#Microblog Monday 522: What We Hear
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There was a great essay written while I was away, and I just got a chance to read it. Catriona Innes puts the thesis in the title: “All my life, society has told us to be mothers. How can we break free from that conditioning?”
Describing it as conditioning drives the point home. “There are things we want, then there are things we don’t want and then there are the things we’re not sure we want, but are told we should.”
It’s really a great piece on the ache and the joy in her life.
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I realized today that I have not checked in here in many months. Impressed to see that you are still posting daily!
Thank you for that one! I’m going to share it on one of my childless communities.
Thanks for the article. I get it. I’ve also written about the fact that society’s expectations and isolations often make me feel worse about not having children than actually not being able to have children. If that makes sense. I might have to think about that some more.
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