I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life Without Kids Free Download

I CAN BARELY TAKE CARE OF MYSELF: TALES FROM A HAPPY LIFE WITHOUT KIDS FREE DOWNLOAD

The stories themselves aren't funny or even particularly entertaining. Whether living rent-free in her childhood bedroom while trying to break into comedy the best free birth control around, she saysor taking the stage at major clubs and joining a hit TV show-and along the way getting married, divorced, and attending excruciating afternoon birthday parties for her parent friends-Jen is completely happy and fulfilled by her decision not to procreate. Well, what kind of shows do you watch? Parenthood can be very rewarding, but let's face it, so are margaritas at the adults-only pool. And I got I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life without Kids feeling deep down inside that almost brought tears to my eyes. If someone at a party said they were going to write an essay about learning French, I would nod politely and then politely excuse myself and then politely adjourn to the parking lot where I would politely douse myself and gasoline and burn myself to death. This is a light, fun read for those of us who are happy with our choice. Jen's stand-up routine includes lots of jokes about not having kids and some about masturbation and Johnny Deppafter which complete strangers constantly approach her and ask, 'But who will take care of you when you're old? From my Cannonball Read V review Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. I already know where the story ends, and I know that this book isn't about someone who had her face melted off or something. We got that out of our system in our twenties, so now it's just the time to settle down. View all 3 comments. I would be a kick ass grandmother. I saw Jen Kirkman on Conan a few weeks back and she was very funny I had no knowledge of her from the Chelsea Handler shows. However, I am fully aware that other women don't feel the same way. It sounded to me more like a place for free spirits who knew that even if they loved where they were one moment, that could change tomorrow. Now I'm sad I spent money on this whiny, unfunny, boring and frustrating memoir. You're not funny, Jen Kirkman. We do not have to be married to ensure economic security. While I, unlike Jen, do want kids some day, I have apparently hit the age 30 where others find it socially acceptable to 1 ask me if I am seeing someone and when I say that I am single 2 not-so-kindly point out that I better find someone if I want to have kids before I am too old! Join Goodreads. Her nasal voice got on my nerves about halfway through. Aug 10, Darin rated it it was ok. But it just annoyed me. I think this is a funny lady who can write a really funny book. Still, it's nice that somebody with a sense of humor tackled this topic. People who have kids do not realize how horribly evil and rude they are when they start questioning a woman about her life choice and then get extremely pissy when the woman they are, basically, bullying gets defensive or tells them off. Fun read, I was laughing out loud on my commute. Related Articles. Why not? Ironically Jen claims I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life without Kids preach tolerance and personal choice when she bluntly criticizes people who chose I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life without Kids have kids. Then, however, we fell into the classic memoir trap: Let's go back WAY too far in time to when I was 20 and discuss how I wasted my time getting a worthless degree and hanging with college kids. And I did for a bit. I would recommend this to others who, like me, are child-free by choice and want a little validation. I am finally old enough that people have quit telling me that I'll change my mind about having kids. People ultimately just love to stick their noses where they don't belong. While the early chapters were interesting, she really gets into the meat of the different ways childfree folks find themselves in uncomfortable situations. Maybe I should write a book too Do you have some psychic insight into my future? If you have any reservations to explicit material, this book is not for you. I admit the first few chapter I can not recall exactly how I found about this book, I remember reading a passage about people saying "but you'd be a great mom" and thinking that that was the most ridiculous way to convince someone to have kids. I got nervous one time after taking Benadryl three nights in a row to fall asleep. I got the job but my new boss took me aside to explain the office dress code. The book is divided up into chapters which are titled accordingly: they are questions or statements related to motherhood that Jen Kirkman has heard countless times such as, "But you'd make such a good mother" and "who's going to take care of you when you're older? I've found myself somewhat a fan of memoirs written by female comedians and comedy writers. Thanks girl, for saving me the time. What the fuck am I going to do with a kid? While the early chapters were interesting, she I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life without Kids gets into the meat of the different I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life without Kids childfree folks find themselves in uncomfortable situations. My friend Shannon, who has two children, says that the judgment never ends. Besides, he has children and I've made it quite clear that I don't want to be a mom and I don't want to be stepmom either. Just one, though, because it then started recommending I read nothing but lesbian erotica. I smile at toddlers. This book was pretty funny at times, but I think I would have liked it better as a chapter rather than a whole book. That's not true. Maybe the situation is bizarre, and that can help. Well, what kind of shows do you watch? Read an excerpt of this book! Full disclosure: when I first heard about this book I got annoyed for two reasons. Even before I became a parent, I knew I never wanted to be one of those mothers who starts every other sentence with, "As a mother Error rating book. Oh no. I'm glad Kirkman is happy with her choice, and I'm sorry she's been so badgered by other people that she's had to write a book to defend herself. Parenthood can be very rewarding, but let's face it, so are margaritas at the adults-only pool.