horseface
Lady in Waiting
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Post by horseface on Jan 22, 2020 21:47:13 GMT -4
I am an "older" solo mum born to older parents. My parents had me at 44 and I had kid one at 40 and kid two at 44. Far more people had opinions and questions than I expected. People have asked me, "Are they yours or did you adopt them?" "Why aren't you married?" A particularly nosy daycare worker informed me that I "had better not have any more." This was AFTER she asked me, "did you have eggs put in you or something?" (Yes we left that place, because she was so obnoxious.) And the pediatrician asked my age and then asked my tired post birth arse why I waitee so long to start my family. Parenting is hard enough without all of that, and I am a normal person. I can only imagine being famous and having people giving their input. Also, I could be wrong, but it seems to be that when one is not the quintessential "typical family" others tend to feel entitled to weigh in and "help." Your milage may vary on this, but I certainly felt pressured. I can totally understand Cameron not saying too much. I'm so sorry to read this. My youngest is 13 years younger than my oldest and I find it incredibly rude when people ask me (in front of the gherkin) whether she was an accident. How do you anser that? By showing them the middle finger?😁 |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2020 21:50:14 GMT -4
I'm single and 42, but if I were to find the right partner and we were able to have kids, I'd go for it, no question.
I have respect and admiration for women who have a child on their own, but for various reasons like Ginger enumerates, it's not something I would do.
It's not something I talk about casually IRL, though, so I'm sure if I was a celebrity where I knew every soundbite would be making headlines I'd say something similar to what Cameron said just to get them off my back. Just look at Jennifer Aniston, she made 1 or 2 little comments about having kids and that was dredged up at every single interview for probably the next 15 years. I don't get the impression that it really bothered her much, because she kept fanning the flames so to speak, but for someone who did want kids I would imagine it would quite painful to be constantly quizzed about it.
Maybe that was the situation with Cameron, maybe she changed her mind, who knows? I always take celebrity's interview statements and responses with a grain of salt. Few people will really bare their soul to the public like that (except for a few desperate ones trying to stay relevant. Gwyneth Paltrow, maybe?).
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