To be or not to be...

Will our society ever accept the decision not to be a parent as naturally as the desire to become one? Or will one have to escape from this society itself like some of the people I know? When even people like my mother talk about the need to continue the family line, it is more annoying. Her argument was that since the guy in question is the only son to his parents(he has a sister,though.), he should at least have one child. I wanted to ask her two questions - What if that only child happens to be a girl? By her own logic, wouldn't that be the end of the family? And I was so irritated by this male and female business that I wanted to taunt her by asking how come she didn't go for a son considering that she has stopped our family line by having only two girls. But I left it alone. As such I have enough arguments with her and she doesn't seem to think my way anyway.

Seeing the life of working mothers, I don't wonder that many ladies don't want to fall into that category. There would be sleepless nights for all sorts of reasons, there will be headaches, heartaches, frustration, limited freedom and all that. But I can only say in defense that it will also bring forth in you emotions which you never experience otherwise. Children also bring you so many joys, make you more human, make you feel superhuman at times and it's a different spectrum of feelings altogether.

My son has a long way to go to become worldly-wise. The other day he told me,"Aayi, you know, Vedant is my best friend!". Now, I know this boy but of late I hadn't heard anything about him though. So I asked him how it came about. He says, "I had taken two badminton rackets to school today. Vedant asked me for one and I said no. He said, 'Won't you give it even to your best friend?' and that's when I came to know he is my best friend!!". He was looking so happy, I just laughed.