Why You Need to Stop Asking Couples When They’re Having Babies

There’s really no benefit to asking, and it just makes for awkwardness. You’re not doing any favors here.

3. There’s nothing wrong with waiting

There’s nothing wrong with having kids right away, and there’s nothing wrong with waiting. Every couple is in a different situation — job-wise, finance-wise, health-wise, and the list goes on. My husband and I have been prayerful in our decision to wait a little while. And when it’s God’s timing, it’s God’s timing. For some, that’s sooner than others. Some have gone as far as to call us selfish for waiting a whopping two or three years to have kids. That’s craziness, people.

Respect other couples’ choices to wait if it’s what’s best for them. Parenthood is a wonderful gift, and I can’t wait to experience it. But condescending remarks about how we’re wrong for waiting just aren’t going to help anything.