No Kids, No Problem: 40 Hilariously Spot-On Memes And Jokes About The Childfree Life (New Pics)
InterviewKids aren't for everyone. Some people simply have different priorities and goals that do not align with raising children. To be specific, a 2022 Michigan State University study found that 21.64% of American adults are choosing to be childfree.
Instead of condemning them, like many like to do, and saying that they will regret this after some time, let's try to understand this group instead. For that, the subreddit 'Childfree' is the perfect resource.
Created back in 2009, it now unites 1.5 million members whose posts provide a better understanding of what happens after you make this life decision.
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And it is selfish, almost as selfish as having kids
Load More Replies...Love this one. Mine would be full enough to pay for a nice trip. Do you also put extra money in if people accuse you of being egoistic for your choice?
For sure! We never even turned on the TV for their first year, they were such clowns.
Load More Replies...One of my daughters is in her 40's never married. She went through a 'broody' phase in her 30's, but no partner, so decided to get 2 kittens. After 3 months, she told all that she's so glad she's childless, because the amount of work with the kittens taught her that she just wouldn't cope with kid(s). Now happliy calls herself 'crazy cat lady'.
My 6 month old kitty actually makes a sound like 'maaaa' when she wants me to play with her. No , it's not just me. My husband and other family members have also noticed that.
her facial markings remind me of my own cat. except my cat is kinda chunky. idk how to attach images if i knew how i’d add a pic of her
So the big question is: do people later regret not having children? They might not.
"[We] found no evidence that older childfree adults experience any more life regret than older parents,” Jennifer Watling Neal, the co-author of the aforementioned Michigan State University study, said.
“In fact, older parents were slightly more likely to want to change something about their life.”
My next door neighbor has a kid with a mental disorder. The kid likes to jump and howl. Starts at 6 am. I kinda got used already.
I think we live in the same neighborhood. Is the child's favorite toy a whistle by any chance? I have no bad feelings for the child, but whoever gave him a whistle can burn in he11.
Load More Replies...2011? The dog has likely passed, and the kid is now a teenager and still screaming like a baby in the yard.
There is being happy cf. And there is this. Throwing a rock at someone is obviously abuse. At a baby, it's next level abuse. I know for a fact from my last 45 years, it's possible to be kind and cf the same time. Also not being an abusive ah is absolutely possible too. You're an adult, you can regulate your reactions. When you were a baby you were crying loud too, because babies, unlike you, can't help themselves and behave. As an adult you should know about these already
I don’t want kids but can we not joke about hurting kids??? Jfc, you all were kids, and I’d rather meet someone’s kid than their dog- less likely to rip my pants open trying to climb my leg and I’m not allergic to them
It’s just a casual joke, I’m sure OP would never throw a rock at an actual child. Would it make you feel better if we added 3 paragraphs of legal disclaimers to every joke?
Load More Replies...There's a neighbor across the street with two arking golden retrievers and two annoying three year kids that are outside for like five hours and LOVE to scream when I'm reading on the deck or listening to Cats (thr living toumbstone). Would nuke the house but it would hit the dogs
I've seen some tradwife post something like "I feel bad for girls in their 20s who are single and childless while I'm married with two kids at 21" and the whole Tumblr agreed her life sounds like hell.
Lol yes, us a poor childfree folk. I couldn’t sleep at 3am last night so I got up and made dark chocolate s’mores on the patio with my lil propane camp stove, while smoking several doobies and lounging in my hammock, checking out the planets through my telescope, and snuggling a couple cute cats. Poor me, my life is so meaningless and unfulfilling 😉
Load More Replies...Totally agree. Me: "Congratulations, you must be delighted. Are mother and baby well?" Inside: "You poor bastard. I can't imagine anything worse. Still, your life. Crack on mate!"
It's so nice of him that he is proud that his wife went to birthgiving which is the best time of your life I guess... Being ripped apart sounds awesome and a life goal.
People have had like100000002 kids and they're like "Sorry not trying to brag" and I'm thinking No your life sucks sucks to be you.
Right. Its being able to make a choice for oneself. Clearly something some people were never given.
Load More Replies...Always better to not have kids and maybe regret it later, than gamble on it and have kids which you regret later.
Sometimes the other party might doubt their course, too. YouGov data from 2021 found that 1 in 12 British parents (8%) currently regret having kids.
Younger parents aged 25 to 34 (one imagines the most sleep-deprived group) were the most likely to feel his way, while those aged 55 and over were the least regretful.
I always joke that pets are better than children because you can put them in a kennel and no one will care. People get touchy if you try to put kids in a kennel though. :)
I care if u put a dog in a kennel and wouldn't mind a kid in there. Also... joke? Dogs and cats are automatically better
Load More Replies...😁😁Oh this is new. I haven't heard this one before. It is funny
Edit: say "yeah into a golden statue of Kirby or a memorial for Garl... wait don't tell me it cr@pped it's pants. this is why I don't have kids"
Babies are emote expensive more painful and more permanent. To get rid of a baby u have to murder it and that illegal
Actually, I do like children more than I like tattoos, but that's not saying much of either.
I have family members who judged other family members for getting married because "it's permanent" even though the judgey ones had multiple kids. There's nothing wrong with not getting married, but marriage is less permanent than making another human. Now if they had thought that someone was rushing into marriage or incompatible with their future spouse that would be one thing, but the objection was, "marriage is permanent". Like no, divorce exists. Let's seance Henry VIII and ask him about it.
Oh and if you ever agree to go on vacation with people who have kids, there’s a near 100% chance that they’ll EXPECT you to watch the kids while they do their own thing. Set the boundaries before the trip.
Not if you have a reputation of pulling off crazy sh..t time to time, swear a lot or speak to children as they would be adults (which results in many funny conversations between them and their parents :D )
Load More Replies...What’s strange is that people who have like 6 kids are always so pushy with childfree people. You’re called a child hater, selfish, etc. but then they’re way jealous when you take that 4th vacation this year.
The "everyone must reproduce" narrative is strong in society and some people can't think outside the box. Being a parent would not make me happy and would be a bad idea, but it makes some people happy. Some people are into misery loves company and get mad if you don't fall into the societal narrative of everyone must reproduce, because some people have never thought of that.
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My husband and I have no children. Why aren't we rich? What did we do wrong?!
Similarly, a 2013 Gallup survey found that around 7% of American parents older than 45 wouldn’t have any kids if they “had to do it over again.”
Parents in Germany seem exceptionally unhappy: a study discovered that 19% of German mothers and 20% of fathers say that if they could decide again, they would not want to have any more children.
Omg yes, I hate that! I'm single and have no kids and I still have a family! Just because they don't live with me doesn't mean they are not my family.
Screw “feelthefebreze’s” weirdly specific definition - family is something you choose :) me and my 2 kitty boys are a family. Telling me “yeah but you’re not related by blood or species” doesn’t really change anything about how we operate or relate to each other. We act like a family, so we are :) blood has nothing to do with how a family operates
Load More Replies...Anyone who thinks 2 people without kids can't be a "family" is so wrong and messed up.
I once got a very dirty look because I replied, "Why do want my fingerprints on 'er? What are you planning?"
I like holding babies. As long as they're not crying or in need of nappy changing. But I really like that I can give them back to the parents.
Same! I’m not into children but holding a baby can be nice. When it’s asleep. As soon as there’s an issue the parents can have it back lol, have fun!
Load More Replies...this needs to be the top comment, i'm cackling, i love HP references sm!
Load More Replies...When I was a LEO back in the '80s, the male cops always tried to hand off the babies to the female officers during an arrest of the parents. I ignored them. I told one supervisor that since he had four kids, he should know what to do with it.
i've never liked babies or children, never wanted them. but because i was a girl, people always assumed i'd want to hold their babies or play with their kids. nope. so when my 3rd cousin was visiting and had her new baby with her, she asked if i wanted to hold it, before i could answer, some other relative said 'oh yes, you'd love a hold, wouldn't you?', cousin saw my face and said 'you dont want to do you? that's ok. not everyone wants to hold babies, and that's ok' and i had so much respect for her in that moment
My beloved grandma used to call everyone "duck". I loved it when she called me "ducky". "Have some more pavlova, ducky!"
Load More Replies...I did something similar to my mom once. She sent a happy 1st birthday card to my cat.
For a second I thought the one baby duck with the black spot on its head was actually an open mouth and it looked cursed. Like Toy Chica or something
My mother tried this, and I told her she should have had more kids. I'm an only child; not my responsibility.
I wanted to go do a fun activity with my coworkers after work last week but then remembered “wait I have to go feed my cats dinner.” I BARELY made it to the cutoff for the fun activity and it ended up being the best night I’ve had in years. None of the parents could join because they had to do diapers/homework/stuff for their kids, as they should. I just feel so grateful that I have this freedom to live MY life, not have to spend the rest of my life setting another person up for their own life when I’m not even done with mine yet.
Load More Replies...I think Homer Simpson wondered why he had 3 kids and no money instead of no kids and 3 money. That said, having no kids won't automatically mean you have money.
Yes, but if you don't have much and then you have children, that's seriously not going to help!
Load More Replies...We reached out to the moderators of the subreddit, and one of them, Mel, agreed to tell us more about it.
They explained to Bored Panda that it's important to understand that "we're not the right community for parents to wax lyrical about their kids, and we're not here to provide an emotional labor 'village' for parents."
"We see limited interactions between parents and childfree people on our subreddit, and we lock comments should they become uncivil," Mel added. "We acknowledge that we are one of the bigger online childfree-centered communities, and one of our primary aims is to maintain a safe space for childfree people."
Yeah, no. As much as I am a dog person I would rather have a cat them a child.
Load More Replies...Oh look, parenting advice from the dude in charge of the religious institution that has frequent scandals for protecting pedophiles and giving them access to victims.
With our current lifestyle, there are way more humans than the earth can handle. And since people aren't really motivated to drastically change their lifestyle, it is absolutely necessary to bring less children into this world. As long as there are so many people having too many kids, the people who choose not to have kids are actually doing the responsible thing. But of course, if less Christians have kids, there will be less children growing up to become Christians, that's what this is really about, it's about the church losing power.
The problem is that even if are less Christians on earth, the Muslims are multiplying and they'll compensate. In 30 years they'll will be equal numbers.
Load More Replies...Counterpoint: having kids is the ultimate selfish act. You create a being specifically because YOU want to have someone to love, and to have them love you and care for you in your old age.
Here come the downvotes, but it is also selfish in the sense that we have 8 billion people and need less, not more. We are killing the planet.
Load More Replies...Choosing NOT to have kids IS NOT selfish. Pestering/criticizing SOMEONE ELSE to make a Lifelong decision & have kids IS VERY SELFISH. Everyone has the right to be happy & make their own personal life choices, which are none of anyone else’s business. If someone else wants a kid in their life so bad, they can have their own/adopt/be a mentor. Tell them there are THOUSANDS & THOUSANDS of kids with no parents waiting to be adopted/fostered and if they REALLY care, they can make a difference in a child’s life by committing themselves to the children in need who are already in the world, instead of bugging YOU. ☮️💟
I actually think it's far more selfish to bring children into this world that you don't want, don't love or take care of properly. Not that all parents do this, obviously, but there's a (sadly) large number of them who do.
Load More Replies...Think of the pedophile priests! Who will they molest if people have less kids?
Load More Replies...Pope Francis was a gangbanger before he became a Priest. I wouldn’t lay bets on his being a virgin. Unless Catholic magic somehow ‘restored’ his virginity.
Before he entered the seminary, Francis spent several years as a bouncer in an Argentine night club. The virginity rate among bouncers is rather low.
I did not know that. Allow me to provide a correction: Shut your wh*re mouth, Pope Francis.
Load More Replies...Sadly, it doesn't always disappear. It just changes. 'Did you not want children?' is what I get asked sometimes.
Load More Replies...I loved my friend's kids and playing with them. I especially loved being able to give them back. Everyone told me "it's different when they're your own". I'd say "so you mean I would hate my own kids?"
Thumping that Bible like it’s gonna conjure some sort of magical genie
Some middle-aged people need to be more chill like my parents. This is not exclusive to middle-aged people, but there's plenty of people who want to tell you about how their brother's best friend's cousin's boss totally didn't want kids but changed their mind. Cool story bro but if you have trouble telling the difference between different people, might want to get that checked out; could be a medical thing. I've met people who did initially want kids but changed their minds later on.
And immediately after saying that, they'll start complaining about all the things they have to do because they had kids.
Ah that is why this person always appears! Thanks for clarifying :)
The ultimate takeaway from all the research and people's activity on the subreddit could be that having kids isn't good or bad per se. It may sound cliché but there is more than one way to live a happy and fulfilling life.
Parenthood should be a choice. Not an inevitable duty.
As my colleague Jonas wrote in our earlier publication on the subreddit 'Childfree', the grown-up thing to do is to respect each other, even if we might do things differently.
I know this is about the repel kid thing, but that bunny is creeping me out
As for the future of 'Childfree,' Mel said the moderators anticipate the subreddit will "hold steady" for some time, and continue to see slow but consistent growth.
"We do every so often see trends and changes in posted content and we expect these ebbs and flows to continue. For example, some weeks I'll have 20 new submissions for the childfree-friendly doctors list and others I'll have 3," they explained.
I read this particular joke almost 25 years back. It was a one panel one where the donkey father is telling his son to go to school directly and not stop anywhere to waste time like a human child. I know it's bad but I laughed then and it still cracks me up.
𝐇𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐞! ᵇᵘᵗ ˡᵉᵗ'ˢ ᵗᵃˡᵏ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᶦᶠᵘⁿⁿʸ ʷᵃᵗᵉʳᵐᵃʳᵏ
So very true. I hate all the screeching and screaming for no reason.
I'm guessing your half joking but kids are kids and why not let them play and screech while their still young.
Load More Replies...Insects are an important part of the food chain for many species. Not so human children
Same. My sister's friend's daughter just had her third child, and the last time they visited, everyone was like "HERE LAKOTA, HOLD THE BABY" despite my "eeeeh nooooo" expressions. I have two cats and two dogs - I'll stick to holding furry babies, thank you XD
Load More Replies...I don't hate human babies. I just don't like the way they smell. And I loooovvveeee cats.
I never had physical contact with a baby in my life but I have snuggled many cats, no regrets
I don't mind babies and (most) young children... but as they age I like fewer and fewer. This does not apply to felines: I love them all 😻
Babies c go eat a hot glue gun (but they already do I was late*
Well... My best friend is irritated by the pandemic. She got married then and had time to travel, but she had to stay at home. After the pandemic, she HAD TO have children because she was that old. She regrets that she can't travel and have fun because she has to make babies. And she's damn serious. Btw, she's only 29 and doesn't have any medical condition that would prevent her from having children later, she just thinks she has to have a child now, even though she would prefer to travel. She also regrets very much that she did not have time alone with her husband after their wedding, because unfortunately they had to have children immediately. She tells me this often, and I always make a disgusted Gordon Ramsey face. WTF?
Still better than having kids, hands down. Imagine being locked up with them during the pandemic! Yikes...
Sometimes, when my boyfriend and I have our Familyday on Sundays, I look at him, sitting in front of his playstation in cozy clothes and me, laptop on my legs and no pants, both of us munching on snacks, our cats peacefully sleeping around us, and think: "A kid would really ruin this"
And you'd have to get up and change their stinky diapers.
Load More Replies...I read that wrong. I read it as -SEX WHENEVER YOU WANT (DOES NOT INCLUDE S****Y F*****G KIDS), one sentence.
I mean it actually is one sentence? I can see how some people might try to make it sound weird though
Load More Replies...Since my hysterectomy, I laugh when going past the baby needs, family planning, and pad/tampon aisles.
I love that the condoms are in the same aisle as the diapers. They're literally saying, buy these unless you want to buy ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS!
Load More Replies...Hey who, if you’re in the States, did you laugh at your medical bills too ?
Probably lol. They’re ridiculous. Was that your point?
Load More Replies...Yay, I'm not making more bipolar alcoholic drug addicts! But even if that was a non-isssue, still wouldn't want kids.
I've managed to dodge some genetic bullets like the bipolar disorder. I have addictive tenancies, so I try to do things in moderation and also not experiment with street drugs. I just got brushed with the depression bullet. My grandpa was bipolar, and it randomly shows up in the family. Like one of his sons and granddaughters didn't have it, but great-granddaughter does. (That son is a serious alcoholic though and he fried his brain from drinking.) My mom and brother have it and I know I cannot emotionally deal with the child version of my brother. I would also feel very guilty about making a kid with these issues. (But even if it was a non-issue and I was rich, I still don't want to be a parent.) I love my brother, but we have never lived together without at least one of our parents because we'd probably kill each other.
Load More Replies...𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.
I made the conscious decision not to expose a grandchild to, or continue the cycle of, my mother's psychotic bouts of paranoia and father's narcissism. My mom once made some statement about "giving a man children." I thought "Why should I be forced to have to "give" a man kids?" Like I'm nothing but a possession with a uterus. It made me both mad and kind of nauseous. Plus, I wanted to keep having a good time. Mission accomplished.
My parents asked my twin and I to help end the generational trauma cycle in my family. So both of us talked and decided we wouldn’t be having children. Cycle is broken! Win-win :) I could never pass on the terrible genetic mental health issues my family faces. Here’s to healthier future generations!
Every once in a while I look around and I just can't believe people are still having children.
The world is filled with idiots who are further filling it with idiots. Everyone should be sterilised at this point.
Load More Replies...IKR? Like, everyone's complaining about there not being enough people to replace those will get to retire soon (lucky them), but everywhere I look: Kids kids kids! Doesn't seem to add up...
There's still a difference between "I am not planning on being a parent" and "I hate kids with a passion".
There is also a difference between "I hate children with a passion" and "I do not find children cute in any way, nor do I wish to hold them."
Load More Replies...I find them sort of adorable… the blob fish not the baby
Load More Replies...That fish is cute though! It’s like it’s so ugly it circles back around to being cute! I want a plushie of that :D
AI image. Look at the poor man’s hands! Especially the supposedly right hand. AI still making freaky hands. Also that’s a very very deep sea fish. Rare. Definately an AI image.
They always start to cry or have body fluids leaving their body when you hold them. In case a parent holds it, it's mostly only body fluids.
Not every baby is cute. I have seen me some UGLY crotch goblins in my time. I mean the kind where all you can say is, "Oh, what a blessing".
Yep, I'm a depressed person who married another depressed person and "surprise!" We have a depressed kid. I knew better but...
I'm in this picture and I don't like it. Is life just a s****y pyramid scheme? I started my antidepressant today. We'll see.
Good luck and give it time. I had to come off mine as antidepressants are contraindicated with another drug I need. So now, in bleaker moments, when I think 'what's the point' I tell myself, 'None! So I might as well enjoy it'. Somehow it works. For me anyway. Hope things improve for you soon.
Load More Replies...My partner is like that :) his older siblings have kids and he’s satisfied with spoiling and caring for those kids occasionally. Him and I spoil the heck out of his puppy and my kitties and we even have a squirrel family in the back yard that we spoil too. Love having his tiny niece over - she’s fun to do crafts with and whenever she has a tantrum we just hand her right back :) such a win-win situation honestly
Load More Replies...The best way to find out who really supports you is to tell people that you got medically sterilized or are planning to do so. Hopefully anyone who is waiting for you to change your mind will show their true colors. And seriously, it's dumb to say you want to be childfree if you actually want kids and dumb to say kids are fine if you don't want them. If you want kids, you should find someone who wants kids too and the other way around. (Not talking about people who are undecided, but if you are you will probably need to make a decision as you get older.)
My husband are I had been dating for maybe 6 weeks (I was 44 and he was 49) when he decided to get a vasectomy so I wouldn't have to go back on birth control. Nicest thing anyone's ever done for me.
Low cost spay and neuter clinics all across the country, buy just try to find an affordable vasectomy, they never go on sale.
There’s a lot here to not understand ! Is that a transgender man, and, is that the grave of a female child that died at one year of age ?
1999-2020 is 21 years, not 1 year. The OP had a hysterectomy when she was 21 years old and is celebrating by making a virtual tombstone to celebrate it. The medical system treats women very distressfully and on average cares more about a hypothetical fetus or a hypothetical man who wants to use a woman's uterus to reproduce than treating medical problems that the woman has. If you get a hysterectomy at 21, it is because of a serious medical issue.
Load More Replies...I call them glue kids if the parents try to fix their broken relationship by having a baby. They seldom work. I know some one who is trying for glue kid #2 ... at this point I am taking bets.
This is one of the most silly ideas I have ever heard of. How can anyone suppose, that the stress of a baby and the financial problems of bringing it up can help anyone?
I was that kid and my folks were divorced when I was 4. I guess this means I didn't do my job?
Bad grammar, but it's referring to people who have baby because they think that a baby will save their failing marriage/relationship. It's a bad idea and it's really messed up to make it a baby's job to "save" an adult relationship. The adults should work it out and if it can't be fixed, move on. Babies are stressful and a lot of work, so ironically caring for one often makes the cracks in a relationship get bigger. Or sometimes the romance is totally gone, but the couple still lives together because living on your own is too expensive. Maybe they could have afforded it before, but they decided to have a kid so now it's not possible.
Load More Replies...PARKS AND RECREATION <3333333333333 (also same, kids make things Gross with a capital G)
I live in a small close of 12 houses. About half have children. Yet they're the ones driving in fast without worrying about what might be in the road. Wonder if it's because they know where their kids are and don't care about anyone elses.
Nope. This is too far. To actually joke about hurting someone else's kid because YOU don't want them is disgusting.
Annoying child karens: *breathe loudly* me: IM ABOUT TO END THIS DIDES WHOLE CARRER
Texas abortion ban that allows people to sue you or anyone who helps you if you leave the state to get one
Load More Replies...Texas Senate Bill 8 (Adjourned Sine Die): "Relating to public education, including parental rights and public school responsibility regarding instructional materials and the establishment of an education savings account program." ~ Google
Noted, now we have heard your opinion, go on and move along. Getting a child, only to please your parents' needs a couple of times each month is a really stupid idea, when you will pay the price of putting in a lot of hard work each day. The cost benefit analysis is simply too scewed in this context, and it surprice me how many "grandparents" completely fail to notice this when they put up their demands. Children or no children, that is entirely your decition to make and it is none of their business. Trying to get their will by pressuring/guilting you is a nasty move to make.
Unfortunately, some people need to set hard boundaries on their overbearing parents as adults. The grandparents aren't legally and financially responsible for the child (unless you die or become incarcerated or incapacitated and they take them in.) Creating another human being to please your parents is stupid. Only have kids if you actually want them.
Load More Replies...Or have a kid and drop it at their house for them to raise
One of the worst things about this whole topic is how many people treat having a child like some mandatory milestone instead of something you have to genuinely desire. IMO there wouldn't be so many f#cked-up people if only people who genuinely WANT children had them.
Agree 100%. The reason kids are so horrible is because they have horrible parents.
Load More Replies...I want to slap that smile (if you can call it that) off her face
That's how much annoyed you are over your choice of having children..... Sorry.... Cant slap off someone... Thats bad manners.... What will you teach your kids????
Load More Replies...I think most childfree people aren't such knobs that they don't want to talk to a 3YO - they just don't want it to be their 3YO, which is understandable! Most childfree people I know are very happy to be involved as loving aunties and uncles.
Absolutely. I am childless and very happy to be. But i like kids. I work with kids. I love my nieces and nephews and great nephews. I don’t want kids of my own but I don’t hate chiidren in general.
Load More Replies...That's just rude, listen to the little guys! Kids usually want to talk about a drawing they just made or why green macaroni is better than red macaroni, it's usually the parents you gotta zone out from IMO :)
but it is trivial and boring, and not our responsibility to provide for their need for communication. Furthermore they also often shout at such a loud level, that they are stressfull to be around. It is very intrusive behaviour, as they are so young that they have little concept of personal boundaries and adjusting accordingly.
Load More Replies...Some of the best conversations I've ever had were with people between the ages of 3 and 6.
That's probably one of the main reasons why I don't want kind. I am really protective of my stuff. You break, scratch, dirty something and you are automatically my enemy. Especially since I do art. Can't even imagine the rage I'd feel if I found a pice of mine covered in ugly doodles:(
My boyfriend sometimes doodles hideous things (he can't draw at all, bless his heart) on my sketches/artwork. I used to get kind of mad about it in my 20s. Then I realized that it really didn't matter and wasn't hurting anything XD
Load More Replies...A few days ago I've seen my elementary school classmate with two children and I was like "HOW? Aren't WE still kids?" It always takes a while before I remember I'm 27
I about died the day my Mom pointed out that I have classmates with kids heading into high school. I was like "No way..........shite! I'm getting old." Those kids are now in college and it blows my mind to think I could have kids in college if I had had kids. Getting older really sneaks up on you!
Load More Replies...I (63F) have no regrets. And btw, none of my 3 sibs have kids either. After what we put our parents through why would we want to do that to ourselves?
its just personal opinions. i love children and babies, but i dont want any of my own. do what you want, thats all
I love a good non children joke even though I have them. However, I think threatening to to ‘throw rocks’ at a being making noise should be considered offensive. The ‘joke’ specifically singles out a being as less than another (‘I would throw rocks but I don’t want to hit the dog [who is also making noise]). This joke is currently #2 on the list so it’s a popular sentiment. Is it really okay to joke about child violence just because someone is ‘child free’? There can be some funny non children jokes - having more money, more sleep, etc. Even better if those telling the jokes understand those are just stereotypes. However, looking at the comments of these articles can be quite scary. The sentiment boils down to intolerance and even violence towards a subgroup of vulnerable people.
Load More Replies...I won’t be having kids when I get older (asexual), but I think at some point, when I’m really mature and have taken care of a dog, I’d like to adopt. Or foster kids. So I can give them a happy life for the time we have together
I agree I would love to give a kid a better life and I am asexual also so don't want my own
Load More Replies...I think it's the ones joking about harming OTHER PEOPLE'S children that cross the line. "I'd throw a rock or something but I might hit the dog," "speed up so we might run over a child," etc.... disgusting.
"You will regret it later if you don't have kids." Well, maybe. But what is if I have kids and I regret that? I love kids and I love my niece and nephew. But I am also happy to leave them with their parents and being back in my childfree, quiet home.
I guess it all comes down to some people wanting kids and some not wanting kids. I praise the luck that let me be born in a time and in a society, where I could choose to not have any. I am 70 years and stille happy to know, that I didn't have any. But then I always thought, that if the meaning of life was to procreate, it didn't seem like much of a meaning or much of a life.
Do you know how often childfree people get told they'll change their minds? Or that we are being selfish by not having children? Or who is going to take care of you when you're older? We get mean and condescending comments all the time. If you can't handle the childfree jokes don't look at them.
Load More Replies...I (63F) have no regrets. And btw, none of my 3 sibs have kids either. After what we put our parents through why would we want to do that to ourselves?
its just personal opinions. i love children and babies, but i dont want any of my own. do what you want, thats all
I love a good non children joke even though I have them. However, I think threatening to to ‘throw rocks’ at a being making noise should be considered offensive. The ‘joke’ specifically singles out a being as less than another (‘I would throw rocks but I don’t want to hit the dog [who is also making noise]). This joke is currently #2 on the list so it’s a popular sentiment. Is it really okay to joke about child violence just because someone is ‘child free’? There can be some funny non children jokes - having more money, more sleep, etc. Even better if those telling the jokes understand those are just stereotypes. However, looking at the comments of these articles can be quite scary. The sentiment boils down to intolerance and even violence towards a subgroup of vulnerable people.
Load More Replies...I won’t be having kids when I get older (asexual), but I think at some point, when I’m really mature and have taken care of a dog, I’d like to adopt. Or foster kids. So I can give them a happy life for the time we have together
I agree I would love to give a kid a better life and I am asexual also so don't want my own
Load More Replies...I think it's the ones joking about harming OTHER PEOPLE'S children that cross the line. "I'd throw a rock or something but I might hit the dog," "speed up so we might run over a child," etc.... disgusting.
"You will regret it later if you don't have kids." Well, maybe. But what is if I have kids and I regret that? I love kids and I love my niece and nephew. But I am also happy to leave them with their parents and being back in my childfree, quiet home.
I guess it all comes down to some people wanting kids and some not wanting kids. I praise the luck that let me be born in a time and in a society, where I could choose to not have any. I am 70 years and stille happy to know, that I didn't have any. But then I always thought, that if the meaning of life was to procreate, it didn't seem like much of a meaning or much of a life.
Do you know how often childfree people get told they'll change their minds? Or that we are being selfish by not having children? Or who is going to take care of you when you're older? We get mean and condescending comments all the time. If you can't handle the childfree jokes don't look at them.
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