Child Free at Christmas

We were on the ball this year when it came to decorating for Christmas.  The past couple of years we drug our feet when it came to decorating.  It's just one of those things that if you aren't in the right mood, or don't have the holiday spirit, you don't really feel like decorating.  Now, once you start it's hard to stop.  You start to get excited for a season that is quite joyous.  One of the cool things about our townhouse, is that we have a fireplace.  With a mantle!  And what else is suppose to go there other than stockings?  This is the second year we have been here and of course we take advantage of having the mantle.  Here's a picture I took of it a couple of days ago. 

My stocking, my wife's stocking, and one for our cat.  That's how we do!  It even has the word 'meow' on the top.  So we can re-use it.  I was going to post it to social media sites, but I didn't want people to get the wrong impression, because at first glance it could be misconstrued for an announcement.  As announcement that could get people really excite.  An announcement that we have no plans for making.  It could be misconstrued for a baby announcement. 

WELL IT'S NOT! 

Just wanted to make that as clear as possible.  I showed my wife this picture and told her that story and her response was what I figured it would have been:  'Good call'.  We high fived.  Being child free always comes with annoying 'when are you having kids?' questions or statements.  We eye roll at people when we have to have this conversation.  There's more to life than breeding.  We joke that for every couple of times we get asked about having kids, we would push it back a year if we ever decided to have them. 

I really wanted to post this picture without having to clarify that it's nothing more than a few stockings, a gas fire place, and a homemade Christmas decoration on the ground (THANKS MOM!).  But I just know that people would see this and freak the fuck out and start typing in all caps because estrogen spikes about baby announcements can only be expressed via capital letters. 



You all ruined it and you didn't even know it.