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childfree2017-06-02 02:22 pm
wolfpurplemoon) wrote in childfree2017-06-02 02:22 pm
Welcome to Childfree!
Introduce yourself here - I'm a 32 year old British cis woman in a long term relationship and am steadfastly childfree and have no plans to ever change my mind on that!
I'd love to see posts about your experiences as a childfree person, how you deal with the inevitable bingoes (especially if you are married/in a LTR) and any rants and raves you have about negotiating a world that seems to worship pregnancy and parenthood. Hey even let us know all the fun things you get up to that you couldn't manage with a kid or two in tow!
One thing I ask though is no slurs against people who have children or against the children themselves, there are some especially nasty stuff slung at parents, especially mothers and we'll have none of that sort of misogyny (and sometimes racism tbh) here.
I'd love to see posts about your experiences as a childfree person, how you deal with the inevitable bingoes (especially if you are married/in a LTR) and any rants and raves you have about negotiating a world that seems to worship pregnancy and parenthood. Hey even let us know all the fun things you get up to that you couldn't manage with a kid or two in tow!
One thing I ask though is no slurs against people who have children or against the children themselves, there are some especially nasty stuff slung at parents, especially mothers and we'll have none of that sort of misogyny (and sometimes racism tbh) here.
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I like children and even volunteer with them, but I have no desire to have any of my own. I'm fond of being able to give them back at the end of the day/week/whatever period. Also pregnancy sounds so not fun.
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Do you find you get a lot of people questioning your choice as you work with children?
I agree that kids you can hand back are the best kind!
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That said I've not told my family, and they can be very traditional in their views, so I'm pretty sure they think at some point I'm going to up and find a man to marry and provide them with at least one grandchild/[insert other appropriate name for my offspring here]. In reality it's possible none of those things will be true.
What I tend to find irritating at the moment is the automatic assumption that I want children. Or in one special case, that I already have children.
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