A woman is annoyed with a friend who says she is "lucky" not to have kids – she just thinks she made different life choices.
She has been saving up for a house for a few years and has not found the right person to have kids with, so she does not think she is lucky not to have them.
But her friend, whose marriage recently broke down., finds herself a single mum with four kids so some people have said this could be her way of telling the woman she is struggling.
In a Mumsnet post, she says being called lucky is starting to annoy her.
The woman, who remained anonymous, wrote: "I've chosen not to have kids yet. I'm 27 and haven't met the right person, plus I want to buy my own place first and have been saving up towards a deposit for the last few years.
"My close friend of 10 years has four children. Her marriage broke down a couple of years ago."
She added that she knows it must be difficult for the friend with the ex still looking after the kids occasionally.
"Friend keeps saying that I'm 'lucky' because I don't have children. I wouldn't class myself as lucky, just that we made different life choices. It's starting to annoy me."
In response, many agreed with her that being called "lucky" could be annoying but have suggested this is her friend's way of saying she is struggling with her situation.
One person wrote: "It sounds like she's struggling. Maybe she needs your support?"
While another stated: "I think you're seeing this the wrong way. Her saying you're lucky is shorthand for 'I'm really struggling and if I'd known I would have ended up a single parent I might have made different decisions and sometimes I really wish I had your life'."
A third penned: "It's her way of saying I'm in a situation that I regret putting myself in and I wish, at 27, my life was like yours."
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