Really? UGH. OK, I love kids and am happy to have one but everyone is different. If she doesn't want to and the person she is with doesn't care? YAY.
In Worlds Within - I absolutely loved how they dealt with the issue - they were dating and she basically told him (the issue came up) that she doesn't want children because it would derail her career (and I love that it wasn't viewed as a horrible thing or made her a horrible person). And he was taken aback to which she told him that if he dares to break up with her over this, she is basically going to tell everyone he's a sexist (or something to that effect) but he had no intention of breaking up with her (near the end they actually barter and hash out details - as in how she can work the most if she does get pregnant or who they will get to watch the kid so she won't have to take maternity leave etc).
And that's the thing - if one party doesn't want kids and the other one does, I am fine with it being presented as a potential relationship-breaker (this lack of compatibility on several important issues was one of many reasons the characters in WW had a painful break-up for a while) but it's not evil! It's not evil to want to have a life outside the home!
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In Worlds Within - I absolutely loved how they dealt with the issue - they were dating and she basically told him (the issue came up) that she doesn't want children because it would derail her career (and I love that it wasn't viewed as a horrible thing or made her a horrible person). And he was taken aback to which she told him that if he dares to break up with her over this, she is basically going to tell everyone he's a sexist (or something to that effect) but he had no intention of breaking up with her (near the end they actually barter and hash out details - as in how she can work the most if she does get pregnant or who they will get to watch the kid so she won't have to take maternity leave etc).
And that's the thing - if one party doesn't want kids and the other one does, I am fine with it being presented as a potential relationship-breaker (this lack of compatibility on several important issues was one of many reasons the characters in WW had a painful break-up for a while) but it's not evil! It's not evil to want to have a life outside the home!