Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 April 2020

Friday, 12 August 2016

I'm a thoroughly modern brand of old-fashioned

Originally written for, and published on Dear Cupid – the free advice site.

I was particularly amused by a recent comment about my views. I was described as living in “the 1950s,” which I found highly amusing. But when I’d had my chuckle, I got to thinking: what would it be like to be stuck in the 50s? How does the experience of my generation compare to that of my grandparents’? Have things got better or worse, easier or harder?

Monday, 6 July 2015

Childless by choice: please, stop judging us

Originally written for Dear Cupid – the free advice site.

This morning, as usual, I was perusing the questions on Dear Cupid, when I stumbled across a question from a woman regarding her feelings about not wanting a child. Although I gave a comprehensive answer to the question, it touched a nerve with me, sufficient to make me write my thoughts down in an article.