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" A lot of relationships have ended for me in my 20s, because I knew that eventually those people would wanna settle down and have kids. "
Down
Settle
Relationships
" As a woman of a certain age - and really, ever since I hit puberty and my baby-making parts were suddenly subject to public debate - I've been told over and over again that I will 'change my mind' about not wanting kids. "
Age
Woman
Will
" Asking questions about why I don't want kids is really none of your business, but at least it's a dialogue. "
Questions
Asking Questions
Business
" At first, there was a separation of clubs and sketch comedy. Now there's all kinds of comedy, making us one big happy family. "
Now
Happy
Family
" By the time I started doing stand-up, the club scene had died. "
Started
Time
Scene
" Childfree women are actually great assets to the planet. Our carbon footprint is smaller than a mom's! And we have enough money to write checks to organizations that help kids get vaccinations, vitamins, and educations yet have plenty of free time to advise your daughter that one day she will regret piercing her lip. "
Day
Daughter
Great
" Couples without kids have each other, their friends, families, and Siri to talk to. It's not like they're quarantining themselves in an underground bunker, never to take a romantic stroll on the beach or attend a Morrissey concert ever again. They're just using birth control. "
Birth
Friends
Beach
" Don't overpack your carry-on. You're never going to read that second book or that fourth magazine. "
Going
Your
Magazine
" Have you ever tried to talk to a baby or a toddler? They never look you square in the eyes, they know about three words, and God forbid they ever ask you how you're doing. It's all about them! "
Eyes
Look
Know
" I actually like, love, and respect myself, and I try not to take anything too seriously. "
Respect
Love
Myself
" I'd love to be a hit in Germany. I'm working on trying to get a gig as David Hasselhoff's opening act. "
Trying
Working
Opening
" I have memories of my grandfather Kirkman making mashed potatoes that were so good because they tasted like a bowl of butter. I love my mom's brownies. My favorite thing about both of those recipes is that someone else made them for me. "
Memories
Love
Good
" I have this idyllic love life, but my mind just won't accept that. I would like to bring a new guy home every night. I try to make humor out of that situation. "
Humor
Home
Life
" I'm not a big fan of young people. "
Young
Young People
Fan
" Improv requires one thing I lack that I think most mothers need - the basic instinct to put someone else first. "
Think
Need
Mothers
" I'm very big into just feeling good and doing what I want; I'm not very calculated or thoughtful about my moves. "
Doing
Feeling
Good
" Instead of saving for someone else's college education, I'm currently saving for a luxury retirement community replete with golf carts and handsome young male nurses who love butterscotch. "
Education
Community
College
" I rarely have out-of-town visitors because you have to do things like take them around L.A. "
Like
Take
You
" Parenthood can be very rewarding, but let's face it, so are margaritas at the adults-only pool. "
Parenthood
Face
Pool
" People think anything done from a woman's perspective is only going to appeal to women. "
Think
Perspective
People
" Sitcoms are what got me excited about show business. "
Show Business
Show
Me
" There are a lot of things I might be good at, such as competitive figure skating, window washing from ten stories up, and being an open heart surgeon. I might also make an excellent Kamikaze pilot - except for the fact that I don't want to learn how to fly and have no interest in taking my own life on behalf of Japan. "
Learn
Window
Heart
" The urge that most people feel to have kids is the exact same as the urge that I have to not have kids. I do not want to raise a child. "
People
Most
Feel
" Use your passport for domestic trips, so that way you don't risk losing your license. "
Way
Losing
Passport
" We have to get women's stories out there so a guy will read it, laugh, and think, 'I'm not laughing at a chick story but a story.' "
Laugh
Women
Guy
" What they call 'alt-comedy' now is basically what comedy was like in the '80s. People tried different things, and everybody went to the clubs; there was no other place. Then somehow, the clubs became infiltrated by Dice Clay and Carrot Top types. "
Comedy
Place
People
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