Parenting 101

NO, this is not another discussion about parenting! Why do people with kids try to make people who don't have kids feel bad because they don't have kids? I usually get this from people who wasn't prepared to be a parent. They say stuff like "You don't have kids so you can afford to spend money", "You have plenty of free time because you don't have kids", or "You don't know what it's like to have kids". I could probably go on and on about the different statements. The statements usually end and begin with"You don't have kids". I don't like to be rude to people so I practice patience, LOL. But, I would like to to respond that I choose not to have kids and if I do have some I'm not going to complain about it every minute. I believe in being thankful for what you have and making the best of any situation. You can always find someone doing worse. This spun from a conversation that I was having with a friend. She is a new mom and had the baby before she was in a stable relationship and mentally prepared to be a mama. I tried to warn her that motherhood was hard work. I grew up with two sisters (single mothers) that starting having children in their teens and I saw the struggle. They even pull that same thing on me that I don't have kids. People act like if you don't have kids then you living the good life. Believe me, I have my own problems.