Charissa Thompson

created a lot of mistrust and a lot of heartache and a lot of things that came from those experiences in marriage that I was like, oh, I don't want to attach myself to something that I can't detach from. And that's a big statement, right? I can get a divorce. I can walk away from those marriage, but I can't walk away from children. And I always wanted to have kids.

I mean, I grew up, I was a nanny. I babysat the neighbor kids when I was 11 years old, first of all. They gave me, they gave an 11 year old, a nine month old baby. So you're welcome. And I watched them all the way to the time until I graduated high school. So for seven years and three kids later, I would travel with them. I would go, you know, go over to their house every day and watch their kids.

I mean, I grew up, I was a nanny. I babysat the neighbor kids when I was 11 years old, first of all. They gave me, they gave an 11 year old, a nine month old baby. So you're welcome. And I watched them all the way to the time until I graduated high school. So for seven years and three kids later, I would travel with them. I would go, you know, go over to their house every day and watch their kids.

I mean, I grew up, I was a nanny. I babysat the neighbor kids when I was 11 years old, first of all. They gave me, they gave an 11 year old, a nine month old baby. So you're welcome. And I watched them all the way to the time until I graduated high school. So for seven years and three kids later, I would travel with them. I would go, you know, go over to their house every day and watch their kids.

My mom did daycare growing up because she wanted to stay home with us. So I was always around kids. So I was like, it wasn't, I played baby dolls. I always had this idea that I was going to have kids. I was going to have three boys and one girl and she was going to be the last and the youngest, the big brothers would take care of her. Okay. All of that.

My mom did daycare growing up because she wanted to stay home with us. So I was always around kids. So I was like, it wasn't, I played baby dolls. I always had this idea that I was going to have kids. I was going to have three boys and one girl and she was going to be the last and the youngest, the big brothers would take care of her. Okay. All of that.

My mom did daycare growing up because she wanted to stay home with us. So I was always around kids. So I was like, it wasn't, I played baby dolls. I always had this idea that I was going to have kids. I was going to have three boys and one girl and she was going to be the last and the youngest, the big brothers would take care of her. Okay. All of that.

I also thought I was going to live happily ever after and have a beautiful white wedding and a marriage that lasted 45 years like my parents had been married. None of that happened. So for me, it went back to control where I can at least control. If I can't control the outcome of these marriages, I can control that I'm not going to.

I also thought I was going to live happily ever after and have a beautiful white wedding and a marriage that lasted 45 years like my parents had been married. None of that happened. So for me, it went back to control where I can at least control. If I can't control the outcome of these marriages, I can control that I'm not going to.

I also thought I was going to live happily ever after and have a beautiful white wedding and a marriage that lasted 45 years like my parents had been married. None of that happened. So for me, it went back to control where I can at least control. If I can't control the outcome of these marriages, I can control that I'm not going to.

to bring a child into the world and i don't want to have to if god forbid me and the person that had the baby together got separated that i'd have to share that child like there's all of these other things that can happen when you have a child and for me it was about the control which sounds crazy like oh my god but i based off i think it sounds rational is what it sounds based off it does not sound crazy it sounds rational

to bring a child into the world and i don't want to have to if god forbid me and the person that had the baby together got separated that i'd have to share that child like there's all of these other things that can happen when you have a child and for me it was about the control which sounds crazy like oh my god but i based off i think it sounds rational is what it sounds based off it does not sound crazy it sounds rational

to bring a child into the world and i don't want to have to if god forbid me and the person that had the baby together got separated that i'd have to share that child like there's all of these other things that can happen when you have a child and for me it was about the control which sounds crazy like oh my god but i based off i think it sounds rational is what it sounds based off it does not sound crazy it sounds rational

Okay. Well, thank you for making me feel, because sometimes I'm like, am I the same way? I'm never going to get married again. And everyone's like, oh, come on. You can't let those experiences in the past ruin this. I go, yeah, I can. Because you guys didn't go through the hell that I went through in those. And I take responsibility too, for the outcome, right?

Okay. Well, thank you for making me feel, because sometimes I'm like, am I the same way? I'm never going to get married again. And everyone's like, oh, come on. You can't let those experiences in the past ruin this. I go, yeah, I can. Because you guys didn't go through the hell that I went through in those. And I take responsibility too, for the outcome, right?

Okay. Well, thank you for making me feel, because sometimes I'm like, am I the same way? I'm never going to get married again. And everyone's like, oh, come on. You can't let those experiences in the past ruin this. I go, yeah, I can. Because you guys didn't go through the hell that I went through in those. And I take responsibility too, for the outcome, right?

This isn't just like, oh, all of these things happened to me. I was a participant in the chaos and the outcome of these things. So let me regain control. And I've done a lot of work on myself to just be a better version of myself and knowing that like I can be in a relationship and not have to get married and I can be in a relationship and not have to have children.

This isn't just like, oh, all of these things happened to me. I was a participant in the chaos and the outcome of these things. So let me regain control. And I've done a lot of work on myself to just be a better version of myself and knowing that like I can be in a relationship and not have to get married and I can be in a relationship and not have to have children.

This isn't just like, oh, all of these things happened to me. I was a participant in the chaos and the outcome of these things. So let me regain control. And I've done a lot of work on myself to just be a better version of myself and knowing that like I can be in a relationship and not have to get married and I can be in a relationship and not have to have children.

And the only reason I got married the last time was because that person had never been married and they wanted to get married. I didn't even want to get married again, but I did it for them. And so I'm like, I'm done making decisions because somebody else wants that. So I am very comfortable in the decision not to have children. And I get that maternal instinct now with these animals that I have.