[ SECRET POST #4424 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4424 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sure it happens in real life. I think people object to this happening in media when it's not written in a believable way, i. e. a character just changes their mind on a dime without any conflict or introspection, because the plot (as opposed to organic character development) demands it.

[(Anonymous)]

And also, the fact that it seems like it happens so consistently? I think that's a lot of it. Mandatory Children, and Mandatory Children being framed as a totally intrinsic and necessary part of a truly happy ending, is pretty dang widespread in media.

[(Anonymous)]

YES, THIS. It’s not that it’s unbelievable or impossible that it happens, it’s that it happens EVERY TIME. Usually without any accompanying character development, as per the first commenter, and often treated as the only valid - or at least best by far - happy ending, as per the second commenter. Babies Ever After isn’t everyone’s idea of happily ever after, and that’s okay, and it would be nice to see that in media sometime.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes. People who are child free and happy rarely show up in media at all.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't disagree with this.

But I'd like to point out you also never ever ever see the reverse. Where someone thinks they wants kids then decides no, they don't, and are happy anyway.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm so glad someone said this. I grew up in a culture where it was expected of me that I would get married and have kids, and for the longest time, I thought that's what I wanted for myself. Figuring out that I didn't actually want kids was one of the most freeing things in my life. It would be amazing to see someone in fiction go through that kind of thing. But you're right - it never happens.

[(Anonymous)]

The main character from Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know that character but that's really cool and I'm not being sarcastic when I say that.

I hope we get more.

[(Anonymous)]

Sex and the City has a bad rep these days but it's actually pretty groundbreaking for its time. Carrie wanted to have kids but then decided she was fine without them. Samantha *never* wanted kids and never had them, too.

[tabaqui]

Yes! I loved that we got a couple women who didn't want kids and had no bitterness or anything about it.

[(Anonymous)]

Very true.