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Advice for dealing with nosy people over the holidays?

I like to ask "why the sudden interest in my sex life?"
But I've never quite been able to pull it off, lol

On the other hand, one of my aunts is/was infertile (they were NTNA for like 20 years) and I'm afraid that I got her genetics. I'm a little shy to say anything too harsh around her, even though I sometimes want to scream "I'll have babies right after "she" does!"

The problem is that my younger sister is pg (no issues there, I'm jealous, but we are still close) so I'm suuuuuuuuuuure the next question asked by the relatives will be "so when are YOU having one?" I need a good one-liner FOR WELL-MEANIG FAMILY MEMBERS.
I don't want to pull out my "fangs" and unleash on them, like I am perfectly willing to do on rude strangers. I know they don't mean anything by it.
 
For the people in my life who like to go on and on with the "baby this" and "baby that" comments, I eventually got them to tone it down. Really, it's just my father-in-law who's become hypersensitive to everything and really wants grandchildren because for whatever reason, that would make his life complete or bla bla bla.. lol. Anyways, every chance he got, he'd say he couldn't wait to be a grandparent or when were we going to give him grandkids. Once, he went on and on about the moment my husband would become a father and how awesome that'd be and how "when you're looking at that little baby in your arms, your life will change." Yeah, well.. infertility has certainly made some change in my life. Heh.

We eventually quit answering him or let him go on and on talking like a fool and he just gave up, I suppose. The last time we saw him, which was over Thanksgiving, he didn't mention it once. I kept asking my husband after they left if he'd told them not to say anything because I've been so frustrated with DH not going to get a semen analysis (I refuse to do an HSG or laproscopy until he does as I've been checked out "normal" so far). I told him that if his dad started up, I was going to put everything on blast and say if his son would go find out if he's got a problem, then maybe we could give him some grandkids. Luckily for everyone, he never made a peep about babies the whole visit, haha.
 
I've started saying honesly that I can't see me getting pregnant in the near future. It's the truth and hurts but is an answer that can be interpreted as a choice, then quickly change the subject.

My usual answer so far has been we're not ready.
 

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