left because of the cost of living, paying student debt etc.

]]> http://thebritgirl.com/2006/07/24/childfree-you-must-be-so-unfulfilled/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Hillari Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:04:19 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/?p=82#comment-142 That arguement that a woman's sole purpose is to have children ignores the rest of her life. What then after the kids have been born, or when they grow up and move away? It is a sad thing to watch an older woman whose life has been totally defined by her children, floundering around as if she has no more purpose once the motherhood years are over. There are numerous jokes about the mom who keeps interfering in her adult children's lives, demanding that they spend all of their time with her, unfortunately that is not far from the truth. Too many mothers who have not developed their own lives and interests outside of their children now find themselves in middle-age and their senior years trying to redefine who they are. That arguement that a woman’s sole purpose is to have children ignores the rest of her life. What then after the kids have been born, or when they grow up and move away? It is a sad thing to watch an older woman whose life has been totally defined by her children, floundering around as if she has no more purpose once the motherhood years are over. There are numerous jokes about the mom who keeps interfering in her adult children’s lives, demanding that they spend all of their time with her, unfortunately that is not far from the truth. Too many mothers who have not developed their own lives and interests outside of their children now find themselves in middle-age and their senior years trying to redefine who they are.

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