Sometimes I feel like I'm caught between different worlds. I don't really fit with the single crowd since I'm married. And yet, I feel like I don't fit with the married crowd either as most of them either have kids or are planning to have them. Having grown up overseas, a "Third-Culture-Kid", I've often felt out of place my entire life. In a sense, I feel sad that I continue to feel out of place even as an adult. Yet I am 100% convinced that I have made the right choice for me. Perhaps that is what helps me during the times I feel out-of-it. My favorite quote is "I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe."
I love that expression...it describes how I feel as well at times!
ReplyDeleteTwiga, I complete understand this sentiment. I am omni-racial, childfree, s Generation X child and I don't attend any kind of church. I too am used to being on the fringe of the mainstream, rather on the outside looking in at times. I am not going to do it quietly any more!
ReplyDeleteHang in there. It will get a little easier as the years roll by. I would suggest investing time and energy in making new childfree friends with a group like No Kidding, the international social club for couples and singles. Or, perhaps you can put some feelers out there to start one for childfree Christians.