A Web Site For Toronto Mommies

Published February 7, 2009 @ 16:31 by Tania in Being Mommy

I went for a run this morning with a group of women, most of whom are childless. I gained some valuable insight into why some women don't want to be mothers.

Now I know motherhood isn't for everyone. I even know some mothers who really should have stayed childless, but I think it would be mean to point it out to them now.

The reason these women shirked motherhood was shocking. They were concerned about what pregnancy would do to them physically. Sagging breasts, stretch marks, and widening hips repulse them so much that they don't want to be mothers.

See? Now I know the difference between mothers and non-mothers. I never thought my body was great to begin with, so I never worried about the scars of motherhood (a nice this way of saying stretch marks, sagging breasts and big hips).

As a society we may be in trouble, in theory, because the least perfect of our species are the ones reproducing.

Or society's current obsessions with looks are out of line with evolution.

Either way I figure these women are missing out on a lot just to look "hot" a little longer. Because let's face it, your looks will fade. But motherhood is forever. And plastic surgery is becoming more affordable!