We have to agree to disagree. I have never run into any woman who hasn’t been interested to talk about her birth. I was certainly interested to talk about mine. It doesn’t mean everybody wants to provide tons of detail, but so far I’ve never met anybody who wanted to avoid the conversation entirely.

Should I also not ask people about their weddings, birthdays, or other things? Maybe just not talk to people at all, in case one inadvertently brings up something somebody doesn’t want to discuss? Because there actually are some people who have a sensitive spot about something others wouldn’t guess. For instance, people ask me if I have any siblings. Because I recently lost my only one, I may tear up, but I also am happy to talk about her, and I don’t expect people to never ask about my family of origin.

This is why people say they don’t have friends. Literally every single topic except the weather is now verboten, apparently.