{"id":468207,"date":"2026-10-16T21:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T21:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468207\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T21:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T21:38:18","slug":"lubbock-not-every-woman-wants-to-be-a-mother-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468207\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock, Not Every Woman Wants to Be a Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m a 37-year-old woman with three cats, so naturally, there are a few people out there who think my uterus is a matter of grave public concern.<\/p>\n

“Why don’t you have kids, Chrissy?”<\/p>\n

Oh, I don’t know, Susan…<\/p>\n

Why don’t you have a pet raccoon that juggles? Since we’re clearly asking eachother deeply personal questions nobody invited us to ask.<\/p>\n

\"ouchPhoto by Nick Fewings<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>ouch signYou see, the thing is…<\/p>\n

There are about a billion different reasons someone might not have kids. Do you know how many of them are your business? Absolutely zero.<\/p>\n

And yet people keep throwing out that question like it’s cute.<\/p>\n

Maybe they’ve struggled with infertility. Maybe they’ve had devastating miscarriages. Maybe they are dealing with health problems. Maybe they have relationship issues.<\/p>\n

Maybe they have tried desperately to become parents, and your innocent little question just tanked their entire afternoon.<\/p>\n

And maybe, just maybe, they do not want kids, which is a perfectly acceptable reason to take a hard pass on parenthood.<\/p>\n

I gotta tell ya, I really love sleeping until noon and having furniture that isn’t covered in sticky mystery stains. It’s fantastic.<\/p>\n

Read More: Lubbock, I’m One Squeaky Cart Away From a Meltdown<\/a><\/p>\n

\"threePhoto by Ryan Quintal<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>three US dollar banknotesKids are also expensive as hell.<\/p>\n

Grocery prices alone are enough to make you reconsider the kids you already have, and unfortunately, the return policy isn’t exactly like Walmart’s.<\/p>\n

Personally, I think my furry, unemployed roommates are enough for me. Maybe I’ll change my mind. Maybe I won’t.<\/p>\n

I’ll probably be a cat lady for life, and I don’t see anything wrong with that.<\/p>\n

I mean, look how cute they are:<\/p>\n

\"Chrissy\"ChrissyChrissyIt’s 2026, and this kind of stuff doesn’t fly anymore. Get with the times.<\/p>\n

Lubbock, I’m begging you, stop telling women their biological clock is ticking like you’re some kind of time lord.<\/p>\n

The next time you’re tempted to ask someone why they don’t have kids, try asking something less invasive instead, like whether they’ve committed tax fraud or if they’ve ever hidden a body.<\/p>\n

At least that could lead to an interesting conversation.<\/p>\n

Never Let Your Cats Near These 3 Highly Toxic Houseplants<\/p>\n

Kitties love snacking on no-no plants. Toss them out before disaster strikes.<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Chrissy <\/p>\n

With So Many Prairie Dogs in Lubbock, Why Don’t More People Have Them as Pets?<\/p>\n

Here are some things to know before you bring one home.<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I’m a 37-year-old woman with three cats, so naturally, there are a few people out there who think…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-468207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}