tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947970258738180998.post826582294536230258..comments2023-07-23T04:34:27.321-04:00Comments on A Fifth Season: Leaving the Tablecaitsmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12526920268165723942noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947970258738180998.post-62730189588243356562012-01-15T05:48:47.751-05:002012-01-15T05:48:47.751-05:00I read this shortly after you'd published it a...I read this shortly after you'd published it and I've been thinking about it ever since. I have to acknowledge that I don't know what it is like to be in the situation that you find yourself in. But reading this post made me wince in recognition. Because I WAS sweet 20-something (with the possible exception of her interest in everyone, probably more focused on meeting my own needs by opening these discussions) but I was so interested in children and I loved talking about them. I certainly considered them a 'safe' topic. And now I would never ask someone about their children, unless they volunteered certain information first, because I don't even know how to count my own. How on earth is can still be considered 'safe' territory given how terribly, terribly painful it has the potential to be I just don't know. And because it is considered to be a topic without any danger it creeps in everywhere, at work, shop assistants, it seems to be inescapable. So painful and I don't know how to make peace either.Catherine Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618295389400457254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947970258738180998.post-83807713943094437862012-01-13T06:44:23.254-05:002012-01-13T06:44:23.254-05:00I really wish the "how many children do you h...I really wish the "how many children do you have" or "is this your first" or any delve into one's personal childbearing history would not be considered "safe" talk I'm sorry you had to sit through this AGAIN.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740847681453723883noreply@blogger.com