32 Things People On The Internet Consider To Be A Disadvantage Of Being Child-Free

I mean, he has a point. There is something about the joy kids bring. My brother has a 2 year old girl, and she brings him so much happiness. She helps him feed his cows and he tells her bedtime stories and they play blocks. I know he wouldn't trade it for peace or alone time.

I can get my good feelings elsewhere and it's selfish to make humans so that they can make you feel good. Also, I'm "missing" all the bad feelings kids give people, big bummer!🤣

Yeah, the little girls next door adore me. Dunno why, maybe because they want to pet my cats...? Kinda wish I could run up a tree to avoid them, but noooo. Nothing wrong with them -- they're good kids and all -- I just don't know how to deal with kids. Like, do they want to hear about early human settlements or how natural disasters have shaped human culture...?

I'd rather cuddle with pets

I am 70 and has never had children, nor wanted any, but I wanted to do something after I was pensioned off. I became what in Denmark is called a School friend, meaning I go to school to work with a teacher trying to help the children to learn what they need. It is most rewarding, and somewhat similar to OP's experience. I get plenty of hugs, sometimes quite unexpected. I have worked in Kindergarten class for now 3 years, and still gets hugs from those of earlier years when we meet. Also I sometimes manage to help a child overcome a difficulty, which make me ever so proud.

My kid could be the next Batman

You killed my father. Prepare to die!

That's why you make a will - to arrange for little things like that.

My friends will

Oh yes. This is a very good point!

how about friends?

I know plenty of people with kids who are just as alone.

Get a pet!

My estranged grandmother had 3 children and 6 grandchildren. Shes pretty evil and alienated everybody so she’s in her 80s alone. There’s no guarantee that you will have family with you when you age. Could be because of behaviors, accidents, illness etc so I personally believe that people should not have kids just because they are scared of being alone.

I am 63 in the same situation. Once my mother dies I will only have my cats.

I'm friends with a couple who don't work and have two kids. They have more money than I make, all funded by the state. It's good people who really can't work and also might have children get their rent, insurance and more paid. These two however... they game the whole day and leave the TV to parent their 2 and 3 year old. They definitely don't have a mental illness that prevents hem from working (I know this by being their friend and a former psychiatrist)

The money from taxes will never amount to the freedom I have and the lifetime of cash I save from not breeding. Next.

I have five kids. I got none of that as well. Just the tax break...but God knows I paid enough tax on all the stuff I needed to buy for them- groceries, clothing, sports equipment, school supplies, gas to drive them places etc.

Those benefits do not even compare to the cost of having a kid to take care of. Not even close. Especially if you are a good parent.

Yeah, it's absurd that having kids can get you back more money than you pay in taxes, while childfree pays full boat for everything.

That goes for people with kids too. I have one, I am sick of being asked if I'm going to have another (full disclosure, one irritating school Mum asks me this every single time she sees me and just will not drop it)

"If you produce children you don't went, at least people will stop asking rude, intrusive questions." Sounds absolutely stupid selfish.

I was 40 and my husband 47 when we got married. When our family doctor found out, she immediately asked if we're having kids. Umm.. no lady, in a few years, most of our friends will be probably be Grandparents. Apparently, it's quite common for women to have kids well into their 40s now. I just don't have the energy for that anymore. Outside of the difference in values with kids, she's a fantastic doctor, though!

Yes! I have 3 kids and the last birth nearly killed me. Like.... internal bleeding happened. I am so happy that I had already decided before the birth of the last kid that I wanted to have my tubes tied. And when I talk with others about kids and so on I always express that I am blessed with having three amazing kids but I am soooooo happy to never get another kid. And the reply is always "oh, you never know *wink wink*". And then I tell them my tubes are tied and they go pale and act like I'm not a good enough woman anymore OR they ask me how it's done and how it feels because they want it too but have always been too afraid to ask their doc.

Exactly. The answer to the question "when are you going to have kids" is "as soon as it's YOUR concern"

I love this one

I truly try to see all the tiny wonders the world has. It helps a little against depression (and worse) feelings. So just as a reminder: you don't need a kid to appreciate what the world shows and gifts us. But without the kids you may not have someone from the outside pointing it towards you - you have to do the work yourself, look for it, be open. And that's my advise: try to be more open to experience the tiny wonders of the world

This is great, but even as an adult, I'm a biologist for a reason. I still go look out my window if I hear a new bird call, try to look up and find out what types of bugs, plants, fungus, or specific animal species in looking at, and get unreasonably (to some people) excited when I get to talk about interesting biology stuff. :D

I love the comment about the child making Christmas magical. When my daughter was 5 she told me that she had a problem with a fat man in a red suit breaking into our house to leave gifts for children he’d never met because they had discussed stranger danger at school and he fit into the same category as people who offered you sweets in the street or asked if you wanted to go and see their puppies. After that every time her dad saw her in the street when he was on his way to work he would shout out of the car window would you like to come and see some puppies’ and she would respond ‘shove them up your a**e’. My kid is a foul mouthed legend.

You have to be 10000000% who want children and have the drive to be a good parent.

Same here. I quit because I was denied vacation 2x in a row. Went to a jewelry store, bought a wedding band. Showed off pictures of my nephews as my own. No more denied days off.

When I was a young nurse, they gave me crappy shifts around the holidays because "you don't have kids". I was scheduled to work 3p,-11pm on Christmas Eve and 7a-3p on Christmas day. I felt one or the other was fair. My argument, I don't have kids, but I still have a family, and working this kind of schedule, I won't ever have kids.

I put an end to that in my office and it seems to be a good deal on both sides. I'm the only childless person (for a long time childless AND single), so my team knows the deal; they get summer, xmas, spring break, i'll cover. In return, I get first dibs on adding days to long weekends and my requested days off during their kids school year are non-negotiable. It's a win-win.

It's not about if you don't/have children, it's about the lack of legislation to protect employees' rights in your country.