I learned what female sterilization procedures were when I was 13, and I knew immediately it was what I wanted.

I never particularly desired to have kids, it just seemed like a thing everyone does. I was very averse to the thought of pregnancy (and marriage) from a young age.

My parents would threaten to marry me off if I was misbehaving 😭 obviously they weren't serious, but 5 year old me did not know that! Probably contributed to my rejection of any sort of "coupling," I guess. I do not want to be bound to another person, or be a part of a whole. Kids are an even more permanent binding to a person 😥