Mallory Ortberg Quotes

I see myself being a father, hopefully a husband, but I'm very gun-shy. The older I get, the further the goalpost.

You'll learn that the most worthwhile exercises are preceded by this very human phenomenon, fear. Marriage, parenthood, relationships.

And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right.

I definitely want kids and I want four kids, for sure. But I need to find a husband first!

I've longed for kids since I was very, very young. And so... I'm waiting to find the right person, someone who's willing to take on the job.

While I believe in marriage as an institution, I am also petrified of it.

It's not so much that I ever declared: 'I will never have children.' I just never found the right man to settle down with, so it didn't happen.

I'd love to have children, and I think marriage is great, I really do.

I'm at that point in my life where I definitely want to get married soon. I've got my dogs as surrogates, but I'm ready for kids.

Oh yeah, I think about kids all the time. I feel like the next person I commit to, that's going to be the guy who I'm going to have kids with. That's in my crazy female brain. So that's why I'm like, 'I can't commit.'

I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother.

Maybe I see myself with kids, given the right place and right moment, with the right person.

Marriage is scary to me, man.

My mum wants me to get married - and have children, of course. She's met Gaga; we've been dating a while. We're in a committed relationship, and I'm really happy in my relationship. I'm a very lucky guy. As far as having more of a domestic life and settling down into my relationship, we have to see what happens.

Of course I want to get married and have babies.

I think marriage scares a lot of men.

Everyone talks about how hard it is to have a kid, and that scares you into waiting.

I've never thought about marriage or children.

Marriage does figure in my life, as I do want to have children. But I could also consider having children without getting married. The primary thing is having a good father, a partner who could be there with me through that journey.

I feel like it's a natural progression for two people in love to talk about having children and taking that next step in creating a family.

I did consider marriage and motherhood extreme and doomed commitments. Not out of any experience of them as such, but it was simply the way I looked at things.

I don't have children, and I am not sure if I have wanted them or never wanted them. It's weird not to be able to decide. I don't know if I could stand that kind of commitment, or if I am really honest, I don't think that I could handle being that vulnerable to someone else.

I think marriage, in its loosest sense, is people committing to each other saying I love you and I like being with you and that is wonderful. I don't see the need to formalize it unless you plan to have children and you want the fair distribution of assets.

I definitely, definitely want a family.

I think getting married was a mistake along the way, but at the same time I wouldn't have the wonderful children I have if I didn't get married.