motherhood and not wanting it

[tielan]

I'm trying to think of whether there's any societally acceptable way (offline, outside of the kind of circles that we encounter here in online fandom) for a woman who's already had kids to express the sentiment that she wishes she'd never had them and I'm coming up blank.

The ones I can think of would mostly get waved away as "selfishness" - ie. career interruption, limitations on lifestyle - or "that's part of the role" - ie. emotional/physical/mental struggle, dealing with the children 90% of the time.

Can you think of one?

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[gaffsie]

I just read "The Devil's Candy", and that's exactly the way people (men) talk about Melanie Griffith in it. "She was so hot, but now she's an ancient crone at 32 with stretch mark and saggy tits, and I can't stand to look at her."