The writer struggles with telling her longtime best friend, Emma, that she does not want children, despite Emma's continuous hopes for them to have babies simultaneously. After years of silence on the subject, the writer realizes that now is the moment to express her true feelings to preserve their friendship. She plans to communicate her decision gently, suggesting that even though she won't have children, she would love to be a fun aunt figure in Emma's life, thus presenting an alternative way of maintaining their bond while honoring Emma's dreams.
I've been best friends with "Emma" since we were small children. Since we were about 11, she's been going on about how she wants us to have babies at the same time.
Now that we're adults, she's still talking about it, only she now mentions it as though it's something that will happen in the near future. I don't want to crush her dreams, but I do not want a baby.
The time has come to break it to her. Even if you don't want to tell her you've been lying to her for several years... you could frame it like this.
I know we've always discussed having babies at the same time, and I hate to crush that dream, but I wanted to be honest with you.
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