My mom told me in a phone conversation that she thinks I will only have one child, because that is all she thinks I could handle with my level of patience. Are you kidding me? Couldn't there be a nicer way to word that? Christ, I all ready have fears of parenting (I have been told this is completely normal). Then she told me she thinks my twin sister should have a third child and could do a wonderful job as a mom of three. I am really upset by all of this.
My youngest sister had a child too young. My mother CONVINCED her to keep it, and not give it up for adoption because she would never be able to get over it. Several years later, the state took her child away. It really pisses me off that my mother thinks I am beneath my heroin addicted little sister as far as parenting skills go. I know I should probably consider the source, but, I could be pregnant already, and I don't need to hear from someone close to me that this next step is probably something I can't handle.
She could have said, "You have plenty of time to figure out how many children you want to have. If you want one, that is fine, if you want more, you can always decide that, down the road." Seriously, if it weren't for my sister, I'd have lost my shit, with my family, years ago. Just venting, sorry.