Dear Queenie,
I am a married professional woman that never had children for several very good personal reasons. My husband has no problem with this, but other people I meet are always asking me about my children and when I say I don’t have any they want to know why and sometimes they even start getting on about how much I am missing and I shouldn’t wait until I am too old, etc., etc.
Queenie, how do I answer them without being rude?—Offended
Dear Offended,
It depends on just how polite you want to be. Of course, you do not want to be rude to people you meet in the course of your work, but social contacts could be another matter.
Your response could range from “I have a medical condition” to “Ít’s a personal matter that I prefer not to discuss” to “What business is it of yours?”
