and baby makes three?

... I can't even find my "plus one". is that a big deal? not to ME it isn't! but why do I find it extremely annoying when someone proceeds to tell me how much their child has changed their life? why is it that I feel I have to constantly justify myself and the things I do to the smug marrieds, who have become the smug marrieds plus baby? I honestly am not jealous. I truly don't think I want kids. I think it's lovely when other people have children when they want to have children. If I were to get pregnant now - not only would it be THE immaculate conception, but let's not dwell on that - but it would also be the beginning of an intervention, as I'd be drinking to take away the pain. Don't get me wrong, other peoples kids are nice and all, but I just don't have the desire to have any of my own. BUT WHY IS THAT SUCH A BIG DEAL?? Didn't any of you watch Ally McBeal?? The pretty blonde who wanted to focus on her career and not have the children that her body was so traditionally created and expected to bear - am I the only one who resonated with that character? While I will be the first one to remind people never to say never, I will also remind people that I will never do something just because everyone else is doing it. I am not sure why I felt the need to write about this, but I did. Maybe it's because in my friends' wedding today the priest asked if they would accept children into their home, if "God Blessed them to do so", and me and my friend sitting next to me looked at each other and mouthed "HELL NO!" "We want birth control!"