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40 Memes About Being Childless In Response To People Not Accepting That This Is A Free Choice
The romantic notion of owning a white picket fence house and raising several rambunctious rosy-cheeked kids is something that intuitively appeals to me. However, far from everybody has the same dreams that I do — and to each their own.
There are more and more people out there who reject the standard family narrative and firmly believe that not having kids is the way to go. When faced with criticism or disdain, they reply not with anger or excuses but with funny memes. And who here doesn’t like a good meme or two?
Bored Panda has hand-picked the very best memes made by people who don’t want to have kids, all for your entertainment. Whatever side of the (white picket) fence you’re on, regarding the topic of having children, I hope that you’ll enjoy the jokes. So scroll down, upvote your favorite memes, and tell us in the comments which ones made you laugh the loudest. When you’re all done with this article, why not have a glance at Bored Panda’s other hilarious list about people who prefer pets over kids, as well as our post about older people and whether or not they regret not having had kids.
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The memes mostly center around the idea that those people whose life choices includes no kids, because they enjoy having more freedom and money. They also poke fun of the fact that society keeps pressuring them to have children who are a huge responsibility to take care of and expensive to raise.
The New York Times determined the reasons why more people are opting out of having more kids. The 2018 survey conducted by Morning Consult shows that the number one reason why people are having fewer children than their ideal number is money. Or rather, a lack of money. 64% of respondents said that childcare is too expensive. 54% also mentioned wanting to spend more time with the kids they already have; 49% were worried about the economy; and 44% can’t afford more children.
One of my back-up career plans is opening a bakery. 100% would spend a few dozens of dollars to have this sign ordered in a personified, metal, "Nostalgic Art" style version. I would then nail it to the front door. No, even better. I'd have a sign reading: "Dear parents, you are responsible for your children's and your dogs' behaviour, as well as your own. If you disrupt the pleasant quiet atmosphere in any way, you'd be kindly asked to leave. The Staff."
Meanwhile, it’s a fact that birth and fertility rates in the world are plummeting. Our World in Data has revealed the shocking fact that the global fertility rate has halved in the last half-a-century: up until 1965, on average, every woman in the world had more than 5 children; now the average woman has fewer than 2.5 kids.
According to the BBC, lower fertility rates are found in “more economically developed countries”, such as the United States, Australia, South Korea and most countries in Europe. The World Population Review has found that in 2019 the highest fertility rates are in Niger (an average of 6.95 children per woman) and Somalia (6.12 kids); the lowest rates are in South Korea (1.11 kids) and Taiwan (1.15 kids).
Well, the cat ain't gonna walk itself... but it WILL try to get out of that pram if it gets stressed. Watch out.
Whether you already have kids, want to have children or aren’t planning on having any, what’s important is being happy with your decision and living life with no regrets. And what helps you keep a smile on your face? That’s right. Memes! And lots of them.
I think parenthood should be better controlled. Why is it not illegal to have 8 10 12 kids? The earth has 19 births for every 8 deaths. We're so overpopulated were gonna breed out of existence.
How I feel when asked to look at photos... or gender reveal parties! Please - only the parents really care. The rest of us just like a party.
Cat: *regrets life choices* Also isn't that a lot of kittens for one cat? (EDIT: Yep. I stuffed up there. You guys were right!)
"hooman, why are you acting like that?" lol, the dog's face looks horrified
Read 'Childfree and Loving It' by Nicki Defago. There are many parents who regret it but say nothing. She let people contact her anonymously with their stories as people are often too ashamed to admit that they wish they had never had children.
sometimes I go through the baby isle to feel smug over all the s**t I don't have to buy
If you want people to respect your choice, you have to respect other people’s choice.
Note: this post originally had 67 images. It’s been shortened to the top 40 images based on user votes.
Whether you have no kids, one kid or 5 kids etc. It is no one else’s business. It does not mean that someone’s life is more fulfilling as the other, it just means their lives are different and fulfilling in different ways.
I genuinely don't understand this seemingly reflexive need to justify one's decisions by mocking the decisions of others. I always knee that I wanted to be a wife and mother, because I come from a big, happy family and had a wonderful mother who set a beautiful example for me. I also wanted to be a pirate and psychologist. While the wife part turned out to be a disaster - more due to my awful partner choosing abilities than anything else - I am a happy, proud mother of two boys, both of whom were planned, with a degree in forensic psychology and a thriving fencing instruction business. I am happy with my choices and their results. That being said, I constantly get asked "are you going to try for a girl?" Despite having lost my daughter at birth and being almost 40. If you have made a choice that enhances your life and makes you happy, screw the expectations of others! Ignore s****y attitudes and try as much as possible to not absorb their snarkiness into yourself. Using the crappiness of others to reationalize being crappy yourself is awful and ridiculous. For what it is worth, I celebrate all of you - so many I differ with philosophically but still look forward to reading your comments! Be happy, Pandas!
I'm more and more under the impression that very few parents really actively made the decision to have kids after thinking it through thoroughly. Most parents... (1) get pregnant by accident and feel obliged to follow through. (2) just do what most people do without considering making life choices of their own. (3) bow to their spouse. (4) see kids as kind of a status symbol, something you have to have in order to live a "proper life".
It is and should be everybodys own choice. I have 2 lovely girls and would not change my situation for the world- I love them to bits. But also being a parent can be very difficult and certainly expensive. I can understand very well people that don't want kids. And the worst possible reason to choose having kids is somehow feeling pressured by society or religion or family. My inlaws used to push the having kids subject so often we got really tired of it and walked out of a family dinner once. Just respect each others choices.
At least half of these comments are as a response to ill-mannered, misbehaving children with unempathetic parents. Not all kids are bad. In my family, no one would dare to throw a super-market tantrum. So even though I am an entitled millinial who loves dogs and owns her own home....I can risk having kids.
I've got a child and it's not as bad as the memes make it out to be just saying
Kids or no kids, it's none of my business. However I don't understand the concern over low birthrates. It's not like humans are an endangered species.
I don't have any kids and never wanted to. I have an 11 year old nephew who told me he'll take care of me when I'm old so I guess I'm good.
All of my life, from a young age I never wanted children. People keep saying you'll change your mind. I never have and no one I know who insisted they do not want kids at a young age has changed their mind.
To be fair, you can have zero kids and still be broke AF. But this post really made me laugh. And for everyone saying "having/not having kids is no one's business but yours", have you observed other cultures? Have you had a Mexican mom coming at you with a chancla? Not everyone should have/wants kids - can we normalize that already?
How is socially acceptable to hate kids? If you change the word 'kids' to any other social cathegory you are a bad person, in the first step for a hate crime (you know what I mean, rasist, homophobe, antisemitic, fascist etc.). You tell that you hate kids and nobody bats an eye (meme #3 and sone comments).
Just tell me, why, Boredpanda, why?Why so many “I am so proud I don’t have kids” posts lately? Could we please have a post about kids being great for a change? As much as the childless feel offended when asked about having kids, I feel quite offended by these oh-so-happy-childless posts. Moreover, considering perhaps 90% of these very proud and very convinced childless are probably in their early 20s or younger and most probably will change their mind, because this is just how the life goes and works. I was like that, too; wanting to focus on my career, travel, have free time. You know what? I still have my career (I’m a head and neck surgeon), we do still travel and spending my free time has become much more interesting with my 2yo. Good for me, right? Now lets please have the “happy parent” post.
We might have had a kid. But on his mom's side, 11 of the siblings died of cancer, one drank himself to death. On his dad's side, dementia for 3 generation. Due to cervical cancer from lack of medical treatment in the military, if I got pregnant, odds are I would lose the pregnancy, or bleed to death without a c section. Add to it our current medical problems, and, well, yay. Sad that he was an only child, but that's how it goes sometimes.
It's no one's business if other people have kids or not...unless you're the potential grandparent. We're forgetting that there IS a biological drive to reproduce. I never thought I'd be one of those people pestering their kid to have kids. In fact, I'm not, but I could easily be. My son has announced he plans to never have kids. I fully respect his decision, understand it, and won't pester him about it. Here's a fun fact for you younger folks: That has changed my outlook on life drastically and permanently. If you don't understand why, you're just as clueless as those who pester people to have kids when they don't want to.
I don't want kids. I babysat my neighbors' kids enough to know they are evil spawns of Satan himself.
I never wanted children. Ever. Then I had to take and raise my nephew when he was about 4. He's now 20. The thought of him brings tears to my eyes, but he did not inspire me to WANT to have children. My co-worker, on the other hand, has only ever wanted children. Her marriage, not strong before adding a child (why you would have a kid in that situation is beyond me), is miserable in her marriage, but has a child she adores.
Is this really a thing? Or is it an American thing? Are people really bothered if you don't want kids?
I'll be 67 on my next birthday. Never had kids and don't regret it. I do have a dog (who's also an old fart), but he's a dog. He's not a surrogate child.
What I hate more than anything is people who say "you'll feel differently after you have kids". A former friend said this to me and I finally told her to just freaking stop. I don't want kids. I don't like kids. Sure, if I ever have one, I'll love them, but I can guarantee you I still won't like other peoples' children. I hate screaming (even if it's a screamy-laugh that babies do), crying, general noise, and I will never think it's cute. I won't post photos of my kids on social media every damn day because I'm a private person and nothing will change that. People who act like they know better and get all smug about it p**s me off. I know my own mind and I feel very firmly about certain things. Having a crotch fruit will NOT change it. If you feel the need to be supermom, go ahead, that's great. But I know what I want for my life too. Please don't expect others to feel the same way about children - some of us just don't like them and tbh, we shouldn't feel obligated to pretend we do.
I will ruin this body on my own terms! But seriously, I've known since I was little I had no desire to have children. I don't dislike kids, I'd just rather have a dog.
All of the downvotes on the childfree people make me laugh. You can downvote all you want but it won't change their minds or lives. Some of you parents are just salty because you don't understand other people. You live in your own little world and you think your child is the most intelligent/beautiful/whatever in the world, when most likely it's not. It's just the same ""ME,ME,ME " selfish attitude you complain about childfree folks, just with mini-me's. You think it's the most marvelous thing in the world too have children. How about creating a life-saving robot, exploring space yourself, and many wonders of the world. If you limit your experiences to just have children and saying you don't need anything else, near death the regrets will come as an avalanche. Just don't c**p on childfree and make them feel bad. Not all parents are like this,but some are nasty people that raise nasty kids. I will be childfree for the rest of my life and you or anybody else will have a say about this.
Wow. Some really defensive posts on here, predominantly from parents now getting a taste of their own medicine. For the record... Parents totally judge those without children, so frankly this is just evening the score a little. Just a couple of generation's ago, society regarded a couple as "odd" or suspected they might be unable to conceive if they didn't have kids by their mid-thirties. Both my parents and in-laws chose (their words) to live a little and enjoy freedom before having kids. But that came at the cost of barbed remarks from family and friends. Those who cannot or choose not to have kids have had to tolerate some real s**t for far to long. So yeah, I don't feel ANY guilt or embarrassment at being able to do what the hell I want, when I want, how I want. And rolling my eyes out loud when my friends say, "don't get me wrong. I love my kids. I'd die for them. It was the best thing I ever did..." And then changing the subject before they finish the sentence with, "but..."
Some of these people must have had bad childhoods. They're really projecting.
Don't forget that "kids" are whole, complete human beings who deserve respect too.
I’m 18 and I have a daughter. She’s so cute but damn I wish I could just be a normal girl ughhh
I think everyone should have kids, unless, of course, they don't want them. Oh, and if they don't, not my business.
I had one son. I am so glad I did, but that’s all I needed. He has several and I am about to become a great grandmother for the second time. Love it! BUUUTTT, my mother thought she didn’t have a choice in having kids. We ALL have a choice now. Be sure you make the right one.
I applaud the people who know in advance that they don’t want kids and don't have them. Don’t be forced by family & society to bring a new human being into the world. Not everyone wants or should be a parent and that is their decision. I have 3 kids because I always knew I wanted kids—same with my husband as he always wanted kids too. That being said, do I dislike other people’s kids? Hells yeah. Parents can’t stand other people’s kids especially if they are ill behaved in public places. It gives a bad name to people who actually parent their kids. I don’t want someone else’s boogery, sticky kid getting in my face (in a store or waiting room)... it happens A LOT. I also don’t want someone’s stinky dog shoved in my face either. There are plenty of crappy dog owners who let their “fur babies” poo on other people’s lawns or they insist on bringing their dogs EVERYWHERE (restaurants, grocery stores, malls & places that are inappropriate for pets).
Some of these are funny. I chose not to have kids and I am so sick of people assuming it's: 1) Because I must hate kids. Totally untrue. I love kids, I work with kids. I just love being able to send them home at the end of the day. Or, 2) I'm afraid I will abuse or mistreat my kids because of of mental issues/depression/my parents abused me/etc. Also untrue. I am not a deranged lunatic; I have never mistreated anyone. To be quite honest, I'm actually not keen on the idea of being pregnant. I'm open to the idea of adoption, but I might never do that.
It doesnt matter if you want/have kids or not. Its still your choice. If its your choice not to have kids doesnt equal you being carefree the rest of your life (you still have you, your job, relationships, friends... life). And having kids doesnt equal you will be miserable the rest of your life. Life goes up and down no matter what you do, and either way your life is yours and no one elses. I don't judge either way. There are times when i feel i'm not cut out to be a parent (i have two kids). I would never regret them, but it can be a struggle - yes. But i'm also 100% sure i wouldnt find life easy without them. Life, in itself, is hard.
Love kids? Have some. Hate kids? Don't have any. Either way, do NOT preach to others. You don't know someone else's struggles, or reasons for their decisions.
Impressive. The downvoting-brigade has swept through, it looks like they have been downvoting everything rather uniformly. What triggers them so much about some people not wanting to become parents? The thread is full of humour, why be so threatened by it?
BEST POST EVER! :) Finaly! Fashion for not having children! There are 8000000000 of parasites on the Earth already. That's enought! Smart people get it.
I'm a 15-year-old, and every time I tell even my parents, they be like "You're so young, you'll change your mind, you'll find a nice man and settle down and you'll enjoy being a parent!" and externally, I be like, "Sorry but broadway doesn't allow that kind of commitment." and internally, I be like, "ha jokes on you I'm GAYY"
I can understand why having children is a standard. Especially countries in Asia they expect children to take care of their parents when they get older. Also the more children in the family, the more income they can make.
I had two, but people were constantly surprised by the fact I didn't really care for other people's kids. I used to explain, "That's because I can beat mine". The look on their faces was so worth it.
Just tell them you can't have them, watch people back pedal and apologise super fast 😂
That’s fine if more and more people don’t want kids. Eventually means more resources for my offspring and their offspring etc. The US hasn’t been at the replacement fertility rate of 2.1 since 1978. This lack of a innate desire for their evolutionary fitness will mean their doom and my lineages success.
Looks like some folks here believe there are no consequences for regret. That, or the mommy brigade just downvotes anyone childfree.
Whether you have no kids, one kid or 5 kids etc. It is no one else’s business. It does not mean that someone’s life is more fulfilling as the other, it just means their lives are different and fulfilling in different ways.
I genuinely don't understand this seemingly reflexive need to justify one's decisions by mocking the decisions of others. I always knee that I wanted to be a wife and mother, because I come from a big, happy family and had a wonderful mother who set a beautiful example for me. I also wanted to be a pirate and psychologist. While the wife part turned out to be a disaster - more due to my awful partner choosing abilities than anything else - I am a happy, proud mother of two boys, both of whom were planned, with a degree in forensic psychology and a thriving fencing instruction business. I am happy with my choices and their results. That being said, I constantly get asked "are you going to try for a girl?" Despite having lost my daughter at birth and being almost 40. If you have made a choice that enhances your life and makes you happy, screw the expectations of others! Ignore s****y attitudes and try as much as possible to not absorb their snarkiness into yourself. Using the crappiness of others to reationalize being crappy yourself is awful and ridiculous. For what it is worth, I celebrate all of you - so many I differ with philosophically but still look forward to reading your comments! Be happy, Pandas!
I'm more and more under the impression that very few parents really actively made the decision to have kids after thinking it through thoroughly. Most parents... (1) get pregnant by accident and feel obliged to follow through. (2) just do what most people do without considering making life choices of their own. (3) bow to their spouse. (4) see kids as kind of a status symbol, something you have to have in order to live a "proper life".
It is and should be everybodys own choice. I have 2 lovely girls and would not change my situation for the world- I love them to bits. But also being a parent can be very difficult and certainly expensive. I can understand very well people that don't want kids. And the worst possible reason to choose having kids is somehow feeling pressured by society or religion or family. My inlaws used to push the having kids subject so often we got really tired of it and walked out of a family dinner once. Just respect each others choices.
At least half of these comments are as a response to ill-mannered, misbehaving children with unempathetic parents. Not all kids are bad. In my family, no one would dare to throw a super-market tantrum. So even though I am an entitled millinial who loves dogs and owns her own home....I can risk having kids.
I've got a child and it's not as bad as the memes make it out to be just saying
Kids or no kids, it's none of my business. However I don't understand the concern over low birthrates. It's not like humans are an endangered species.
I don't have any kids and never wanted to. I have an 11 year old nephew who told me he'll take care of me when I'm old so I guess I'm good.
All of my life, from a young age I never wanted children. People keep saying you'll change your mind. I never have and no one I know who insisted they do not want kids at a young age has changed their mind.
To be fair, you can have zero kids and still be broke AF. But this post really made me laugh. And for everyone saying "having/not having kids is no one's business but yours", have you observed other cultures? Have you had a Mexican mom coming at you with a chancla? Not everyone should have/wants kids - can we normalize that already?
How is socially acceptable to hate kids? If you change the word 'kids' to any other social cathegory you are a bad person, in the first step for a hate crime (you know what I mean, rasist, homophobe, antisemitic, fascist etc.). You tell that you hate kids and nobody bats an eye (meme #3 and sone comments).
Just tell me, why, Boredpanda, why?Why so many “I am so proud I don’t have kids” posts lately? Could we please have a post about kids being great for a change? As much as the childless feel offended when asked about having kids, I feel quite offended by these oh-so-happy-childless posts. Moreover, considering perhaps 90% of these very proud and very convinced childless are probably in their early 20s or younger and most probably will change their mind, because this is just how the life goes and works. I was like that, too; wanting to focus on my career, travel, have free time. You know what? I still have my career (I’m a head and neck surgeon), we do still travel and spending my free time has become much more interesting with my 2yo. Good for me, right? Now lets please have the “happy parent” post.
We might have had a kid. But on his mom's side, 11 of the siblings died of cancer, one drank himself to death. On his dad's side, dementia for 3 generation. Due to cervical cancer from lack of medical treatment in the military, if I got pregnant, odds are I would lose the pregnancy, or bleed to death without a c section. Add to it our current medical problems, and, well, yay. Sad that he was an only child, but that's how it goes sometimes.
It's no one's business if other people have kids or not...unless you're the potential grandparent. We're forgetting that there IS a biological drive to reproduce. I never thought I'd be one of those people pestering their kid to have kids. In fact, I'm not, but I could easily be. My son has announced he plans to never have kids. I fully respect his decision, understand it, and won't pester him about it. Here's a fun fact for you younger folks: That has changed my outlook on life drastically and permanently. If you don't understand why, you're just as clueless as those who pester people to have kids when they don't want to.
I don't want kids. I babysat my neighbors' kids enough to know they are evil spawns of Satan himself.
I never wanted children. Ever. Then I had to take and raise my nephew when he was about 4. He's now 20. The thought of him brings tears to my eyes, but he did not inspire me to WANT to have children. My co-worker, on the other hand, has only ever wanted children. Her marriage, not strong before adding a child (why you would have a kid in that situation is beyond me), is miserable in her marriage, but has a child she adores.
Is this really a thing? Or is it an American thing? Are people really bothered if you don't want kids?
I'll be 67 on my next birthday. Never had kids and don't regret it. I do have a dog (who's also an old fart), but he's a dog. He's not a surrogate child.
What I hate more than anything is people who say "you'll feel differently after you have kids". A former friend said this to me and I finally told her to just freaking stop. I don't want kids. I don't like kids. Sure, if I ever have one, I'll love them, but I can guarantee you I still won't like other peoples' children. I hate screaming (even if it's a screamy-laugh that babies do), crying, general noise, and I will never think it's cute. I won't post photos of my kids on social media every damn day because I'm a private person and nothing will change that. People who act like they know better and get all smug about it p**s me off. I know my own mind and I feel very firmly about certain things. Having a crotch fruit will NOT change it. If you feel the need to be supermom, go ahead, that's great. But I know what I want for my life too. Please don't expect others to feel the same way about children - some of us just don't like them and tbh, we shouldn't feel obligated to pretend we do.
I will ruin this body on my own terms! But seriously, I've known since I was little I had no desire to have children. I don't dislike kids, I'd just rather have a dog.
All of the downvotes on the childfree people make me laugh. You can downvote all you want but it won't change their minds or lives. Some of you parents are just salty because you don't understand other people. You live in your own little world and you think your child is the most intelligent/beautiful/whatever in the world, when most likely it's not. It's just the same ""ME,ME,ME " selfish attitude you complain about childfree folks, just with mini-me's. You think it's the most marvelous thing in the world too have children. How about creating a life-saving robot, exploring space yourself, and many wonders of the world. If you limit your experiences to just have children and saying you don't need anything else, near death the regrets will come as an avalanche. Just don't c**p on childfree and make them feel bad. Not all parents are like this,but some are nasty people that raise nasty kids. I will be childfree for the rest of my life and you or anybody else will have a say about this.
Wow. Some really defensive posts on here, predominantly from parents now getting a taste of their own medicine. For the record... Parents totally judge those without children, so frankly this is just evening the score a little. Just a couple of generation's ago, society regarded a couple as "odd" or suspected they might be unable to conceive if they didn't have kids by their mid-thirties. Both my parents and in-laws chose (their words) to live a little and enjoy freedom before having kids. But that came at the cost of barbed remarks from family and friends. Those who cannot or choose not to have kids have had to tolerate some real s**t for far to long. So yeah, I don't feel ANY guilt or embarrassment at being able to do what the hell I want, when I want, how I want. And rolling my eyes out loud when my friends say, "don't get me wrong. I love my kids. I'd die for them. It was the best thing I ever did..." And then changing the subject before they finish the sentence with, "but..."
Some of these people must have had bad childhoods. They're really projecting.
Don't forget that "kids" are whole, complete human beings who deserve respect too.
I’m 18 and I have a daughter. She’s so cute but damn I wish I could just be a normal girl ughhh
I think everyone should have kids, unless, of course, they don't want them. Oh, and if they don't, not my business.
I had one son. I am so glad I did, but that’s all I needed. He has several and I am about to become a great grandmother for the second time. Love it! BUUUTTT, my mother thought she didn’t have a choice in having kids. We ALL have a choice now. Be sure you make the right one.
I applaud the people who know in advance that they don’t want kids and don't have them. Don’t be forced by family & society to bring a new human being into the world. Not everyone wants or should be a parent and that is their decision. I have 3 kids because I always knew I wanted kids—same with my husband as he always wanted kids too. That being said, do I dislike other people’s kids? Hells yeah. Parents can’t stand other people’s kids especially if they are ill behaved in public places. It gives a bad name to people who actually parent their kids. I don’t want someone else’s boogery, sticky kid getting in my face (in a store or waiting room)... it happens A LOT. I also don’t want someone’s stinky dog shoved in my face either. There are plenty of crappy dog owners who let their “fur babies” poo on other people’s lawns or they insist on bringing their dogs EVERYWHERE (restaurants, grocery stores, malls & places that are inappropriate for pets).
Some of these are funny. I chose not to have kids and I am so sick of people assuming it's: 1) Because I must hate kids. Totally untrue. I love kids, I work with kids. I just love being able to send them home at the end of the day. Or, 2) I'm afraid I will abuse or mistreat my kids because of of mental issues/depression/my parents abused me/etc. Also untrue. I am not a deranged lunatic; I have never mistreated anyone. To be quite honest, I'm actually not keen on the idea of being pregnant. I'm open to the idea of adoption, but I might never do that.
It doesnt matter if you want/have kids or not. Its still your choice. If its your choice not to have kids doesnt equal you being carefree the rest of your life (you still have you, your job, relationships, friends... life). And having kids doesnt equal you will be miserable the rest of your life. Life goes up and down no matter what you do, and either way your life is yours and no one elses. I don't judge either way. There are times when i feel i'm not cut out to be a parent (i have two kids). I would never regret them, but it can be a struggle - yes. But i'm also 100% sure i wouldnt find life easy without them. Life, in itself, is hard.
Love kids? Have some. Hate kids? Don't have any. Either way, do NOT preach to others. You don't know someone else's struggles, or reasons for their decisions.
Impressive. The downvoting-brigade has swept through, it looks like they have been downvoting everything rather uniformly. What triggers them so much about some people not wanting to become parents? The thread is full of humour, why be so threatened by it?
BEST POST EVER! :) Finaly! Fashion for not having children! There are 8000000000 of parasites on the Earth already. That's enought! Smart people get it.
I'm a 15-year-old, and every time I tell even my parents, they be like "You're so young, you'll change your mind, you'll find a nice man and settle down and you'll enjoy being a parent!" and externally, I be like, "Sorry but broadway doesn't allow that kind of commitment." and internally, I be like, "ha jokes on you I'm GAYY"
I can understand why having children is a standard. Especially countries in Asia they expect children to take care of their parents when they get older. Also the more children in the family, the more income they can make.
I had two, but people were constantly surprised by the fact I didn't really care for other people's kids. I used to explain, "That's because I can beat mine". The look on their faces was so worth it.
Just tell them you can't have them, watch people back pedal and apologise super fast 😂
That’s fine if more and more people don’t want kids. Eventually means more resources for my offspring and their offspring etc. The US hasn’t been at the replacement fertility rate of 2.1 since 1978. This lack of a innate desire for their evolutionary fitness will mean their doom and my lineages success.
Looks like some folks here believe there are no consequences for regret. That, or the mommy brigade just downvotes anyone childfree.