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Woman Is Asked When She’s Having Kids, Replies With A Playful Joke, Gets Banned From Family Halloween Party
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Woman Is Asked When She’s Having Kids, Replies With A Playful Joke, Gets Banned From Family Halloween Party

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There is this socio-cultural thing whereby parents, relatives, or even friends keep pestering you and/or your significant other about when you’ll be having kids, why you won’t have them sooner, or why you won’t have them at all, should the case be.

However, times have changed and many young adults tend to push the whole having kids thing to later stages in their lives, or choose not to have kids at all. Or perhaps they can’t have kids for medical reasons. Which would be a bit of an insensitive and overly personal thing to bug someone about. But I digress.

This is that story. One Reddit user shared a story where her diplomatic attempt to joke such questions away was taken as an offense by someone, and while they kept pushing the issue, it quickly turned into a conflict.

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Everyone copes with “when’s kids?” questions in their own ways, and joking it off is a fairly good tactic

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Reddit user u/Noswelling has recently shared a story on the Am I The A-Hole subreddit where she asked the community if she was wrong for saying her go-to joke to a kids question posed by a relative.

More specifically, the family was visiting the OP, with a sibling in-law in attendance, because the OP purchased a house that had some extra bedrooms. Some started speculating that this was because their family was growing, with said in-law not being too subtle about it. So he asked.

However, that didn’t turn out well for this Reddit user who joked about preferring sushi to kids

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Now, OP has a go-to line which she always uses with “when’s kids?” situations. She jokes it off by saying “Oh, well, I like sushi too much to have to give it up for a pregnancy. Plus not drinking for pregnancy and breastfeeding? No thanks!”

Well, the issue escalated quickly, as the in-law, who himself had trouble having kids, kept pushing the issue and took OP’s lighthearted comeback as an offense. It got even worse when OP’s husband chimed in by coming back with another joke: “well, if she gets pregnant, that’ll be a problem for the divorce lawyers.”

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This led to a fallout—the couple wasn’t invited to the annual Halloween party. And the holidays are fast approaching, so you can guess what might happen. So, Noswellin turned to Reddit to figure out whether she was wrong to “prefer sushi to kids” the way she did.

It is important to note that the Reddit user’s intentions were to just extinguish that conversation—she actually likes kids, it’s just that she doesn’t want her own, that’s all.

Image credits: Noswellin

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The democratic people of r/AITA have ruled that she is not the bad guy here. There were many reasons behind this ruling, including the fact that the in-law doesn’t have the right to judge here just because he had it rough and just didn’t stop, despite OP trying to de-escalate the issue in a polite manner.

The democratic AITA community ruled that OP is not the bad guy here

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In under a day, the post managed to garner over 20,000 upvotes with 75 Reddit awards. Besides this, loads of people were engaged in the discussions that followed, racking up nearly 2,800 comments.

You can read through the whole post as well as the entire comment thread here. But before you run off, tell us your thoughts on this whole situation. Who’s wrong here? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Ozacoter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is insane how weirdly people reacts when they realise that you are childfree. I need a hysterectomy because pregnancy would be very dangerous for me, i will have it in a few months. But despite the severe reasons it took me 2y and 4 doctors to get it aproved. My "aunts in law" defend that the doctors were right to not allow me to have it "because you are too young to decide yet". Not only I am 31 but also I didnt decide to have such a big death risk. My partner got really angry and told them that if they prefered to have me alive or to have a grandkid. Their silence said it all...

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Leo Domitrix
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ozacoter, ah, you got a good one! When my health risks were known, I couldn 't get a hysterectomy, etc. (I was in my late 20s, I might somehow miraculously be cured?). So my hubby got a vasectomy. At a family event where we were pestered, he stood up and yelled, "I got my balls cut!" and that.... was that. :-)

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Nikki Sevven
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Having children is a personal choice. Choosing to not have children is not reprehensible; reproducing is not required of anyone. Plus, the whole "it was hard for me, you're just throwing away your ability to reproduce" is a ridiculous argument. If you're on a diet, you don't get to deprive me of cookies.

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Otter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most people grow out of thinking that everyone should like what they like, but this sounds more like he's one of those people who thinks that people have some sort of social/familial duty to breed. Maybe he was raised that way, maybe he came to believe it during his struggles with infertility, who cares. He's wrong no matter how he became to believe such nonsense.

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Ozacoter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is insane how weirdly people reacts when they realise that you are childfree. I need a hysterectomy because pregnancy would be very dangerous for me, i will have it in a few months. But despite the severe reasons it took me 2y and 4 doctors to get it aproved. My "aunts in law" defend that the doctors were right to not allow me to have it "because you are too young to decide yet". Not only I am 31 but also I didnt decide to have such a big death risk. My partner got really angry and told them that if they prefered to have me alive or to have a grandkid. Their silence said it all...

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Leo Domitrix
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ozacoter, ah, you got a good one! When my health risks were known, I couldn 't get a hysterectomy, etc. (I was in my late 20s, I might somehow miraculously be cured?). So my hubby got a vasectomy. At a family event where we were pestered, he stood up and yelled, "I got my balls cut!" and that.... was that. :-)

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Nikki Sevven
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Having children is a personal choice. Choosing to not have children is not reprehensible; reproducing is not required of anyone. Plus, the whole "it was hard for me, you're just throwing away your ability to reproduce" is a ridiculous argument. If you're on a diet, you don't get to deprive me of cookies.

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Otter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most people grow out of thinking that everyone should like what they like, but this sounds more like he's one of those people who thinks that people have some sort of social/familial duty to breed. Maybe he was raised that way, maybe he came to believe it during his struggles with infertility, who cares. He's wrong no matter how he became to believe such nonsense.

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