No kids, please.

So today the trains haven't annoyed me. Yet. And I am typing this as a rush of passengers enter from the forever-crowded Eunos station.

Don't think this good feeling will stay this way today, seeing as I have a bit of work to clear later. And it's Friday. TT

Had dinner with Bec and Jac again on Wednesday. And with Geraldine last week. The common thread? Kids.

Not that I am gonna have one anytime soon. Or ever.

It's just that it is the time of our lives where people start talking about families.

The most memorable part of each conversation?

To Geraldine: I hate kids. They all look the same and none of them look cute to me. I do feel kinda disappointed in myself cos I don't have that feeling that others have towards children, but I think it is safe to conclude that I think children will not enhance my life.

To Jac and Bec: If I have a kid, he or she can jolly well enter whatever school there is to enter. No volunteering from me or me having to seek out some expensive elite school for him or her. No easy life for my kid - he or she needs to learn resilience.

Hahahahaha.

Well, I am not ready for a kid! And so shouldn't anyone else be if they are still going for gelish manicures (waste of time and money) or if they are thinking of overseas holidays!

I no longer believe in the one-day-I-want-to-be-married-and-have-kids strain of thought. I used to think that way, but now that I am older and wiser, I also know that I am selfish that way.

As I am typing this, a kid is shaking his rattle. It annoys me and I can't enjoy my music without interruption. If that were my kid, I'd have already smacked him till he bawled, dragged him out of the train and left him with the station control. I am not kidding. Kids should not be conspicuous. They should shut themselves up and listen.

See? I totally do not have the motherly genes.

And another matter that irks me is how parents, especially Asian parents, expect their kids to repay them in old age.

Yes, we should be grateful to our parents cos it is not easy being a parent. In Singapore, it means wiping out your life savings for something that you cannot guarantee.

But that don't mean the parents get to turn into children as soon as they reach 50.

They are perfectly capable of living their lives and being independent, but they act as if their children owe them a debt of slavery.

If you are gonna start blaming your kids for your lost youth, freedom and wealth when you get old, then you have not thought thoroughly about the consequences of having children.

So. I will not subject myself to such circumstances. I ain't gonna put myself on a pedestal and be some supermom with grand dreams for her kids. I don't. I have grand dreams for myself.

Don't be hating on me. This is just my decision. You go ahead and have kids. I ain't stopping you. You have the right to that decision.

Just as I have the right to my own thoughts and opinions, alright? ;)

Happy Friday.