Oh Hmmna, people will always "talk." If you're not married, they'll talk. If you get hitched, they'll talk. If you're childless they'll talk. If you're the content parent of one kid, they're ready to talk about your 2nd and 3rd pending installments. If you've a daughter, they'll talk about a pending son. We have to develop a dragon hide much earlier on in the game of life, waaaaay before marriage takes place, Lol.
+1, really hate everyone telling new couples to go and have kids. Or the suggestions to go get a checkup done.
People need to mind their own business
I love kids but wasn’t planning on having them right away…at all. Of course, Allah swt had other plans
My reasons for having kids eventually was to simply see what all the hoopla is…what is it about them that makes people change completely? Forget themselves? So I guess some very romantic reasons that are about to come crashing down around me in a few months - or so everyone keeps making me believe
Did it work? Assuming they're still married....did they stay married b/c they got closer OR b/c they felt trapped due to the kid?
I'm not sure. She used to be in my class at uni. She told me her husband and her are not really on speaking terms anymore and he does his own thing and isn't showing much interest in her (even though they'd only been married like a year). She used to ask me to hangout in the evenings but I refused (it wasn't appropriate) and told her she needs to sit her husband down and have a chat about their future. About a week later after class she told me she had a chat with her husband and he told her he'll make more of an effort to be there for her and work on their marriage. She also said he thinks a kid would bring them closer together and was asking me what I thought. I told her I didn't think it was a good idea for various reasons.
I changed uni in the summer, I kept in touch with her on FB. She ended up having a boy. I deleted my FB shortly after that. It's been around 3yrs since I last spoke to her, so I have no idea how her marriage is going.