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The number of babies born in the US in 2018 fell to the lowest level in 32 years, according to a 2019 report by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. The numbers indicate an ever-growing trend of more and more young people, especially millennials, opting for a childfree lifestyle.

Even though the joys of growing a child are undisputable, skipping parenthood may often seem an appealing decision to millennials who face college debts and enormous costs of living. Instead, many opt for the freedom of traveling, experiencing things, and cherishing their personal independence.

But in order to find out why exactly so many people make the decision of a childfree life, we have to look at what these people have to say themselves. So we rounded up some of the most illuminating tweets on the joys of life without kids that will surely give everyone a lot to think about.

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TheRachelFisher Report

Sleazy Weaver
Community Member
5 years ago

This needs to be at the top. I never even realized this before but this is so important.

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    Kolkata_Chhori Report

    Lucy Skinner
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Chosen families are valid too!!!

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    #3

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    DestryBrod Report

    Raine Soo
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Kudos! That is the cutest costume and child I have ever seen.

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    #4

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    DaveVescio Report

    Aria
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    Tbh I don’t want kids they are loud and messy and I don’t want to procreate please don’t downvote.

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    #5

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    ShalindaKirby Report

    Raine Soo
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Or children running on the same spot all day long.

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    #6

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    molly7anne Report

    me
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    They should be the one putting the dollar in!

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    #7

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    CrissRad Report

    Hayley Rodgers
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Not to mention infertility is a thing, trauma is a thing, mental and physical health issues that are passed down are a thing. There are so many reasons someone might be childless and it isn't your business

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    #8

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    ninisalinass Report

    Jumilicious
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Amen to that.

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    #9

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    sauteslut Report

    wandile dludlu
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Yes... that's all we want. if we feel like having a kid, we'll borrow a nephew or niece for a week just to get it out of our system

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    #10

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    stupidoldandy Report

    Hayley Rodgers
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I refer to my human kids as "skin babies" all the time. They think it's hilarious. They also call our cats their brothers and sister

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    #11

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    WineWeedWife Report

    nanashi
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    children are EXPENSIVE, it's beyond me to think that people have more than one of them. AND you have to keep spending to care and nurture them until they are matured and ready for the world on their own. based on the culture you are raised from, that could range from 18y or until they have a stable job and/or married themselves.

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    #12

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    molly7anne Report

    me
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Plus tattoos don't cry!

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    #13

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    HenpeckedHal Report

    CB KittyValet
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    and all the people in the restaurant also trying to have a nice meal.....

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    #14

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    SpikeReeds Report

    Phoenix
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    *cheers with wine glass of grape juice* (Underage)

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    #15

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    goldengateblond Report

    Gwen
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Priorities.

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    #16

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    OhNoSheTwitnt Report

    JiminKimLip7
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    That's my favourite!

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    #17

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    WheelTod Report

    Raine Soo
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Ha, ha, ha! God, that's too funny.

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    #18

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    slackmistress Report

    MrsPossum
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    Yes!! I never understand this. I once literally had a woman tell me I needed to have kids as soon as possible, then she spent the next ten minutes moaning about her kids and how she wished she'd never had them?! I thought that was pretty....weird.

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    #19

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    JonathanFowle10 Report

    Helen Haley
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    YES

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    #20

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    ElizaBayne Report

    Julie C Rose
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    As a childless/free/whatever woman who used to work 60-hour weeks until the pandemic hit, I’m gonna vote no.

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    #21

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    Vynse Report

    NinjaWolfy94
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    This should be higher, it's so accurate xD

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    #22

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    dafloydsta Report

    And Peggy
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    🍼👶🏽=😭

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    #23

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    NatashaMLee Report

    me
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I consider my friends as my family, and I certainly don't plan on having children with them.

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    #24

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    enterrob Report

    Raine Soo
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    That was always what I said when I handed back my nieces and nephews to their parents.

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    #25

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    EmiBarry Report

    MrsPossum
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Oooh yes, I get this a lot. Tattoos, no kids... It feels like it's open season on my life sometimes 😬

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    #26

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    LizHackett Report

    Sleazy Weaver
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Plus when you realize nobody is actively destroying your house, you don't have to waste time/money on food they won't eat, & that you can own even mildly delicate things without fear.

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    #27

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    leenewtonsays Report

    Candice Ravel
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Or working retail and seeing those little crotch goblins screaming and throwing s**t everywhere. I actually feel my ovaries shrivel up when I witness this.

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    #28

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    mdob11 Report

    Luther von Wolfen
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Ha! My ex-wife did this at a gathering of my family once. No one ever handed her a baby again.

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    #29

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    jdelwoo Report

    nanashi
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    if they're under 12mth, or you are telling your doctor of their age, it's acceptable to go by months. over a year old, please just say the years.

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    #30

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    ohnoNOTFEMINISM Report

    Katie Lutesinger
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I love that the person who posted this is using an avatar of Princess Caroline, a character whose major arc on the show "BoJack Horseman" is that she really REALLY wants to have a kid.

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    #31

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    The_ME_Ellison Report

    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Let’s apply that to commited couples who are not married. A lot of people in our generation doesn’t marry, at least in Europe.

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    #32

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    mdob11 Report

    me
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I mean they're not wrong, the pictures are very baby

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    #33

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    JessFink Report

    Raine Soo
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Actually, that sounds great.

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    #34

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    chescaleigh Report

    Sleazy Weaver
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Hell yes, keep doing you Auntie Shark!!

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    #35

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    AtsukoComedy Report

    nanashi
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    nosey coworker; "hey when are you gonna marry and have kids? why not? it's worth it, TRUST ME!". also nosey coworker: "YOU wouldn't know, having kids means you no longer have time for yourself, let alone sleep undisturbed."

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    #36

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    lisaxy424 Report

    Mieke Fabry
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    4 kids and slept in until 9am, it's not al bad 🤣🤣

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    #37

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    joltofimpulse Report

    Miss Cris
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Every choice is nice, when it's a choice :)

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    #38

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    WhoresofYore Report

    Raine Soo
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I love this saying. For years, I've had to put up with: "When are you going to have kids?", "You're not?", "Why not? You'd be a great mom", "What's wrong with you?", "Everyone has children", and "You must be the most selfish person on earth". Nope, I'm just self-aware.

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    #39

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    ZachWeiner Report

    Scott Garibay
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Yes it's selfish not to create something that you parade around for attention and gifts, and stealing people's free time.

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    #40

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    Skelpyy Report

    Mal
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I AM THE LAST OF MY TRIBE

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    #41

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    gabilynn47 Report

    Myrtle Yoma
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Day care costs $12000 a year for one kid....kids cost WAY more than $15000

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    #42

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    probablyMalaz Report

    nanashi
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    hey, this is a future I'm working on to make it a reality!

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    #43

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    robfee Report

    Luther von Wolfen
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Hey - I enjoyed "Zootopia" every single f***ing time.

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    #44

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    KingRainhead Report

    Canadian in Cornwall
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    This is SO annoying. I was told this so many times ! I wanted to be sterilised in my 30's, but they wouldn't do it, as I "might change my mind, as I had just gotten married". Never mind that we were both 37 and had never wanted children !! So I just kept taking the pill constantly so I wouldn't have a period, couldn't bear them !

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    #45

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    goldengateblond Report

    wandile dludlu
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Humans are such a bad design... now I understand villains in movies trying to change humans to lizards or something

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    #46

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    Annekinns Report

    Joanna
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    No, I'm hungry

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    #47

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    kbnoswag Report

    Jumilicious
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    What imbecile is trying to save their marriage by having kids?! That's probably the biggest challenge for any relationship and even the great ones don't always survive the transition of become parents.

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    #48

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    sarahjoyshockey Report

    catslave6
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    LOL!

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    #49

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    nedostup Report

    Raine Soo
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Yeah, that's right. I'm the cool aunt, not the nagging parent.

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    #50

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    annetdonahue Report

    Raine Soo
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I know what you mean. I like to tuck my cats into bed at night.

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    #51

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    DrRoberty Report

    Gwen
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Or you can always get a cat. That way you can have company, but they, like you are independent!

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    #52

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    thenatewolf Report

    Scott Garibay
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I wasn't allowed to touch the football in highschool as I had a "fumbling" problem...but sure I'll hold your spawn...

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    #53

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    tonestradamus Report

    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    25 is too young. People encouraging you to have kids when you’re still basically a kid, only do it because misery loves company.

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    #54

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    slackmistress Report

    Kiss Army
    Community Member
    Premium
    5 years ago

    KITTENS!!

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    #55

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    AbbyHasIssues Report

    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I think “most women” is a stretch

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    #56

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    jaboukie Report

    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Lmaooo that’s cold but true

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    #57

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    BisHilarious Report

    Memento Mori
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    Ah yes, the sacred Costco membership

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    #58

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    ambamthankyamam Report

    Alexis draskinis
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Read this is as my kid literally asked me "do you have any gum in your bag?" I think BP is screwing with me!! Lol!!

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    #59

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    MVPJunkie Report

    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Only if you’re not middle eastern. I’ve literally never EVER not been pulled for second screening since 9/11. Not even on domestic flights.

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    #60

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    pleatedjeans Report

    Theoretical Empiricist
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    This would save so much judicial time.

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    #61

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    stephenszczerba Report

    K.
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    ahahaha. They made way for the rise of pet and plant parents.

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    #62

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    hannystyles69 Report

    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Good idea.

    #63

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    rad_milk Report

    MrTree1779
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    And always white couples too. We rarely (if ever) see brown couples cooing over their baby. I wonder why...? (Answer: subtle racism that white babies are precious, but brown ones are not)

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    #64

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    truegritrumble Report

    Memento Mori
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    AAAAAAHHH A CHILD 😱

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    #65

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    ValeeGrrl Report

    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I did this to my parents as a kid because I kept feeling the seam inside my socks pressing against my toes. I think most socks now are made without the seam there.

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    #66

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    Brocklesnitch Report

    Gerard Neaux
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    If only! There's still daily life dragging us down.

    #67

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    liljonlovitz Report

    n i k o
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    In its teenage years is when it builds a cocoon, right in its bedroom.

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    #68

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    simoncholland Report

    Neva Nevičica
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    People who tell me to have kids are mostly the ones that make me more certain that i don't want them. They complain all the time, constantly. Some of them have grown up kids, some have small kids. I never hear one nice thing, only about how tired they are, how much something cost or how their kids are spoiled and disobedient. They spend most of their time on work on the phone with the 20+ years old children, asking if they have eaten and explaining where the food is (in the fridge!). Really tempting.

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    #69

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    Brocklesnitch Report

    Sleazy Weaver
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I dunno, sounds like a dad joke... Might wanna have your partner take a pregnancy test just in case!

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    #70

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    realemilyloud Report

    Raine Soo
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Yeah, they all look alike, don't they?

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    #71

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    Vitt2tsnoc Report

    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    Yes, Amazon. And Disney.

    #72

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    sageboggs Report

    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    5 years ago

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    Don’t try to categorize your extreme dumbness with being child free. We don’t know you, go away.

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    #73

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    envydatropic Report

    Anne Bidstrup
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Get a cat - they stay in bed with you!

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    #74

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    mynameist8ken Report

    Katherine Boag
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Oh dear haha

    #75

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    Scaachi Report

    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    She sounds like every mom zombie.

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    #76

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    JackieHoffman16 Report

    Dog Lover
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

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    #77

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    LurkAtHomeMom Report

    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Kids and their coughs are so disgusting

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    #78

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    MVPJunkie Report

    #79

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    jennyjaffe Report

    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Same with Puerto Rico

    #80

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    living_marble Report

    Mewton’s Third Paw
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    You’d be angry about Mother’s Day?

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    #81

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    brilliantwit Report

    Lorraine R
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    The Australopithicine Taung child discovered in South Africa is believed to have been carried off by an eagle some 2 million years ago. They discovered this by examining the marks the talons made in its eye sockets.

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    #82

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    marriedwtoddler Report

    Alexis draskinis
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I like brunch! But its mostly because i love breakfast foods, i just really hate the hours in which they are normally eaten! Lol!

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    #83

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    bimadew Report