tiffany bates posted a reel that went something like, "don't you want to enjoy your 20s before having a baby?" followed by a picture of her baby with the caption "me finally enjoying my 20s":
it's hard to see bc the letters are white. anyway i'm sighing deep and heavily.
and it has nothing to do with enjoying parenthood or fulfilling that dream if that's what you want. maybe that's all she meant by it and sure, fine, bad wording but ok. it's just that, for a Christian female influencer, it feels like saying the quiet part out loud, the thing that is both directly and indirectly taught to you your whole life, which is that neither you nor your life will ever be complete unless you have a kid.
i struggle with this notion of not enjoying your life unless you're a parent for a few reasons, but mainly because my mind goes to the women reading this that want to be parents but can't for whatever reason, especially the Christian ones (Micheal Bates for example). like what a punch in the gut, especially if it was something you already subconsciously believed to be true, and now it's just reinforcing the idea that your life can never be full and complete without being a parent.
i don't know, at the end of the day she and lawson have said way more egregious things obviously. and i just don't care enough to assume she's purposefully trying to come across a certain way (although it wouldn't surprise me bc she and lawson regularly rage bait for engagement), just.........sigh.
