Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Coming Out

I came out of the infertility closet today.  My paternal aunts love to constantly ask when the hubby and I plan to have children.  Today, I told her we're not. She asked why and I said,

"I can't have children."

It was heartbreaking and liberating.  She whispered, "well, you can adopt."
I said, "nahhh."

With that conversation, I am sure the grapevine is already buzzing and all the other aunts will know my unfortunate truth.  I won't have to deal with the dreaded baby question anymore.

Now, that I have done it with family, maybe I'll be able to do it with friends and strangers.  I guess it's all baby steps, except there's no baby.

4 comments:

  1. Oh honey. I'm sorry. It gets easier. And sometimes, it's aggravating. But you can also have fun with it. In time.

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  2. I hope that telling people you can have kids helps them to be more sensitive around you.

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    1. I really just want them to think before asking every married couple the kids question. I know everyone thinks having a child is a choice, but for a select few, it's not even an option.

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