If you’re a nonparent, it can be daunting to admit you don’t give a fuck about child-related things. People’s feelings about their children are so emphatic and visceral (and occasionally irrational) that it can be hard to accurately predict whether—in your quest to not give a fuck about toddler birthday parties—you are going to hurt someone’s feelings, or whether that person will accept your difference of opinion and let you off the hook.
