I'm not ready to tell my mother that I don't plan to have kids. Keeping this secret is hurting our relationship.

The author thinks her mother (not pictured) expects her to have grandchildren, but she has other plans.Abraham Gonzalez Fernandez/Getty Images After a decade of going back and forth, I now k… [+3931 chars]

I'm not ready to tell my mother that I don't plan to have kids. Keeping this secret is hurting our relationship.

I'm not ready to tell my mother that I don't plan to have kids. Keeping this secret is hurting our relationship.

I'm not ready to tell my mother that I don't plan to have kids. Keeping this secret is hurting our relationship.

I'm not ready to tell my mother that I don't plan to have kids. Keeping this secret is hurting our relationship.

I'm not ready to tell my mother that I don't plan to have kids. Keeping this secret is hurting our relationship.