tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post7376146511400362340..comments2024-03-26T08:06:19.661-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: And maybe you're just being an idiot... loribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-81382874219736270732013-01-30T12:28:08.884-05:002013-01-30T12:28:08.884-05:00Oh, I read all the posts alright. OMG! wow, that...Oh, I read all the posts alright. OMG! wow, that Kovac piece is just vile. Satire, right? RIGHT? Well, I hope everything goes well in her perfect martyr vying for sainthood motherhood world....Deathstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012800256411878445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-17991809838473618432013-01-30T09:40:48.410-05:002013-01-30T09:40:48.410-05:00Ha, I started to read her post, then felt my blood...Ha, I started to read her post, then felt my blood pressure rising, and shut it down before getting through more than 1/4 of it. I'm glad I stopped reading.Lollipop Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-43247601073889384072013-01-29T10:24:15.318-05:002013-01-29T10:24:15.318-05:00I read it, and many of the related columns, over t...I read it, and many of the related columns, over the weekend. Kovac's a jerk (a little bit of Pye blood, perhaps?). The head-shaking "Doris, Doris" is wildly condescending. Intelligent, sympathetic people -- to say nothing of friends -- do not dismiss valid concerns with character assassination. I would be very troubled if my friends or spouse published something so snide and spiteful and thought it was clever or just.<br /><br />And to annoy Kovac all the more, in case she is a glutton for punishment and seeks out everything ever written about herself, I WILL compare this to dogs. : ) D. and I waited to get a dog until we knew we were going to soon be in a house with a yard and had a two-person household so that the dog wouldn't be alone quite as much. During that time, a dog-devoted co-worker sent me hyperbolic articles about a dog's pure love; one such article said, "You think you don't have room for a dog, but what you really mean is that you don't have room to let the most amazing love into your life." No, I really did mean that I don't have room. And "Doris" really does mean what she says. So leave her alone, Kovac -- although I'm pretty sure she won't be soliciting your company ever again.Ellen K.http://www.southcitysadie.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-27322770812323840722013-01-28T20:02:04.705-05:002013-01-28T20:02:04.705-05:00Wow!!! Really sad article. I read a few of the res...Wow!!! Really sad article. I read a few of the responses, and it seems that she is getting a pretty resounding "what the hell is wrong with you"?!? But at the same time it makes me wonder a bit what people think who don't know me well enough to know how desparately I wanted kids. katrynkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11627642784681329959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-57843334324738893102013-01-28T18:22:01.412-05:002013-01-28T18:22:01.412-05:00Kovac's piece is truly vile - but I find mysel...Kovac's piece is truly vile - but I find myself puzzled (yet again) about why I've been largely spared conversations like that. I'm child-free by choice but it almost never comes up in daily life. What rare comments have been made have come from strangers so I've felt free to dismiss them (while yelling at them).<br /><br />I have friends with kids and friends without kids (by choice and not) and I've never felt pressure to justify my choice - and I'm an only child so my Dad isn't getting grandchildren.<br /><br />I've read drivel like the mentioned essay on the Internet and I've seen bloggers such as yourself report pressure from friends, family, co-workers so I know it's out there. I've just never experienced it.<br /><br />I wonder what's different? Maybe being raised by my Dad.... GeekChicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-73624277803959776332013-01-27T19:05:11.139-05:002013-01-27T19:05:11.139-05:00This made me so angry. To assume that someone'...This made me so angry. To assume that someone's life is incomplete simply because they don't have children is a notion from the dark ages. Makes me seriously question the sanity of Doris's friend.Cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317873211902543387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-35146138661444400282013-01-27T16:22:58.788-05:002013-01-27T16:22:58.788-05:00I couldn't even finish her post, it was so con...I couldn't even finish her post, it was so condescending that it made me made me angry. The whole tone was awful.<br /><br />I'll try to read the responses though, I bet they're great :)AnotherDreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487881766884178761noreply@blogger.com