My husband and I have been together for a total of 5 years. We plan to start trying for a baby when I am 24 and he is 26.
We own a home that we will pay off next year, and we have good, stable jobs. So money is not an issue for us.
My mother says negative things like how I won't want to get up at night with a baby, and how I will be frustrated and yell at my husband because I will be stressed with a baby.
She says I should wait until I am 30 so maybe I will "have more patience for a child."
She pretty much discourages me from starting a family of my own. I feel a lot older than I am, I have been on my own since I was 18 (because my mom tried to control me), I put myself thru college, I am very mature for my age.
And I am 100% sure I am ready to be a mother.
I don't know what to do with my mother anymore. I have confronted her about her pissy attitude and it leads to fights and I am sick of her controlling personality.
Any advice?
2006-07-24
11:39:31
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