Are infertile people annoying?

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Are infertile people annoying?

In case you're wondering if I'm asking a serious question, I am. Well, you surely know how I stand on the matter but it often feels like society just wants infertile people to shut up and go away about our problems. In fact, I was even called "morally reprehensible" last night for wanting a biological child of my own (of course, I'd made the mistake of looking at the comments on the wonderful Huffington Post blog piece, What Are You, Barren? And then made the additional mistake of engaging in argument with a 19-year-old out to save the world by crushing one infertile's dream at a time, I guess...)

In any event, my latest piece on Squidoo takes the issue to task: Are infertiles annoying? What are the common arguments made as to such (and yes, these are all things I've heard and witnessed personally said.) What are the counter-arguments as to why-not? Where do you stand on the issue? I'd love to get some more people to actually engage in the debate with me.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

honestly i get soo mad when people go off about it like as if we are complaining becuase we didn't get something we wanted for christmas. we are all told that we will be parents, it's just the nature of things. and when you find out a dream of yours has been stolen, damn right you're gonna be pissed. i honestly am not bitter to infertile people,i'm bitter to the ignorant or insensitive people to infertility. there are many treatment centers for anorexia, that is another disorder that could easily be classified in the "get over yourself" class but it is not. granted anorexia kills, but infertility is preventing nature from taking its course. why is it we spend millions of dollars on treatments for a mental disorder yet can't be bothered with something that is legit medically wrong with us.