More and more adults are choosing not to have children. According to a 2021 Pew survey, 44% of non-parents in the U.S. say that they won’t or are not at all likely to have children someday. It is a big life decision that can impact your friendships and relationships in the long term. Once people have children, they might have less in common with their friends who are not parents.
One Redditor experienced this possible rift with her own friends. As she was out with them – one who’s a parent and the other who’s pregnant – an interesting argument broke out. The friends called out the OP for not responding maternally to a crying baby, calling her “heartless.” Wanting to check if her reaction was as inappropriate as her friends claimed, she turned to the Internet.
Some people might argue that dessert is the best part of a meal at a restaurant
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But this woman didn’t get to enjoy hers because her friends called her out for ignoring a crying baby
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The OP gave more context about the friendship, her choice to be child-free, and what dessert she was eating
The consensus among the commenters was NTA
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