This is pretty great to hear, thank you. I've never wanted children, but I always assumed someday that whole biological clock thing would happen and I'd suddenly want kids, but…it didn't. I'm now almost 40, and I'm more than happy to just be an aunt. All of my friends get it (even the ones with kids of their own), but it's easy to start feeling like a leper when pretty much everyone—especially doctors—assumes there must be some horribly sad reason why I don't have children.
I was really a bit shocked by Morrissey's mention in Autobiography that he'd considered having a child (excuse me, I mean a "mewling miniature monster"), and it does surprise me when he brings kids on stage. Of course, it also surprises me that their parents put them there! I guess it's different nowadays, though...kids do so many things with their parents that I can't imagine happening 30 years ago.
I didn't want children either and everyone always kept saying, "OH! You'll change your mind...blah-blah-blah." (Isn't that the most annoying thing ever?!) While I do love my children, I want to pull my hair out a lot. I also spend a lot of time wondering where I'd be if I wasn't presently a part-time worker, full-time stay-at-home mom...with hardly any support system. I understand when someone says "Nope. No kids for me!" I never say, "You'll change your mind," but I
may joke that they may "have an accident one day." I think it's swell when people avoid parenthood, especially if they already know it's probably not their cup of tea.
When I found out Moz's stance on kids, I thought, "THANK GOD! A man after my own heart!" LOL! I know exactly from where he's coming on that choice. And, yes, it shocked me a ton when he mentioned the whole "mewling miniature monster" in the autobiography. My jaw dropped and I went, "WHAT?!" I think I actually put the book down and stepped away. Haha! Didn't expect that. I still can't figure out why everyone was talking about Jake, but no one mentioned the Dehghani-bomb.
As for the kids being put on stage by their parents, I wouldn't have a prob doing it IF my kid
wanted to go up there. However, my son went to Fall Out Boy a bit ago and met Pete Wentz backstage and my boy was sooooo socially awkward that it was embarrassing. Luckily, Pete was cool because his kid is shy, too. I'm pretty sure that, if Moz held out his hand and begged for my son to get up there on stage, my son would shake his head and probably vomit at being made a spectacle of. He has a shyness that is criminally vulgar. Hahahahaha!