You have one life to live and it goes by quickly. Don’t spend it trying to make your parents comfortable with the things that fulfill you. They’ve lived different lives, in a different time, and they are not you.
I get it can be difficult to resist at times. The choice to not have kids was one of those for me, knowing I’m an only child and my mom wanted to be a grandma very badly. I still haven’t told her I got a vasectomy after the fall of Roe, and I probably won’t — since it’s my body and not hers.
Just remember that this is your life, not theirs. Happiness is a precious thing, even in the best of circumstances, so don’t cheat yourself out of a single moment’s happiness just because you’re not sure your parents would approve or make the same choices.
