Still Selfish

I was once accused of being selfish. Now, I was not being greedy over material possessions nor was I being childish or spoiled over not getting my way. No, nothing like that. I had simply expressed that I did not want children. To which immediately someone said "that is so selfish."

I pondered this. And even asked them at that point how I was being selfish. They of course could not and obviously did not convince me with any type of epiphany type statements. It was far from that. It was simply a "Well, it just is." Granted I should have known better to as a such a complicated question.

But let's put that point aside for now. I was "being selfish" because I chose to not procreate. Hmm, well let's look at it from a different view point. I guess maybe they thought I didn't want to share this wonderful world we live in. I mean, come on, we're only in def con 3 for goodness sake. Countless terrorist attempts, gang related activity around the corners of even (or especially) the up and coming and promising neighborhoods, children already being attacked by members of family, school, and clergy, kidnapped from their own yards. I mean, who WOULDN'T want to rear a child in this day and age. And of course, we don't want to deny the pedophiles in this world the pleasures of watching little Jack and Jill running up and down that hill. Hmm, maybe it's a stress or nerves thing. Maybe I don't want a nervous breakdown from worrying where the hell my little angel has been all night after storming out of the house stating that they in fact "hated" me. Yeah, really missing out on that.

Not to mention the LACK of children under five in this country. I mean, I swear, I can't believe that I can go through a supermarket and not deal with screaming brats running around, breaking jars of jam in aisle 5, running into me without having the decency to apologize or say excuse me. Truly, there is obviously a shortage in children in this country. Those special parking spaces next to the handicap spots that state "customer's with child" are truly going to waste. We need to get on top of this ladies! Literally!

Now, do not get me wrong. I'm sure your little bundle of joy is the exception to every rule and it's not YOUR child that gives kids a bad name. Have your children, multiply as much as you want!! Then maybe we can catch up with China and Japan and then we'll have a government mandate stating that we can only have one child per family.

So why am I so selfish? Maybe it's the 9 months of swollen ankles and aching back pain I do not want to go through. Maybe it's the thought of diapers and snot and drool being a constant for a couple years. The truth you say?? Well, honestly, I can only tolerate kids for so long before handing them carefully back to mommy and/or daddy. I have nothing against parents or their kids. I just have very little patience and I would rather not go to jail for striking a brat so I'll trust my non-maternal instincts and stay away from motherhood. Until the urge to eat my young rather than nurture goes away, I think that I'll stay selfish, for the sake of the children.