What in the world? People are assuming that you have children? What?
I get that in the South basically everyone my age has at least one kid if not like...3 or 4 by this point, but...I am not one of them. The thought of being responsible for a human life other than my own downright terrifies me.
But they always ask like they just know and it trips me up because I start to think, "Wait, did I have kids? Where are they? Did I leave them at daycare or something? Oh god, I'm a terrible parent!"
Then I remember that I definitely do not have any children and I calm down but am still freaked out because...??????
Anyone who's ever talked to me for five seconds can probably tell, "Ohhh...she would not be a good parent at all..." so why people just...steam roll ahead with that, Idk.
What's weirder was that it really was like she was just...insisting that I be nurturing to someone. It's like, "Oh, well you don't have kids, but...you have younger family members you take care of?"
Idk. Maybe she just misunderstood and really thought I gave some kind of signal like, "Oh yeah, lemme tell you how I know about the struggles of being a parent!" but...pretty sure I just smiled politely and made a noise and kept focused on checking her in. Nowhere in there was I like, "Oh yeah, tell me about it!!!" so...I dunno. But sadly it's not the first time someone's assumed that. Sigh.