More women choosing a childfree life

More women choosing a childfree life

[evanmarshallryanfemali]

A woman who doesn't want children would be perfect for me, because I don't want children.

[ihatemondays]

As a woman who absolutely does not want to have children, I can definitely say it’s frustrating when people make my reproductive status their business. I’ve never liked being around children or taken a liking to caring for them, so why should I get pregnant with something that will make me miserable? It’s my womb, and not anyone else’s.

[KrisWolf]

My daughter has chosen not to have kids. I support her wholeheartedly. It's her choice, there are people out there that have kids yet dont have the capacity to take good care of them!!

[kimcheewee]

As a Catholic, if a priest can enjoy a child-free life why can't I?

[Loneislander]

Childfree here, I grew up in China. I really don't like to see people everywhere. We need to give space back to nature and animals.

[TheChildfreeCurlyGirl]

We're Jamaicans and in our culture you're supposed to be fruitful and multiply. My sister knows the pressure I get being childfree, because she has one kid. They ask her everyday when she'll give my nephew someone to play with. She says her response is always "When you pay for it!" which I find hilarious and quite fitting.
They're there to pressure you but no one wants to help when the kid is here.

[shannon]

I'm child free because I finally realized it was an option in the first place (though I was conditioned to think otherwise).

[peterschwartz]

I love having no children. I get to live my LIFE how I want to. Vacations, new cars, sleep in, save money, work out when I want.

[laurele]

I don't want to have to drive a child to lessons, classes, practices, etc. I want to DO the lessons, classes, and practices myself!

[mikemillzisalwaysbeggingfo]

I hate kids. At 45 and childless, I feel blessed.

[daniellestevens]

To the people who say I'm gonna regret not having kids, when is the regret gonna start? I'm 43. I got sterilized in my twenties because I knew since my teens that I didn't want kids. I have never for one second regretted it. So when's it going to happen? When I'm 60? 80? What is the exact age and time that I'm going to regret this decision and wish I could turn back time and have them?

[madisonthehammer]

What do women get out of kids? A ruined body and a lot of chores the husband most likely won’t even help with! Pass!

[DarthFurie]

Childfree and loving it. Having all my money, time, and energy to myself is exactly how I always pictured my adult life. I love my lifestyle

[clss]

Growing up, my family and I were poor due to the fact that my mother had 8 children. My mom and dad worked so hard to provide for our needs but because they had many kids they couldn't really provide for our wants. Growing up I never had a bed of my own, I would share a bed, sleep on the couch and sleep on the ground. Now that my siblings and I are all grown ups, my older siblings have children and me and my 2 younger siblings are still child free, I'm 24, and I choose not to have kids because I know the struggle that my family went through. I honestly love being childfree, I've never felt so free in my life. Right now I have all the things I never had as a child, my own clothes, my own bed, my own shoes, etc. I'm not selfish, I'm oneself.

[jessicafoster]

No kids here. My life is hectic enough as is. With all the problems facing our world, adding more people to it will only make it worse, not better.

[brandiebraxton]

Motherhood is a tiring and thankless job that is a lifelong commitment. It's cruel and antiquated to guilt women into taking on that massive responsibility, especially when women are immediately blamed when their children misbehave or don't become successful. My mother had 4 of us with little to no help from the fathers, and didn't give us a good upbringing because a mother inherently has to divide her time among all her children, and also among her responsibilities as an adult.
Why aren't men ostracized for their reproductive choices when it's obvious that it takes two to tango? They're lauded for spreading their wild oats but take little ownership of the burdensome child rearing responsibilities. It's a hypocritical system, so no wonder more women are wising up!

[unocarb]

I'm a male that had a vasectomy at a very early age..I love being child free for life!

[HGOsb]

I've never heard anyone say "I want to raise a kind, tenacious and productive citizen who will contribute to society."

[Lioness_Es]

I'm not bragging or boasting, but it's a great life for me. I cannot say what is best for someone else, it's a personal choice that isn't right or wrong.

[anongirl]

There is nothing weird about wanting kids or not wanting them.  Both options are equally valid.  The question is, why is the focus always on childfree *women*...as if all women are supposed to want kids but men aren't?  Total double-standard that needs to die.