A handful of years ago, I was sitting in a hairdresser’s chair when she asked me a question I felt wasn’t mine to answer. We were new to each other, but I’ve noticed that when someone is touching your head, you start telling each other intimate stories quite early in the relationship.
She was pregnant with her first child and I was delighted for her. She asked if I had children and I said (excited to have an excuse to reach for the photos on my phone), “Not only a daughter, but a granddaughter!”
After the correct amount of “oohs” and “ahhs”, she asked, “Would you like more grandchildren?” I was stumped by the question and internally did one of those cartoon-dog bewildered head shakes with a “Whaaat?” sound effect. This seemed like a thing I should not have an opinion on.
I’m all for parents planning their families, and I appreciate mums and dads might have a specific dream for one or two or more little darlings, but envisioning myself with a certain number of grandkids was not something that had ever occurred to me. It wasn’t like it was a goal I could work on with planning and effort – this was entirely out of my hands.
“I’ll take whatever I’m given,” I told her – and now, a few years later, I am delighted to have been given two.
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