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40 Hilarious Memes That Perfectly Sum Up What Being Childfree Is Like
Fifty years ago, things were different, people would get married and have children in their twenties, buy a house and seemingly have their life figured out. But times have changed. Today, with an overcrowded planet and a focus on careers, many people in the West choose not to have children or they delay starting a family. More than 1 in 5 US adults don't want kids.
If your phone's photo collection is brimming with images of puppies and cats rather than snapshots of little humans, this post will likely strike a chord with you. The subreddit 'Child-Free Memes' and the Instagram page 'Child Free Memes' are all about the pleasures of a life untouched by diapers and tantrums.
So kick back, grab yourself a cup of coffee, and enjoy our new curated selection from these pages. As Samantha from 'Sex and the City' once said, this place is for double cappuccinos, not for double strollers.
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Michael Braisher 3 years ago
Well that was the Old Testament from before Christianity and Jesus began with the New Testament. So you could say having a Son chilled God out and put him on a whole fresh way of doing things!
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Shocker, But It Has To Be Said
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Anytime They Ask
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The Doom Song 3 years ago
More people need to respect our decision to not have kids. Also mine are in all colours
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Italy vs. The Wiggles
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago (edited)
Don’t we, you know, pity animals whose entire life is finding food and producing offspring? And don’t we spay them when we adopt them? And when we spay them, don’t we say, “this is wonderful, now she can relax and enjoy HER life, and play with toys and bask in the sun, and NOT have to spend her entire existence producing babies!” So why don’t we afford ourselves the same grace of opinion?
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Democracy
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They Are Irritating
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Atleast 3 Money
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Hehe
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So Good
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
Aren’t animals God’s children as well? Why are human children > animals in God’s eyes?
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Turn Abouts Fair Play
Spanish Cat 3 years ago
When my family didn't really want a cat (we lived in a rented home, so it would be hard transporting it) a flea-ridden, but cute street cat entered our home. We sterilized him, de-flea'd him and he just stayed in our home.
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Lakota Wolf (she/her) 3 years ago
My mom: "I wanted your sister to have a sibling." Gee, thanks, Mom. Didn't even actually want another kid because you wanted more children, but because you didn't want your biological daughter to be an only child. (I'm adopted.)
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Lakota Wolf (she/her) 3 years ago
I've held babies in my life, and they simultaneously feel WAY too heavy but also incredibly fragile and breakable. I will take holding a cat any day over holding a baby. They squirm less, smell less, and you can pet them without getting arrested.
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Good One
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Naya Busch 3 years ago
Yeah, no it’s not. For some people like myself, my animals ARE my children.
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Isaac Harvey 3 years ago
In all fairness, carrying 4 large boxes of pizza with just one arm takes another level of skill.
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Oh God
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Witty Title Here =)
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That’s Just Volume 1
Isaac Harvey 3 years ago
Food for thought: you're usually not expected to have a reason for having kids, but you usually are expected to have a reason for not having kids.
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Accurate
Lakota Wolf (she/her) 3 years ago
This is me, but the other panels would also be me reacting the same joyously excited way to dogs, lizards, chickens, insects etc. XD
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TiNaBoNiNa 3 years ago
Naw, for me it's the cats getting me up waaaay too early. But, then there's naps.
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PurpurLapsa 3 years ago
That's true. I was expected to do chores, help with my siblings (3!) and no privacy at all. They mess up I got punished at least half of time. That's why I had my kid so late in my early 30's. I had freedom for the first time when I left home to study in another town far far away. Don't get me wrong - I love my siblings and there is happy memories as well, but I would never do that to my kid.
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Hilarious
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Marco Richter 3 years ago
Children left unattended will be gifted with ice cream and lot's of coca cola
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Just Stop Asking
Lakota Wolf (she/her) 3 years ago
"I KNOW you know the problems that I have. You seriously think *I'D* make a good parent to a human child? You criticize my 'mental illnesses' and yet you want me to have KIDS?" -me, circa my 20s to my tia(s)
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Yeet
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Ok Then Cry
#52
Ain’t Gonna Be Me!
Isaac Harvey 3 years ago
Like one of the images implied above- having kids doesn't prevent being depressed, it postpones it.
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If I Can't Get An Abortion, I'll Just Remove The Whole Damn Thing Then!
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A Purse Full Of Love I Guess
Mimi La Souris 3 years ago
a child's drawing (probably indelible) on a chanel bag (not expensive at all)... ok
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Marriage? Yes. Kids? Hell No
Naya Busch 3 years ago
This might be a crazy topic for some, but you can get married and NOT have kids and still be happy.
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Best Costume Year Round
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I Made This! I Wish More People Around Me Were Having Cats Instead Of Human Children!
Lakota Wolf (she/her) 3 years ago
Don't get me wrong, I still ask "Is it a boy?" and/or "Is it a girl?" when people show me their cat pics. XD
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Wife And I Heard It The Other Day
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Such A Hard Decision
Christina Wang 3 years ago
Ikr its such a hard decision! (Have money, time and freedom for the rest of my life)
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Noyfb noyfb 3 years ago
Hi Gran. Time to polish your halo and practice your harp. Have a nice eternity. LOL
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It’s Scary Out There
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Mom Is Going To Be A Little Dissapointed
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Lakota Wolf (she/her) 3 years ago
I got Father's Day cards for my boyfriend and "signed" them from our cats and dog. I even got those safe ink pads and got their pawprints stamped onto the cards. I wrote the messages with my non-dominant right hand because a cat's/dog's handwriting would totally suck. XD
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René Sauer 3 years ago (edited)
Yeah, anybody who tries to "trap" their SO with a baby should get severe punishment... and no child support afterwards, unless the SO wants to.
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Feathered Dinosaur 3 years ago
The chick is known to look like this at times and still I love her like nothing else. Evolution has clearly muddled our brains so we would take care of our hairless, mushy, screeching offspring
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Yeeterus
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
Tell me your secret! I’m 41 and they still won’t remove mine because I “might change my mind”!
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Nails On A Chalkboard Man-
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Oh, The Bliss Of Parenthood!
Isaac Harvey 3 years ago
Serious question: I haven't seen this episode, but why is Marge looking downwards in the second panel?
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Finally Found A Place To Post This
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Gotta Find Me Some New Friends Now
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See The Meme!
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“He Looks Like His Father”
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The Doom Song 3 years ago
I've never wanted kids. Like EVER. Nope not changing my mind either. Please respect my decision.
Magazine 3 years ago
Who's questioning it? I'm 44 and happily child free but I don't feel like everyone must conform to my lifestyle or other life choices are stupid. To each their own.
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Michael Largey 3 years ago
When advocating marriage, people used to say "Two can live as cheaply as one." When advocating parenthood, no one has ever said "Three can live as cheaply as two."
3 Trash Pandas (She/They) 3 years ago
My mom: I’m sure you’ll change your mind about not having kids some day! Also my mom: The years up until you and your brother were 8 were the worst years of my life. I get ptsd when I see a mom with a young toddler and a newborn. Yeah mom, that definitely makes me want to have kids.
Deborah Rubin 3 years ago
Please don't toss around the term PTSD. It is a real mental issue and should not be dismissed lightly.
Load More Replies... The Doom Song 3 years ago
I've never wanted kids. Like EVER. Nope not changing my mind either. Please respect my decision.
Magazine 3 years ago
Who's questioning it? I'm 44 and happily child free but I don't feel like everyone must conform to my lifestyle or other life choices are stupid. To each their own.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 3 years ago
When advocating marriage, people used to say "Two can live as cheaply as one." When advocating parenthood, no one has ever said "Three can live as cheaply as two."
3 Trash Pandas (She/They) 3 years ago
My mom: I’m sure you’ll change your mind about not having kids some day! Also my mom: The years up until you and your brother were 8 were the worst years of my life. I get ptsd when I see a mom with a young toddler and a newborn. Yeah mom, that definitely makes me want to have kids.
Deborah Rubin 3 years ago
Please don't toss around the term PTSD. It is a real mental issue and should not be dismissed lightly.
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