Craig Robinson and his sister Michelle Obama format their show, IMO, to answer a listener’s question. The issues deal with relationships and the focus is on mental health.
The query, on this episode, has to do with waiting for the guy to decide about having children.
A memory is triggered, as my memories of Burt so frequently are, watching Mrs. Obama talk with Elaine Welteroth.
Burt and I were oldish when we met. Had we been able, would we have had kids?
[Burt really hated that word but he loved little tykes.]
Burt would have wanted us to have a child. Had I been able, yes, I think I would have wanted to share a child with him.
I always erred on the side of not wanting the responsibility. Truly, we might have had very different parenting styles. I know that had we become parents, it would have changed our experience of each other.
Since parenting was not a strong suit, I don’t have to feel the guilt of messing up another person’s life.
We didn’t have to deal with all that bringing up a child involves; that made it possible for us to play together more.
I have no regrets that we couldn’t – I am even glad we did not, but I would have liked having a little Burt.
this is our life 