How should I handle this?
We’ve been together 5 years and married for a couple of those. I love him so much. He’s my very best friend.
What’s the issue? I went from having a strong desire to be a mother, to not wanting kids at all. I’m 24F and he’s 25M. My career is demanding and I leave work emotionally drained every day. The economy sucks and I don’t see it getting better any time soon. I like having alone time, blowing money by eating out when we have groceries, and just doing what I want to do. What I’ve realized in the last year or so is that becoming a mother would ruin most, if not all of that.
So here’s the issue, when my husband and I started dating, he told me he was indifferent towards having kids. I always felt like the choice would be left up to me and he’d be fine either way. But now that I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t want any kids, I feel like he’s going to be let down. I don’t know what to do or how to have this conversation with him.
TL;DR – Don’t want kids anymore. Not sure how to tell my husband.