This Tropess is an asexual who does not want kids, but has pretended to be a "mom" to her dolls when she was about 3 years old. BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER. I've come out to her as asexual, but she thought I'd just "grow out of it". I've even pretended to want children so she'll knock it off. My Platonic Life Partner has told me that his parents are pressuring him for one too. Cue my mother wanting him for a son-in-law.

This Troper's mom was horrified when Troper said she doesn't like or want kids. Her reaction after that was denial, insisting that when "she was my age, she didn't like kids either," while simultaneously claiming that because I work with kids, I really DO like kids and just won't admit it. You can't have it both ways, mom. Averted by her grandmother, who always told her that I shouldn't let my parents desire for grandchildren influence my decision either way. Almost squickily played straight by my cousin, who demands babies from me as soon as possible, because she figures she'll have to wait longer on her brother to reproduce than she will on me, and she just can't wait to play "cool aunt."

Despite being gay, I still get this a lot... Err... Mom? It's not like I don't have about a dozen cousins, some of them well on the way to breaking fertility records... ''And I also have a straight brother!''

Ever hear of sperm banks?

For me or for them? I'm actually interested in having my genetic line end with myself. If I ever feel ready to have kids someday, I'll resort to adoption.

A bridal magazine accidentally got delivered to this troper's house. My mother and I stared at it for a moment, looked at one another and said (in unison, no less): "Something you wanna tell me?" Hilarity ensued.

I have a hobby/interest in the meaning of names and a similar situation popped up when my mother found some of my baby name books. Damn if she didn't sound hopeful...

This troper heard it from her mother when she introduced her first boyfriend. We were 14.

Omg, me too. I asked them about it later, and they said it was the most effective form of birth control.

My mother...Just...my mother...

My parents sometimes ask me semi-jokingly if they're going to see grandkids, to which I give a deadpan reply, "From my brother, perhaps". I tell them constantly that I'm never going to have children, although they just shrug it off.

"I want nieces/nephews" variant: this troper's father was told by his future mother-in-law, on the way to the church, that if he wasn't really sure he wanted to marry this troper's mother he didn't have to. She was promptly hushed by this troper's aunts. This may also be a family tradition of sorts, since this troper's uncle has asked her when she's getting married.

Averted wholeheartedly by this troper's parents--everyone (troper included) was actually quite pleased when I found out, at the age of 21, that I couldn't have children.

You wouldn't happen to be a girl named Charlie, would you? If not, it's a crazy coincidence.

You're lucky. The rest of us have to make do with surgical birth control...

Also averted by this troper's mother, who at 43 considers herself far too young to be a grandmother. Both troper and her sister were warned never to have any kids because their mother said she did not want to use "Wanna come up and see my grandchild?" as a pick-up line!

Your mother wouldn't happen to be Blanche Devereaux, would she?

Averted by this troper's mother and grandmother, who insist that he should wait before thinking on marriage and stuff like that. Played straight with this troper's aunt, who is recently engaged and her mom is already asking her to give her grandkids (despite already having three)

Lampshaded by this troper's parents when they found out she was a lesbian, who had a good laugh at her expense about how difficult it would be for them to have grandkids now.

This gay troper's mother went through a period of "But I want grandkids!" before switching to "Oh well, at least your sister's straight" and then, when said sister kept insisting she didn't want kids, "You can still adopt..."

I happen to have two sisters, though-my older sister is straight and engaged, but there are definite hints my younger sister is at least bi.

Mom's "I want grandkids" comments mysteriously disappeared after coming out as bi, but she's even more vocal in support of my StalkerWithACrush, because if I just manage to find a nice boy first I'll somehow become straight. *head-desk*

I get this all the time from my mom. #QUOTE#Mom: I want grandkids, preferably granddaughters. (my sister has 3 boys) #QUOTE#Me: We'll see.

My mom and dad still have a hard time understanding that I don't want kids mainly because I'm very selfish.

Though I don't know if she ever actually said this, but this troper's grandmother (on my dad's side) played this trope pretty straight. In the two years before I was born, my aunt and uncle had two healthy baby boys, and that was all well and good, but the day I was born, she rushed down to the hospital and held me for at least an hour and a half. My grandmother is an incredibly conservative woman who loves dolls and thinks we're still in the VictorianAge; she really wanted a granddaughter to make dresses for. Well, she finally got one. The next year, my aunt and uncle had their third kid, a girl, and she bombarded the two of us with dresses until we were about twelve or thirteen years old. As children, we were occasionally poked with pins and told to stand still while we heard about how pretty the dresses would look. The problem was that my mother, who had decided to stay at home with me, wanted to sew some dresses for me, so it was like "Clothing Wars" or something. And some of the dresses my grandma made were rather dowdy. We're still doted on like we're perpetually five years old to this day.

I was my grandmother's only grandchild, and she really tried getting me to wear dresses and play with dolls, but I was a total tomboy and wasn't interested in either. She always gave me a china doll for Christmas (under the misguided assumption that if she gave me enough I'd play with them or something), which wound up put in a cupboard while I played with all my little green plastic Army men. I'd be forced to wear one of the damn dresses once a year, usually at Christmas--which I only put up with because my mother ''bribed me''. My mom and my grandmother almost had literal wars over raising me (my parents split up when I was very little, and my mom and I lived with my grandma for a while after that), though at least by the time my mother re-married my grandma didn't push for more grandkids. My mom was always good about not pushing it, and now I'm married and have two stepkids who she can grandmother to her heart's content. (In fact, when I was 18 and graduating high school, one of my great-uncles, who was Mormon, remarked that I was almost ready to start a family, and my mom just about choked and said, "Jeeze, I ''hope'' not.")

Are you me... from the future? I'm 15 now... but everything else is about right.

I'll likely be saying this to my kids the moment they get a date, just to make sure they get the point. Oddly enough, though, I've never heard it from my parents.

This troper is actually guilty of this *chagrin*, though I haven't gone as far as to really pester my poor brother and his long-time girlfriend like my parents have. Still, they want grandbabies and I want nieces and nephews!

I have a cousin that got married within the past year or so. Incidentally, his mom is a serious dog-lover, and at that point in time, was without a dog companion. Cousin's new wife knew how much she loved dogs, and periodically asked her why she hadn't gotten another one yet. My aunt would ''always'' reply with "Get me some grandchildren first!" Incidentally, both sides of the issue have since been resolved.

This troper is 15 and her grandmother and mother are both going at it. Heck, she has never even dated!

This troper knows how it feels. Her parents have been telling her to have at least 3 children since she was in ''elementary school''.

"Your grandmother and mother are both going at it." Could you rephrase that to something a little less hilarious?

This troper's mom was horrified when he told her that he probably would never marry.

My folks still think I'm kidding when I say that I don't want children (and with five siblings, you'd think they'd start pestering some of the others by now). Of course, since I'd stick my own hand in a juicer before I could ever muster the raw nerve to even ask a woman out, let alone get married, I won't be having any kids even if I ''do'' change my mind.

After we got fed up of this, both my sister and I started telling our mother that the pets we each own are the closest thing she's going to get for a long time, if ever.

I was wondering if anybody other then my wife and I told their parents that their grandkids were their pets. I love my cats, I mean kids.

Completely averted in that this troper and her mother wholeheartedly despise people trying to run their kids' lives like that. However, my cousin was born because I was. Pressured by my grandmother and her own inferiority complexes, my aunt had to do everything my mother did. As a result, this troper feels a bit guilty that her cousin turned out to be a drug-addicted pole dancer.

Averted by this troper's mother. Said mother's cousin, on the other hand, was at one point absolutely CRAZY about it, constantly asking her adult children about grandchildren for as long as this troper can remember (I'm 23 now). When she realized it'd be a long time before she saw any grandchildren - her son's then-fiancee was a recovering anorexic, her daughter was always single - she randomly asked my sister if she wasn't going to have children soon. My sister was 19, still in school, and very much single, not to mention ''her cousin's daughter''. I was only spared because I was 16. Fast forward to about a year ago when her son's wife (not the same as the fiancee) gives birth to a girl... You'd think she'd be overjoyed and be spoiling the grandchild as much as possible, right? Nope. Sure, she talks about the kid and babysits her and such, but it's her husband who's in full Proud Grandfather mode and plays with the kid. Which is probably why the kid always chooses him over her. The rest of us, including the daughter/Proud-Aunt, finds this hilarious.

My maternal grandmother is like this. She insisted that my sister get married and have kids ASAP, screw her study and career first plans. My sister responded with saying she was so unlikely to get married in her situation, she'd likely adopt and save herself the potty training hassle. My grandmother was horrified and disapproved of raising someone who isn't your blood, says she'll miss ''the funnest part'', and in that case should just ''get knocked up!'' For myself, my mom wants me to give her grandkids too (my sister got married and is two months into her pregnancy now) but is ''extremely'' jealous and despises the idea of me dating at all. So, I guess my only options are to give her illegitimate grandkids, I guess. ... Then again, it's likelier for me to get married and not have kids for a few years just to mess with her on the subject, future!wife willing.

This Troper has a version of this. When I was born, my paternal grandmother said that she didn't believe she would see my wedding. She is the only one of my grandparents still alive, and I hope to not only prove her wrong, but to also let her see at least one great-grandchild before she dies.

My parents are understanding that they're almost certainly never going to have grandkids, but they do sponge baby-vibes off any relatives that comes into range.

If it makes the ladies feel any better, this male troper gets the same question from his mother. All attempts at trying to {{Squick}} her to get her to stop have backfired. Horribly.

This troper's grandparents want great-grandchildren. As all of their other grandchildren apart from my brother (who never seems to date anybody) are under ten years old and both grandparents' health are failing, this results in a lot of uncomfortable pressure every single time my boyfriend comes up in conversation. I don't really have the heart to tell them that I'm asexual and never intend on having sex at all, let alone that I dislike children and my boyfriend never wants to be a parent.

Wait, if you're asexual, Why do you have a boyfriend? Doesn't that defeat the purpose?

S/he said asexual, not aromantic. Just because asexuals don't want sex doesn't mean we don't want romantic companionship.

Inverted by this troper, in that she is waiting for her dad and stepmom, who just got married last year, to give her a baby brother or sister.

My parents have never pressured me to give them grandkids, and besides, my brother has a wonderful daughter that they dote on. If that wasn't enough, I organize punk shows and I've "adopted" the young punks as my "grandkids". So I get to skip the nerve-wracking experience of parenthood, and we're all happy.

This troper was certain that her parents didn't care (heck, they haven't even given me 'the talk' yet, though I did the research myself after a while). Then, in another attempt to get them to give me the talk so they'll stop treating me like a little kid, I jokingly said that I'd never manage to get a date and that they should just tell me. Their reply? "Oh, we're sure you'll find a nice girl to settle down with and adopt some grandkids for us to spoil!" This troper is female and, while not certain, has a fairly good idea that she isn't a lesbian.

So your parents are hoping you're gay so they don't have to give you the talk?

One of the reasons this troper's mother insists on him finally saying "yes" to a lady admirer.

My mom's been pestering me about my romantic life for years on these grounds. Fortunately, my sister has found herself a fine man, and they are getting hitched in July, so I'm off the hook. For now, at least.

This troper's parents ''and'' parents-in-law are both strangely laid back about the fact that troper and her husband will never be giving them grandchildren. Troper's mother-in-law is particularly fond of her "grandcats" and buys them Christmas presents.

Well, an update to this entry has the same Troper's mother, who was previously sensible about such things, suddenly jumping on the wanting grandchildren bandwagon. She doesn't dare harass Troper (who is infertile), but has been driving Troper's younger sister up the bloody wall.

This Troper's father was horrified when she said she never wanted to get married or have kids. Or that this Troper would rather adopt. He is still insisting she will come around someday, no matter how many times he is told otherwise.

This straight male troper's parents used to complain endlessly about this until he explained to them that he got a vasectomy as soon as he had moved out of his parents' house when he turned 18. He hasn't spoken to his parents since.

You got a vasectomy at 18? How? Don't most doctors refuse to perform sterilizations until the person is in their thirties or already has children?

If you look hard enough, you can find a doctor that'll do it. It's just that those who want to convince everyone you have to have kids like to perpetuate the stereotype that ''none'' of them will.

This troper's grandfather occasionally mentions wanting great-grandchildren. Three of my cousins are getting married this year, so he just might get what he wishes for.

According to this Troper's father the reason for this trope is ''revenge''!

Yes, it's so we go through the same hell we put them through.

This troper's mother has been saying this for years. For some reaosn she doesn't seem to do it for this troper's brother, who while two years younger, actually has a chanse of getting a girlfriend.

Averted by my mother, who never pressured me for grandkids and accepted the news with aplomb that I scheduled a tubal ligation. Played straight by my father, who "warned" me when I was a teenager that I would never get a man, because all men want kids.

Averted by my mother, played straight with my paternal grandfather. Apparently it's because I'm one of three of his grandkids with the last name of [=DioDati=]. One other being my brother.

This troper's family, unfortunately, have dropped hints that they want grandkids. Unfortunately said troper, having seen firsthand the destruction a baby can bring about, is probably not going to have any in this life.

Averted and then Subverted in my case- my husband and I married in our late teens, and though I was baby-crazy neither my parents or his father pressued us about kids. Well, now 6 years later we have 2 kids, and still my parents expect more.

Extremely averted by This Troper's mother - she kinda arranged herself with one asexual and one gay child. Incidentally, she would probably be an awesome grandmother, considering how horrible a mother she was, but that's neither here nor there.

Fortunately all pressure is off me, at least for now, since my oldest brother has one and they're trying for another and two of my three step-sisters have kids.

This troper's GREAT-GRANDMOTHER has been haranguing him to have kids since he graduated from high school. Every time the great-grandmother brings it up, he keeps telling her up and down that he REFUSES to ever have kids, no matter how often she tells him he'll eventually change. He always insists otherwise, though--IF HE DOESN'T WANT KIDS, HE DOESN'T WANT KIDS!

This troper, at 32, is the oldest male in his family who is still childfree. His cousin Angie, at 34, is the oldest female. His mom and his uncle once said at a family reunion, "If you two won't find yourself good spouses, we'll have to lock you both in a room and kill two birds with one stone."

Eww.

This troper's mom is like this--now my sister has two kids for my mom to dote on. She always jokes that I should have kids--but the thing is...I don't like children.

This troper's parents want grandchildren. The only children this troper wants are of the fuzzy meowing variety and of the ink-on-paper novel variety. She really hope that somehow it turns out she is infertile or something. Or that she ends up with a wife and not a husband.

Aaand now this same troper's mother is threatening suicide if I don't produce some offspring. OhCrap.

Warn her that suicidal tendencies run in families, and there's ''no way'' you intend to pass on those suicidal genes if she dares to go through with it.

This troper is 18, with a 45 year old half-sister, a 40 year old half-brother and a 31 year old half-brother. Guess who keeps getting pestered for kids. This has been going on since she was about 12. Joke's on them though, after that first fun bit, the whole thing sounds painful and with many many chances to fuck it all up, so she's planning to pass.

This troper got this response from her parents the last time she mentioned that she doesn't want to be a mum. (She responded by pointing out the continued existence of her brother.)

This Troper's Grandmother is rather old fashion and wants great-grandkids, but I do not have the temperament or the desire for children, and my parents are well aware their 'grandchildren' will have feathers or fur. But again, my Grandmother seem to soften up when my oldest cousin went hardcore Mormon and wanted six children, and got pregnant AGAIN about five months after the first kid ("I had four kids because of the lack of choice in my day, having that many and more is insane now")

Feathers or Fur...?

This Troper is the oldest cousin on ''both'' sides of her family, with cousins ranging from age four to almost-so-close-why-is-the-primary-in-August-to-18 (which would be me). My parents and grandparents are very involved in the whole "disappearing Jews" problem (aided by the fact that--le gasp!--my cousins have a Gentile father), and '''there is now a betting pool for if I will get married before my youngest cousin's bat mitzvah.''' Needless to say, my grandparents and parents don't only want great/grand kids, oh no. There has to be three, their father has to be Jewish, I must live in Seattle, and it would be preferable that the father has the letters M and D tacked onto his name. This has gotten to the point that my mother and grandmother are trying to play matchmaker with my ex-boyfriends and '''fourth cousins'''. Even better? My mother recently informed me that if I ever get pregnant, we are keeping the baby, even if the father isn't Jewish, which (if you knew my mother) shows how desperate she is to have a grandchild.

This troper pulled an "I want nephews!"-variation with a friend and his girlfriend. Much hilarity ensued.

My mom was quite upset when she found out I planned to never marry in my life. This may have been amplified by the fact that I am the only child in my family. She seems to have accepted it, though.

This Troper told her cousins to: "Hurry up and get married, will you? I want nieces!! Or whatever your kids will be to me. And it's been ''so long'' since I've been to a wedding..."

And then, Karma came and bit me in the ass, as, a few weeks later, I found my parents, aunts, uncle, grandmother, neighbours, friends, and ''the taxi driver'' asking me when I'll be getting married!!! And no, to this, day, my parents are STILL going on about Grandkids, as well as my aunt, uncle, grandmother ''and'' neighbours! God!

This Troper is engaged to a twenty-year-old woman who is either completely unable to have children, or at least way too small for a pregnancy to be safe. She has the body of a twelve-year-old due to hormonal deficiencies, and will not show her age until advanced aging sets in (wrinkles, greying hair, etc.) Some could argue she wouldn't survive a pregnancy. So it looks like adoption is our only course of option. (An option my father's side of the family would detest, as we are descended from Danish nobility.)

Averted so far, and this troper has dropped hints that he doesn't want kids in hope that this trope will stay averted.

Somewhat averted by my grandmother when she got grandkids. She stated that she was too young to be called 'grandma' and got us to call her by her childhood nickname.

Subverted with this troper's parents. When he told his mother he didn't plan on having kids, she thought it was stupid of him. However, it wasn't because she wanted grandchildren (this troper has two other brothers, so she could still get grandkids someday); it was because she thinks this troper needs kids so he'll have someone to take care of him when he's old. Yeah, like I'm going to deal with children for eighteen years and beyond just so I'll have my own personal slaves when I'm a feeble old man.

A rather tragic example: I knew a girl that got pregnant and her parents forced her to keep it. Never mind that this child was a product of ''rape'', that she didn't want it, or that she was ''fourteen'': her parents "wanted a grandchild" and didn't let her abort it or give it up for adoption.

She could've taken advantage of the "Baby Moses law" and left it at a fire station when they weren't watching...

This trope is one of the many reasons why this trope has not come out of the closet to his parents. They consider him to be one of the more responsible children they have and they keep bringing up how I'll change my mind and have some when I'm older.

Partially subverted by this troper's maternal grandmother. After my uncle had two kids, she was satisfied and would frequently comment that Mom would never get married and give Grandma more grandkids. When Mom did get married and gave her two more grandkids she was happy though. Not so much with her fifth grandchild (me) because that meant that Mom had more babies than she did. Dad's mother specifically wanted granddaughters. Mom and Dad got a pass on the first kid being a boy becuase he was her first grandchild period. The second and third time she was less then happy that we were also boys. When my oldest aunt had a daughter she was satisfied, and my youngest aunt wasn't bothered about the fact that she had two boys. Both were good grandmothers to all of the grandchildren though.

This gay troper has very accepting parents. When he came out to them, this trope was their only objection.

I'm an only child; therefore, every time I mention not really wanting children, I get yelled at by my father. I don't see what the big freaking deal is, I mean, he has ''thirteen'' nephews. HE CAN SHARE WITH MY AUNT.

This troper's mother. It gets annoying, mainly because she can't stand the idea of having to raise kids, and because she's questioning her own sexuality, but is almost certain she's homosexual. And when she tries to tell her mother that "I don't freaking want kids", she just laughs and says, "That's what you say now."

Kind of a joke between this troper and her mother. Mother will randomly comment that she'd like a grandchild, and 20-year-old single troper will tell her to have her own baby. Mom says hell no. Mom also says she's going to pay mine and my brother's children to swear in public and get bad grades, though, so there you go.

This Troper's mother used to be like this. But then my cousin ran off with some boy, had a kid, got the kid taken away by social services AND my mother's best friend's son (almost a cousin) had a kid and the mom skipped out while he is now forced to live in his parent's basement. Now, my mom tells me she wants me to get a good job so I can support her grandkids.

Inverted with this troper and his wife... when he confided that her period was late a couple weeks after the wedding, his father replied, "Gah! I told you to use precautions!"

This Troper told his parents all through his childhood that he would never reproduce, and his parents found the idea quaintly amusing, telling him that he "might" change his mind. This Troper enforced his decision by having himself sterilized at age twenty-one. His mother was prepared to throw him out of the house for that, saying "He's dead to me now."

In an effort to get this troper riled up, his girlfriend phoned his mom from a province away. She sat on my couch, turned it on to speaker-phone and began talking about how we were going to have a horde of kids. it was madness, so rather than try to deny it I just went along. Then I found out they were serious.

This (female) troper married one of her (female) friends on Facebook. My mother has taken this to a much more serious sense and now ''demands'' grandkids.

This troper's mother occasionally hassled him about finding a girlfriend and giving her grandchildren; however, I not only hate children, but I'm a bit too much of a misanthrope to establish a long-term relationship with anyone else. She's more or less settled down, but ironically, my stepmother hasn't gotten the memo yet.

This Troper has gotten this several times, in jest...but that's ok, I want kids too! Someday. When I find the right guy to settle down with. Then again, I could also be perfectly happy permanently single.

This Troper feels mentally and emotionally, if perhaps not financially, prepared to be a father soon (I'm 25), but my parents are always chiding me about using protection and being careful, primarily because they don't feel I'm ready for it, but also because they both feel too young to be grandparents still (they're nearly 50). Still, I can't help but feel like deep down, they really want grandkids, because they always bug me about why I don't have a girlfriend, and whenever they know I'm out with a girl, they practically celebrate the occasion. Still, at this point in my life, I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world considering my situation at the moment, but if anything happens, I'm fully prepared to be a man about it and be the best father I can be.

My uncle recently had a daughter - he was the last one of my mother's siblings to reproduce. My mother is now overjoyed that her mother could finally dispense with the baby talk... I haven't the heart to tell her my grandmother now wants great-grandkids from her eldest grandchild. That's me.

My mother combines this with a good dose of mixed messages about keeping it in my pants until I'm married.

This troper has always known that she doesn't want to reproduce (I don't really see myself getting married, either). On the rare occasions I've off-handedly mentioned this to my mother, she always seems to think that I'll "change my mind someday" or, even better, "will want them once I have them." (Buh? Whatever happened to responsible family planning?) For whatever reason, she just can't seem to understand why a person might choose not to reproduce. And I'm an only child, so there are no siblings for her to pester. In any case, once I'm off my parents' health insurance and on my own, I'm getting a tubal ligation.

According to This Troper's mother, one of her first thoughts after I was born was something along the lines of "She's already got all her eggs in her ovaries, so she can eventually give me grandkids!". When she told me, she said she meant it in along the lines of comparing the female reproductive system to the male reproductive system (as in one's already there, whilst the other has to mature). Or something.

My great-grandfather managed to embarrass the hell out of me at a family reunion when I was 19 by telling me that I was now old enough to get married and I needed to start "makin' babies as soon as possible." At least my jaw wasn't the only one that hit the floor. Justified I guess, as that's the age he and my great-grandmother started their family. A baby or two is hopefully in my future, but not for a while! (Certainly not at 19..)

My mom...dear lord my mom. I'm 26 and was pretty much a late bloomer so I want to enjoy my life for a minute before actually taking the dive and getting married and having kids. She seems to not get it even though I continuously tell her that I'm not gonna have kids for a good minute or so.

Subverted. This Troper has anxiety disorders and has a family history of heart disease, schizophrenia, diabetes, and alcoholism, Her boyfriend is Bipolar and also has a family history of alcoholism, skin disorders and certain types of cancer. We've decided to not have kids (at least not the "conventional" way) because they'd turn out "really messed up". Our parents agree with us.

Possible case, although it's not as overt as most of the stuff on here. My mom and her friends mostly just tell me to wait until I'm older (I'm in high school) before I close the door completely. I've closed it already; babies just irritate me and the idea of having a person inside me for nine months just feels exceedingly violating. And then there's the fact that I'm an asexual homoromantic extreme loner who DoesNotLikeMen.

Most recently, I mentioned offhandedly to an acquaintance that I don't want kids. She said that I would change my mind when - not if, mind you, ''when'' - I met "the right guy." And she kept saying it even when I gave ''very overt'' hints about my IncompatibleOrientation (e.g. "Uh, I've never had a crush and I really don't like guys... don't know about girls...").

This troper's parents play it straight - they do want grandkids and do not hesitate to say so. I don't mind so much, since I would really really like to have kids, but as a single male, it is not all that easy...

This Troper is constantly by her Mother that she wants grandkids...this Troper is seventeen and doesn't want kids. At all.

My mom's a subversion of this, if anything: she's always talking about how she doesn't want me or my siblings to marry before we're thirty.

My mother straight-out subverts this. I told her I was never having kids, and she was ''happy'' about it. Not because she doesn't think I'd make a good parent (the opposite, actually), but because I recognized that parenthood is not for me, rather than simply getting married and having kids because it's what's expected -- and therefore condemning myself to misery (which, in my case, ''would'' be the result of becoming a parent). In an interesting twist on this, she ''loves'' being a mother, and considers it to be the best part of her life. She just understands that the things she wanted for ''her'' life aren't the same as the things I want for ''my'' life. Yes, my mother ''is'' the most awesome person in the universe, why do you ask?

This is one of many reasons this troper's not on speaking terms with her mother-she was mad that I finally left an abusive boyfriend cause she wanted me to stay with him and give her grandchildren. (Never mind she herself was pregnant.) My dad thankfully averts this: he doesn't care what I choose to do, as long as it's my decision and I'm happy with it.

This troper has never felt the need to reproduce. A dream about being pregnant makes her sick every time she thinks about it. Kids are NOT on the cards, which makes her feel a bit guilty as she's an only child, but if I'm that desperate at thirty-five, I can always adopt.

Though it's half-joking and hasn't reached the point of actual parental pressure, my mother has mentioned to me multiple times in the middle of serious conversations that she wants me to give her grandchildren, as well as specifications about the father of said grandchildren. I'm 17, have never dated, and am asexual (and likely aromantic as well). {{SarcasmMode This will certainly turn out well when I get older...}}

My mother will harrass me for grandkids, I just tell her to spoil her youngest nieces and nephews instead; I can barely handle myself, much less a kid. I also have a cousin whose mom was the quintessential HandsOffParenting type; when said cousin had a daughter, her mother started to worm herself back into her daughter's life simply because she wanted to raise the granddaughter. Unfortunately for her, she got shut out by the in-laws and the fact that she lives in another country.

My mother was pretty accepting that I didn't ever want biological children. My father, on the other hand, wouldn't believe me at first, thinking it was just a phase. When it set in with him that I was serious, and that his bloodline might not be passed on, he apparently thought that yelling at me and other violent outbursts would convince me otherwise. I guess I should be thankful he never found out I was gay. Now I have that AND a desire to rob him of a lineage.

I've told my parents numerous times that I plan to adopt and for the most part they seem okay with it. The last time the subject was brought up, however, my mother told me that adoption is fine, but I should have a kid of my own so I know what she went through.

If you adopt young enough, all you miss is the pregnancy. The lack of sleep, the spitting up, the poopy diapers and PottyFailure...it's all there.

I'm an only child, whose boyfriend has a two-year-old son. My mother, while playing with him one days says "Wouldn't you like a little brother or sister?" He nods yes, she turns to us and says. "Thats two against two, now if I call your aunt it'll be three to two. Get on with it already! I want a granddaughter." (*cries a littl on the inside*)

This (childfree) troper has been getting this for a bit. When I announced my intention to not have children, my parents smugly nodded and told me I'll change my mind. It's been 5 years, I still haven't. I also get it from my aunts at every wedding.

My parents and grandparents and well, the rest of my freaking family all want me to start looking for a girlfriend. I'm not sure if it's because of this trope.

This troper's boyfriend often complains of this and goes out of his way to insure she's never around his parents, as he figures they'll start bugging her to marry him and give them grandkids (they already have one from his older sister). Funny to this troper, because she can't stand the sound of crying babies and certainly doesn't want to ever raise one, but has absolutely no problem with telling other people this, either. Others protesting that she'll change her mind are funny; she fully intends to sell her eggs and use the resultant funds to get a hysterectomy (because tubal litigation is not always entirely successful).

Technically you will still be having kids so that might just be a win win.

Amazingly subverted AND played straight by this male troper's mother. She complains when I tell her I don't ever want kids and insists that it's a phase I'll grow out of. But when we both visited my uncle and his (then) 26-year old girlfriend (now wife) in the hospital after they had their first kid, my mother remarked, "Now don't YOU get anyone pregnant," with the implication that I was still too young for kids. This troper was 27 at the time.

Averted by my mother who has always said that she doesn't care if I ever get married and/or have children as long as the choices I make are the ones that make me the most happy. She's also said that if I do get married, she's disinterested in whether the marriage produces kids or not. Although, she does think if I do have children, I should be married.

In an attempt to Joss my parents of this idea, I had a vasectomy when I was twenty-one. My mother considered disowning me. Her exact words were, "He's dead to me now." We eventually reconciled, but have not spoken on the issue in the many years since.

You know they can still use surgical sperm retrieve with vasectomy. Well, sleep tight.

Possible, but the chance of success is highly variable. That goes for vasectomy reversal as well. In many cases, the immune system eventually starts to see the build up of sperm as an invading force and creates antibodies to mark them for removal. After that, the body is essentially self-sterilizing. It also does not help that the tissue surrounding my vas was abnormally thick on the right side which resulted in lump of scar tissue down there, making any sperm retrival more complicated. Enjoy that thought.

ThisTroper's mother has mostly stuck to "I want you to be happy/successful"... until recently, when she's switched to constantly wondering aloud when troper is going to find herself a nice boy. Given the stress of college troper has protested; the response was "Oh, I'm just being a professional mom. I hope you'll get to be one too." Given that troper is not yet 20... erk.

My dad tells me this. Given that I am the only person in his immediate family who can still reproduce... I guess it's understandable. I'm a bisexual male, but I've only had one girlfriend... the ladies don't like me much. Plus I'd need to meet the "right person", if such an individual even exists.

My dad's mom. She wanted oodles and oodles of granddaughters so she could spoil them rotten. So imagine her delight when her one grandchild (me) was a girl.

This troper's mom played this straight. When I voiced that I didn't like or want kids, she pulled the 'Oh you say that now but...' Thankfully neither she nor my father press the issue. Besides, my mother can spoil her godchild.

Inverted for this troper. When I told my mom I never wanted to get married or have kids, she was perfectly okay with it. Actually, the only possibility of me getting kids is adopting some kids that are at LEAST 10-12 years... old enough to be able to take some care of themselves.

Not very subtly ,my mother,each time I come back to my country to visit,tries to persuade me or hook me up with some random guys she spoke to like,an hour ago.No mum,thank you.

This troper's coming out about his bisexuality to his mum has sent her into this big-time - she doesn't see adoption in the same light. Regular comments on the sense of joy and fulfilment she got from raising us lot... She has two daughters with steady long-term boyfriends, but apparently that's not enough.

This troper keeps catching a lot of flack over her most recent visit to her grandmother's. First came the "I want great-grandchildren", then came the, "you're going to break some boy's heart someday." and "So how many boys have you dated?" Never mind I don't have the heart to tell her I'm a lesbian and have no intention of adopting either. On the other hand I'll break lots of boy's hearts because I'm not interested.

This is exactly why I haven't told my parents that I am asexual. And that I just plain don't like kids. Especially babies.

Averted for this male Troper. My mother has told me that she does not want to be a grandmother before age 55; when I would be 25. Considering it will probably take me until about than to finish university (I am not willing to have children before I can support them) its probably for the best.

This Troper's mother has no issues if I don't have children. I do have sensory issues (which can make being around babies/young children a nightmare) and a pregnancy phobia, so if I do have kids, most likely they'll be adopted.

Inverted for this troper, as I'm the one upset about still being single just shy of 22, while my parents try to console me about waiting.

This Troper's mother has done the following in the pursuit of grandchildren:

Ignore my pleas that I don't like children and don't want any.

Suggest that I marry every female of similar age I've ever come into contact with.

Attempt to set me up with distant relatives, third and fourth cousins, her step-relatives, etc.

When my younger sister invited a large group of her friends to the house for a weekend, she informed me that my room should be clean and neat 'JUST IN CASE' I happened to lure one of them into it for some baby-making.

Attempt to set me up or get my sister to set me up with women who already have a child through adoption or natural means.

Attempt to pawn me off on her single female co-workers (which she has a lot of, thanks to the facility she works at employing dozens and dozens of nurses and nurse's assistants.)

This troper and her mom were merrily driving down the road, when completely out of the blue, she goes, "So when are you gonna give me grandbabies?" I had just turned eighteen at the time, without an SO or even a crush, and no desire for children. No pressure. It doesn't help that the woman is convinced I'm a lesbian.

Hah, the same thing happed to me. The only difference is that it was my grandmother, and she managed to word it more subtly, asking if I was ever going to get married (I'm not, and have never expressed interest in either gender), but otherwise, the story is identical.

Averted with this Troper's friend. Her mother is like a second mother to me and a lot of kids, and has three biological kids to boot... It's no wonder she says "Noooooo grandbabies! Not for several years!" to her kids. xD

This troper comes from a very open and accepting family. Anyone I could bring home would be ok regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, whatever as long as we were happy. This has recently been taken a bit too far by my mother, who told me (I'm 19, a sophomore in high school, and have only had one boyfriend in my life) that any way I wanted to produce grandkids was ok by her - married, unmarried, artificially inseminated, gay male friend, whatever. While I appreciate the support, I think I'll not give up hope on love just yet.

Before I was born, my grandmother (jokingly) bugged my mom about having kids. Her response? "Nine months from next Saturday night, ma." It's become a RunningGag in my family (I've used it on my mom).

This tropers parents want him to have kids, although this troper himself also would eventually like kids (grandparents were family people, parents were family people, so naturally, this troper would be a family guy), so it's all cool.

Subverted by this troper's parents, whose mother constantly tells her since she was 16 years old to think it twice before getting married, let alone have kids, and that if she ever does have children she better hope she has a nice mother-in-law cause her mother won't help her take care of them during their first years. Her father simply doesn't care. This troper wonders how she came to this world (along with two other sisters) with parents like these.

This Troper thought she'd escaped this when her parents finally stopped asking for grandkids, around the time she came out and her older brother starting reproducing. This year, however, the entire extended family of in-laws have started asking after the health of this Troper's uterus...

Not sure where this sits on the aversion/subversion/inversion scale, but my partner's parents ''stopped'' saying this when we started seriously dating. Hmmmm...

My mother averts this. She doesn't like kids, and would be very happy to never have to look after one again. ''Her'' mother, on the other hand, adores babies and ''still'' pesters her about having more -- even though my mother is in her fifties.