So I just started reading a new book called What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman.
This is a quote from the prologue::
I love that I am but one of millions of single girls hitting the road by themselves these days. A hateful little ex- boyfriend once said that a house full of cats used to be the sign of a terminally single woman, but now it’s a house full of souvenirs acquired on foreign adventures. He said it derogatorily: Look at all of this tragic overcompensating in the form of tribal masks and rain sticks. But I say that plane tickets replacing cats might be the best evidence of women’s progress as a gender. I’m damn proud of us. Also, since I have both a cat and a lot of foreign souvenirs, I broke up with that dude and went on a really great trip.
Just think about that for a bit.
How freaking awesome is she!?
I must say, the title definitely caught my eye haha! Very inspirational.. especially for women!
Maybe that was the point 😉 haha Thanks!
Been wanting to read this book! Anxious to hear how it turns out!
If that’s just the prologue, then it should be one heck of a book. I cannot wait to get deeper into it
I’m right there with ya! Great post!
Thank you!! 🙂
Haha. I LOVE this. I’ve been married for almost 5 years now and am definitely starting to get a lot of the “Why don’t you have kids? When are you having kids?” questions and I’m just like – “Ain’t nobody got time for that!” Not that kids are the worst thing ever (though sometimes I feel that way), but I have had so many amazing life experiences in the last few years that simply wouldn’t be possible with kids. Someday I probably will have them, but for now I’m taking advantage of all the experiences that are easier/better without them. 🙂
I’m getting them too!! And I’m not even dating anyone! haha!! I keep telling my mom, I’m sure I could find someone to knock me up… She freaks every time hahahaha
I laughed at the book title, but only because it is so true! And now I want to read it.
Do!! Do!!! Then we can have like a blogger book club or some thing haha
Wow, I almost took offense in the title of her book (though I get the message now!) 🙂 I’m European which makes me way more traditional, I guess. I know plenty of young women who manage travel and raising children. I’m actually looking forward to having kids of my own and share my travel experience with them. Having children, or how she says “breeding”, doesn’t necessarily slows women down, at least not in Europe. Children are being valued here 🙂 <3
I want that too!! I think it depends on finding the right person which neither Kristin nor myself have done. Children are valued in America too , but something that is not valued is women independence. If a women wants to take some time to not rush into married life with children and travel the world, she is looked at as crazy almost. I think that’s the point of the quote. It’s not that we don’t want children and to share the world with them, but that Kristin wasn’t ready to settle for that life when she hadn’t found the right person. I hope that makes sense.
It does 🙂 Happy Traveling, Morgan! <3 your blog!
And now I’m just going to have to find the book and read it!!!
I have it on Kindle! Check it out there!! (If you have one and all lol)
I wouldn’t exist without my kindle!!! it seriously is my best friend while traveling… well, my kindle and my laptop both fight for the title 🙂