“Why don’t you have kids?”

“When are you having another child?”

Nooooo. No. No. No.

These may seem like harmless questions, butthey’re not. They can be incredibly uncomfortable for many people to answer.

Canadian woman Lisa Marie has posted about why questions like this are hurtful, and her tweets have since gone viral.

Them: How old are you? Me: 33. Them: And you don’t have kids? Wow, time to get on that. Me: I’ve had 7 miscarriages. Them: *Looking incredibly uncomfortable* Me: Annnnnnnnnd I hope we’ve learned a lesson in asking inappropriate personal questions.

— Lisa Marie ????️‍???? (@xLiserx) August 12, 2018

The point of her tweet is that questions about having children are never appropriate. She expanded on her point in two further tweets.

Seriously, though: Don’t ask people why they don’t have kids or stopped at one. There can be so many painful, personal reasons why that’s the case. Regardless of your reasons, it’s nobody’s business.

— Lisa Marie ????️‍???? (@xLiserx) August 12, 2018

This is my real life and something I get asked constantly. And it’s never a comfortable conversation the times I have to tackle it.

— Lisa Marie ????️‍???? (@xLiserx) August 12, 2018

Her thread resonated with many people on Twitter, with the original tweet receiving more than 93,000 retweets and more than 418,000 likes.

Losa also inspired others to share their own experiences.

“We had a beautiful baby boy four years ago but he was under size and under weight. He’s the tallest one in his class now. I started telling people who ask about siblings ‘That’s an intrusive question,’ to give them an out before I explain it and then they feel more awkward,” one user replied.

“My partner has PCOS and I have primary infertility. I still get the ‘oh but it might happen still’ from people who think that’s a good way of dealing. Lots of Internet hugs to you for talking about this,” another said.

Unfortunately the tweet also received unsolicited ‘advice’ from others suggesting adoption or fostering, to which Lisa reminded them that was not the point of her thread.

Please don’t hijack this thread to tell me about adoption or fostering because that’s not what the point of the thread is nor does it change my pain and the conversations that never seem to stop from strangers.

— Lisa Marie ????️‍???? (@xLiserx) August 12, 2018

Repeat after us: Someone else’s reproductive history or choices are no one’s business but their own.

Have you ever been on the receiving end of these questions? Tell us what you think about it in the comments below.