(LJ posted this in the wrong place the first time, oops.)
I think that might be misheard as "a child." :) As in, "Do you have children?" "No, I am achilded [a child]."
Back in the olden days, when someone would ask if I had any children and I said no, I often found their follow-up question to be very revealing of their assumptions. Some would assume it was because I was such a career-driven workaholic, others that it was because I couldn't get pregnant. Never did they assume that it might be my husband who didn't want kids--it was always me depriving him of his rightful heirs. One woman actually told me that if I didn't have a child, I would regret it. "I see a lot of women in their 50s without kids, and they are just the most miserable, lonely people." Ick.
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Date: 2006-04-12 08:00 pm (UTC)I think that might be misheard as "a child." :) As in, "Do you have children?" "No, I am achilded [a child]."
Back in the olden days, when someone would ask if I had any children and I said no, I often found their follow-up question to be very revealing of their assumptions. Some would assume it was because I was such a career-driven workaholic, others that it was because I couldn't get pregnant. Never did they assume that it might be my husband who didn't want kids--it was always me depriving him of his rightful heirs. One woman actually told me that if I didn't have a child, I would regret it. "I see a lot of women in their 50s without kids, and they are just the most miserable, lonely people." Ick.