I’ve noticed that over the past few months there has been an increase in the number of parenting blogs I read. What’s up with that? I’ve never been fond of kids and I’ve never really had much desire to have my own (other than assuming I would because that is what society expects me to do). More recently in my relationship with my fiance I have been responding to people’s comments about our future children by stating that we don’t have any intention to procreate. Most people are taken aback when they hear this – I figure because a lot of people still hold the notion that marriage is only a union for procreating and cannot simply be a life-long companionship. I’m not against having children but it bothers me that people assume that I will have kids. Maybe I will, maybe I won’t, but I still think I am way too young to be thinking about that now. And why are people so concerned with other people’s lives anyway? If you like kids then have your own. Anyway, I wonder if this has influenced my increased readership to these blogs. Or perhaps I am slowly starting to like kids? I’m not sure, but I know that the thought of having children makes me want to puke.