Why do people assume it's just a phase.

So I really don't want children. I don't hate them I don't even mind being around them. I just don't have a maternal bone in my body. The way I love animals doesn't really equate to how much I like children. I love animals more, I always wanted to be a cat lady since I was 12. Yet people assume I want children, or will just grow outta it, I'm 19 now. I still feel the same. My mother was trying to pressure me into wanting to be a SAHM and a mother and I never liked that life. It's not really just a phase for me. I don't like being around small children for long periods of time. Don't wanna babysit, not saying I wouldn't make a good mother. But it's not something that interest me. I don't like being told that it's selfish to not want a child.

When it's more selfish to have children you don't want and bring them into a world where they're born into resentment.

I know so many mother's who just want the cutesy baby photos and the infant phase where they're completely dependent and can't form their own opinions.

I know mother's who only want children because they expect something outta of it. Even tho it's not something you can really get out of it. It's a giving job.

I know mother's who only wanted a child to keep a partner.

And I know mother's who have a fetish for having children because it's almost like being a god or deity able to create life in their eyes.

These are equally as selfish.