Responding to a comment

So I received the following comment on my post about kids:

Cyndi,

Really enjoyed your blog! As you wrote, you not wanting children is not giving up on a dream! It was never a dream of yours in the first place; to have kids!

I hope you don't go through life explaining yourself!It's really no ones business but, your own.

It was from Anonymous. I don't think I actually know this person as I received a very similar comment on Twitter from someone I don't know. But I'd like to respond to their comment.

Really enjoyed your blog!

Thank you! This seriously means a lot to me!

As you wrote, you not wanting children is not giving up on a dream! It was never a dream of yours in the first place; to have kids!

Actually it was a dream of mine at one point. Through most of my 20s I wanted the family thing. If you've seen Sleepless in Seattle, there's a lookback scene near the beginning that shows Tom Hanks character's family going to a Cubs game. I wanted that! Well, going to a Pirates game though. :) Sometime in my early 30s though I began realizing that the things I was looking forward to didn't involve that family anymore, but just me!

I stand by my words that I'm not giving up on that dream - rather, my dream has changed. It's morphed. I don't feel sadness or regret that the family dream never came to fruition. I look forward to what the rest of life has for me!

I hope you don't go through life explaining yourself! It's really no ones business but, your own.

I don't! And true it's no one's business but my own, but I believe if I don't open up from time to time, then how is anybody supposed to really know me?! :)

So Anonymous, thanks again for your comment. Just wanted to clarify those points though.