photo credit: womensforum Once a woman enters her late twenties and then her 30s, people around you begin to talk about babies. They wonder why you haven't had a child. They wonder why you aren't married. They wonder if you're just asking to have a child with "defects (due to holding off motherhood until later in life)." Well, I just want to send out a big "fuck you" to those who can't mind their own business. Speaking as a woman approaching her mid-30s, I'm sick of hearing folks tell me that, in a few years, it will be too late. Has anyone ever heard of waiting until you're ready? Yes, my biological clock has been ticking, and it's annoying as hell. I just want to be ready for motherhood, and, right now, I'm not ready. See, I was born out-of-wedlock (which people like to blame on me because they're right-wing assholes), and since my adolescence, I've vowed to not have babies outside of marriage. When I tell people ...
