Why are you doing this to them. Whyyyyyy?! (Really, they’ll ask you that in this very dramatic way, so be prepared to answer). Handling this conversation will require putting yourselves in your parents’ shoes, as well as doing a masterful job of putting them in yours.
Millennial women and men are, in fact, less likely to have children than previous generations. Some call it selfish (like the pope…and my mom), but have they considered our reasons? They’re pretty valid. Here are compelling reasons a number of millennials aren’t having kids.
They’ll make comments about how being parents has made their romantic relationship stronger and how it really shows you what your marriage is made of. It feels, somehow, like a dig at me—as if they’re saying my relationship isn’t strong because we didn’t take on the challenge of parenthood.