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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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Magpie 6 years ago
I constantly thank the feminists that made it legal to even ask for information about contraception. Australia about 1960. Before that women were jailed! for asking for info. Not just here.
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Give me a beagle any day... 6 years ago
This is 200% me! I feel the same, my whole 50 years+ life. NO REGRETS!!!
Sierra Wells 6 years ago
TRUTH, Sister! I'm 51 and knew it from the earliest of get-goes when people kept trying to shove dolls at me and I wanted Matchbox cars instead! And no, I'm not gay, just an only child, so I got to be the son AND the daughter. LOL!
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fruit_panda 6 years ago
I'm pregnant and like kids that I know well enough, but I had someone text me a picture of their co-worker's sonogram. I've never met this person and, good for her, but why? It's like if I buy a sandwich and get a text the next day saying "Saaw this sandwich and thought of you."
Mewton’s Third Paw 6 years ago
It still comes on PlutoTV on the sitcom channel
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Kaeli McIntyre 6 years ago
Yo my ex once said kids are painless to have and we should have kids in the future. (I'm a jr in hs) so I said this and broke up with him a month later
Serena DuBois 6 years ago
My father's second wife made that decision early on. She was a working woman in the 40s and the story I heard was that she knew she'd be a bad mother and decided not to be one. I admired her for it.
Dawn Reyes 6 years ago
I don't hate children but I am thankful I had none. Not by choice. However that said, if I were an adult encountering me as a child? I would hate me too. Wretched little creatures if they want to be. They only become wretched adults. Truth. I have no doubt I was a really wretched kid. Sorry to all the adults that encountered me in my life phase as pain in the a*s. Still as wretched, but at least I can tell you why. ^^
NanZ 6 years ago
My husband and I decided not to have children in 1980. He had a vasectomy before we got married and our doctor didn't think it was a good idea at such a young age. I was 23 and he was 31, but he went ahead with the vasectomy before we married. Three years later I had severe endometriosis and I said I wanted a hysterectomy. Even though he had had his surgery three years earlier, I had to write a letter to the doctor stating that I was sure I did not want children before he would do it. I don't know how many times a friend or family member have said they wish they had done the same as us. I still have a friend that says we were so smart not to have kids! I have noticed through the years that more and more couples have done the same as us. Kids aren't for everyone.
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misteriosa 6 years ago
Also, if you hate it later, you can cover it up or get it lasered without guilt or prison.
Luisa Vasconcelos 6 years ago
How can you compare tattoos with baby's. My 2 tattoos never wakes me up in the middle of the night for 2 years, several times.
Nami Tantrum 6 years ago
well i have both.. and thogh i love my kids fact is getting a tattoo is usually faster, less painfull and you can cover up an unwanted one or have it removed with a laser.
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Id row 6 years ago
When people complain about their kids treating them like ATM machines... disposable...4b319f.gif 
Liz Sahlin Johansson 6 years ago
My teenager is very generous and doesn’t think twice when using MY wallet... but growls like a cave bear and turn into Scrooge McDuck when I suggest she use her own.
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.
#4
Chicago Kitty 6 years ago
Their dog, or cat, or ferret or house or car or pretty much anything else...
Sierra Wells 6 years ago
Cats, always show me your cats. NEVER, EVER show me your damn kids. I could truly not care less.
Terri Brittingham 6 years ago
Absolutely. My friends have phones full of pets instead of kids 😺
Kathy Harris Morrow 6 years ago
I do have a phone full of Sassy's pictures and always love to share.🐾🐾
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Ian Carter 6 years ago
when colleagues at work get chatting to me about cute things their Dog or Cat does and ill talk to them for as long as possible but if anyone starts talking about their kid ill be bored in 1.2 seconds and I'm walking away.
Elizabeth Wilkins 6 years ago
I have kids and a dog. I love my kids. But most people see them often do I show pics of the Weimaraner lol
Kelly Hartle 6 years ago
My husband and I do this all the time. As we're driving, my husband will say, "To the left! To the left!" and we'll ooh and aah over the dog. When we pass a baby, it's like, "Aah, another human. Big deal."
Mewton’s Third Paw 6 years ago
I think even parents agree on this one. Other people’s kids aren’t interesting or cute
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Lily Kalasih 6 years ago
They're the Blueboys if u want to see more of them :)
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Flibbel's Follies 6 years ago
They smile as if they know your deepest secrets and will snitch you out for belly rubs.
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.
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Zori the degu 6 years ago
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."
Pseudo Puppy 6 years ago
THIS SIGN / EXPECTATION SHOULD BE A STANDARD IN ALL BUSINESSES! <3 I wholeheartedly agree!! When I was a server, I was often, by default, used as a cheap 'babysitter' (ie the parents let their toddlers run around the cafe and out onto the street, relying on floorstaff to stop them running into traffic... while the parents sat on a $3 coffee for 3 hours)!! I even told a parent that they needed to keep an eye on their toddler & stop them running into traffic... and they responded with "oh that's ok, I'm sure you'll get them in time". WTF??? (And to dispel any cliches... they appeared well educated, and wealthy)
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Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
My favorite sign along these lines was “Any child not accompanied by an adult will be given an espresso and a puppy”
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María Hermida 6 years ago
Dogs are as good or as bad as you teach them to be. Exactly like children.
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Id row 6 years ago
That's hilarious that they happened to be next to each other, lol. I wouldn't want to advertise to strangers that I had piles of cash though, even if it is just an amusing sticker. Just might be the incentive someone needs to break into your car if they think you have valuables or a high end stereo.
Elizabeth 6 years ago
They are both "rob me" stickers... that family all have Mickey hats on which means they can afford to take a family of 5 to Disney.
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Why do people think it has to be one or the other? Many successful families instill values and it isn't about money. If you think money buys happiness, you kind of missed the point of living. How sad.
AlanandLeila Hoyt 6 years ago
We love our mini van, we wanted one even when we had no kids (they are roomy and comfy!) We really enjoy life with our kids. Three with our fourth on the way. Of course, I respect people's decision to live differently than we do...those decisions are both valid and deserve respect. We hope others can also respect our decision/desire to raise a large family. For us, honestly the kids bring us more joy than anything else. We were childless and had only pets for a few years before having kids...childlessness just wasn't for us. We enjoy Christmas and summers a lot more now...and yes, we get to spent plenty of quality time as a couple🙂
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Pearlkp 6 years ago
I guess you're like me, a SINK.... (single income no kids!)
Load More Replies... AN_UNAMED_USER 5 years ago
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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.
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Karen Lyon 6 years ago (edited)
Now this resonates with me. When I was younger, I really wanted to be a mother. After my marriage tanked, and I found out that having kids would be problematic for me, I learned to have peace with that reality. It became really nice to take off to go someplace whenever I wanted to without the entourage and a car full of kid gear. Or to spend the day in my pajamas, drinking coffee, eating popcorn and cookies, while reading a book with my cat in my lap. Just in general, having my life be my own. But I do love kids! Being an auntie is the joy of my life. And I've been a teacher for over 30 years now. I'm just not sorry that I didn't have any of my own.
Christina Uhlir 6 years ago
Well, there are two different worlds: in one world women can choose whether to have children and how many; in that other world women are treated like commodity, their life is decided for them, in this world children are dying in their mother's arms, this world - man's world - is responsible for human overpopulation and destruction of our planet. "Common sense is not so common." - Voltaire ..... that was in the seventeen century. Was it ever been???
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
Why do you people need a child to find meaning in your life?, that's even sadder.
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tuzdayschild 6 years ago
I love dogs, cats and kids. They are all 3 equally irritating and adorable.
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PanditoBandito 6 years ago
I would totally do that, if my mother saved any of my baby clothes...
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).
#13
Calypso poet 6 years ago
This is my husband and I at the zoo vs. the couples with two kids! I don’t know how they even enjoy any of the animals 😁
AlanandLeila Hoyt 6 years ago
Ha ha my kids aren't so bad! Once in a while they get hyper or moody but for the most part, they have a really great time at outings, and so do we. It's the parents who begin with spanking and screaming at their kids who end up turning the whole family into an angry bunch of little people who are always fighting...
Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago
Note to People With No Kids dude, kinetic energy doesn't work like that, you better move.
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Neon Petra 6 years ago (edited)
Well, the cat ain't gonna walk itself... but it WILL try to get out of that pram if it gets stressed. Watch out.
Doodlebug 6 years ago
That's a pet stroller. They lock shut and are built as tough as any soft-sided pet carrier. They also come with clips so you can harness your pet and clip the leash to the carrier. (No I don't own one, lol. But I saw them on Amazon when I was searching for pet carriers.)
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GodOfHyperdeath 6 years ago
Your rabbits weigh heavier than my dog (a lil toy poodle, 4.8kg)
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Serena Larsen 6 years ago
My grandmother had 2 pugs, they were really old, so they needed a stroller when they had to go on long walks.
Joyce Villano 6 years ago (edited)
I also had a stroller, for my dog a Japanese Chin, and he loved it!
Serena Larsen 6 years ago
Oh yes thats me, but im not sure if my furbabies Voodoo and Whiskey will like it.
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Sammiche 6 years ago
I thought people would stop telling me "OH BUT YOU'RE SO YOUNG AND MIGHT CHANGE YOUR MIND" once I turned 30. I'm 36 now. Still hear it all the time.
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
I'm 56 and I STILL get people telling me I'll be "sorry" one day. My response is, "I'm retired, idiot... you'll be working 20 years from now."
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Kristy P 6 years ago
Even my gyno! I'm 42, husband and I are childless by choice & he refuses to perform a tubal ligation and wants me to stay on the pill.
Adi Fuchs 6 years ago
You are 100 percent correct! If people are taking a liberty with offering advice, they should also assume financial responsibility of the outcome. Damn middle aged people! They're even worse than having kids!
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Jane Dorothy Warner 6 years ago
I am old, and can look back on a life filled with kids - my own and the grandchildren - and I will tell you this: If I ever get my time over again, I will NOT have kids.
Miriam Brose 6 years ago
I am 40 now and can tell you it IS possible to NOT wanting kids. I like them and such. I just don't want to be a mommy.
Sierra Wells 6 years ago
Honest up GOD I'm 51 now but until I was in my MID 40s (?!!?!), when I would tell people I'd happily never been married nor had kids, so many would smile knowingly and say, "Oh, you'll change your mind." Uhhhh, no honey, if you knew the strength and conviction of my mind you'd be too scared to speak to me again. Run away now.
Shelby Tidwell 6 years ago
This is why dr.s refuse to remove someones uterus who has dibilitating peroids and has lost many jobs because of attendance problems..."because you may want kids some day". How the hell am I going to be able to support kids if I cant keep a job?
Wendy Walecka 6 years ago
I still hear it. At 49? H*LLS NO! I have a mortgage and school loans that never seem to go down. No way worrying about the cost of raising a kid and college. Way too close to retirement.
Katinka Min 6 years ago
The thing is - there are these pesky things called hormones. I never wanted kids, really didn't. Mit/late thirties and BAMMMMMM, my f*cking hormones go into overdrive and I am getting a child-wish that drives me bananas. Eventually, I got a puppy, that helped somewhat. Now, near menopause, my hormones have shut up and I have my peace again. But for about ten years it was just insane.
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.
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AlanandLeila Hoyt 6 years ago
Ha ha I truly, honestly feel happier now! But that's because I wanted them. Everything felt empty to me before, no matter how fun it was, because I didn't have the one thing I wanted in this life. Truly, everyone wants something different. I think if you didn't want them to begin with or had them by accident, you might feel more stressed. The kids don't stress me out that much, but other people interfering with their care, trying to force their way...that did stress me out. Feeling like you have to protect them from certain people is incredibly stressful. It's not bad when you are surrounded by good people though (and again, if it's what you wanted in life)
Kelly Hartle 6 years ago
I'll stick with my lab/pit mix, thanks. She's always happy to see me.
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Daria B 6 years ago
And you know what's even sweeter of a sound? Someone else doing the dishes, while you're still snoozing. ♥
Julie Watson 6 years ago
I'm 14 years old and I don't want any kids XD I'd rather live the good life
Anna Lessens 3 years ago
So Wyomudder wants to threaten us with their company if their kids decide not to...already feel bad...for someone
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Rall 6 years ago
Yes! But unfortunately my moron neighbours had two very loud kids, so I'm doomed to screeching and shouting to the rest of my life....
First Last 5 years ago
Am I the only one who feels like children's laughter isn't all that great? I can take it or leave it, but preferably leave it.
Myriam Ickx 6 years ago
I also like the sound of my two cats purring on my bed in the morning.
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knittin' kitten 6 years ago
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.
sh 6 years ago
And it's generally not the highly intelligent folks having a whole passel of them either... just saying. Breeding into complete idiocy.
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Lorraine R 6 years ago
Where do people get these stickers anyway? I see them all the time on cars but never in shops.
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AlanandLeila Hoyt 6 years ago
Oh man...I enjoy one dog or one cat... but that looks like a nightmare for me!
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Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
Me when I hear a baby screaming: Turn it off! For the love of all that is holy, turn it off!
Mewton’s Third Paw 6 years ago (edited)
My ex’s sister in law had a baby and literally got mad and offended that I didn’t ASK HER to hold it. She couldn’t understand why I didn’t care to hold her baby. She never liked me after that. Stupid c**t.
Wyomudder 6 years ago
She sounds like a horrible person, glad she is an ex... also, you don't sound that great either. So, probably good that this offended you.
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D. Pitbull 6 years ago
Throughout all the movies - I never related to Ron so much as I did in this one scene...
Zoila Flores Pena 5 years ago
This is funny. They are just reproducing to take over.
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Ellie Ragsdale 6 years ago
I just say, "no, I'd drop the baby or break their neck, even if I tried not to". For all i know, that's true.
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Carrie de Luka 6 years ago
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.
Id row 6 years ago
I don't mind one picture even though I have zero interest. Any more than that makes me want to jam an oyster fork in my eye.
Mewton’s Third Paw 6 years ago
Same. I’ll look out of respect and curiosity but I’m never going to be honest when I say it’s cute. Very few babies are cute.
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Non-New-Toni-An 6 years ago
I always felt like I was a bit unusual in having zero interest in people's kid pics. It's an effort feigning interest and saying 'oh, so cute' etc
Magpie 6 years ago
"i've got the wrong glasses with me" sorry ( not). [also i can see fine print just fine] .. this works better if you wear glasses.
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Riz Leslie 6 years ago
Nothing wrong with preferring to be a mom to a fur baby over a human baby. Especially these days when we understand that animals’ feelings are much more complex than previously given credit.
Princess Dram 6 years ago
It gets rid of the abortion problem too. This is not meant to be mean though
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R.s. Potter 6 years ago
We have grassy verges all over the city that need to be mowed. A few shepherds with these mobile sheep pens could do the job so much more effectively.
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Id row 6 years ago
I honestly don't get why some people get so beside themselves when you tell them you don't want kids. If someone told me they didn't want kids, all I'd say is, 'good for you!'
MissDemeanour 6 years ago
People with kids are jealous that you can spend time doing whatever you want to do & spend all your cash on yourself! Hahaha.
Load More Replies... Joyce Villano 6 years ago
It’s the best way to start fights when I tell people that I don’t want to have any children. Why is it anyone else’s concern whether I choose to have children or not?
knittin' kitten 6 years ago
Nothing more has offended my mother than me saying I'm not having any. Of course she wants grandkids but I cant keep a houseplant alive so how am I keeping kids alive
Salma Hernández 6 years ago
In my actual job the woman that have kids see me as a strange because I dont want to have kids.
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Anne 6 years ago
Plus.. raising a puppy makes you realize that raising a kid is like ten times more work.. and then you just get another puppy
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Myriam Ickx 6 years ago
There's no point in not having kids if you treat your puppy dogs like human babies. Doesn't that indicate a subconscious desire for a real baby? Freudian interpretation of course!
Myriam Ickx 6 years ago
Consolation: the puppies will never reach the age of 18... 😝
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Susan Westmoreland 6 years ago
I sleep till 11 and the kid is STILL asleep. No issues there!!!
Momo Skarsgård 6 years ago
Ugh I can't wake up that late even if I wanted. I feel like I just wasted the day away. Love mornings!
AlanandLeila Hoyt 6 years ago
Husband works third shift, but snagged a job where he gets to sleep. I am a sahm. We take turns in the morning. We still sleep in🙂 We spend days running our errands (maybe once a week), and going to fun places with the kids (playgrounds, kids museums, pretty nature parks...). We are rarely home. It's worked out well for us🙂
Sol Connor 6 years ago
Well I do have a kid and I just slept in at til 10.20am cause he's super ace!
Liz Sahlin Johansson 6 years ago
I’m a night owl and my daughter has inherited it! We have both slept well and long from she was born. 😊
Lucas 6 years ago
When they are older, yes. Little kids don't tend to unless the parents are putting them to bed rather later than ideal.
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Teri Donovan 6 years ago
I have kids. I sleep in when I want because, amazingly they grow up and move out. Now I have someone I can call to go get me 6-40# bags of softener salt, carry it downstairs and put it in the tank for me and you have to do it yourself.
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Brandy Grote 6 years ago
Like that Lotto commercial - "I can totally afford all of this cheese!"
AlanandLeila Hoyt 6 years ago
It's true though. I didn't realize it until the first time we went shopping without kids in a very, very long time.
CodingGirl04 6 years ago
Except for sometimes you still end up buying for more than what you came for.
Stacey Grant 6 years ago
Wow! Who the f**k pissed in your Post Toasties this morning? Oh yeah, your f****n brat kids did!!! There was ZERO reason to be a c**t in comments, Teri Donovan, but you chose to do so when we were all just having fun enjoying ourselves, talking about dogs, cats, rabbits, etc....the only creatures that really truly DO provide UNCONDITIONAL love!!! Humans suck a*s at loving one another! So Teri, this is a big F**K YOU...and I'm sure others will agree!
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Neon Petra 6 years ago (edited)
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!)
Not-so-MadMax 6 years ago
I count only 5, that seems like a normal amount to me. But moms front legs could make it kinda look like 7
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Danielle Charney 6 years ago
go to any shelter- all over they are being put to sleep by the hundreds or more- adopt all you can-
Load More Replies... Sahar Kazi 6 years ago
Have kids they said. It'll be fun they said. The look of sheer terror on the cat's face disproves everything about having kids.
Fred and George Weasley 5 years ago
kittens are cute though. babies really arent. they just cry (go ahead and downvote but its my opinion)
Veronica Sjöberg 6 years ago
Well i have two (human) kids and thats about how i feel 90% of the time. Love them and all but... yeah.
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AlanandLeila Hoyt 6 years ago
Babies are better, but dogs are better than cats, so they win there🙂
Daria B 6 years ago (edited)
Not fair. Those are adult dogs. You gotta consider the age range.
Abbella DiNoto 6 years ago
Like that? Look up cat saves boy! Or cat saves baby .. results high
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Random Panda 6 years ago (edited)
Honestly I don't get this mentality and I have both dogs and cats, no kids. Animals will need you their entire lives and are hard to train (cats especially). Kids grow up to take care of themselves, understand what you're saying to them and help with chores around the house. PS. It's perfectly normal not to want kids, I just find the comparison weird.
Liam Walsh 6 years ago
Some children don't help around the house with chores no matter what. Some are just not good people from the get-go. After all, someone has to be giving birth to the truly dreadful people out there and it isn't always parenting fails.
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Liam Walsh 6 years ago
Dogs don't live long enough, very true. However, there are so many furry friends who need homes.
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Nicole Robinson 6 years ago
You clearly didn't get the point of the joke.
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Hendra Lim 6 years ago (edited)
"hooman, why are you acting like that?" lol, the dog's face looks horrified
PanditoBandito 6 years ago
I want to have a birthday party for each of my 6 rescue dogs, at the dog park, with balloons and everything, and invite my friends and tell them to bring their dogs but "sorry no kids allowed".
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Liam Walsh 6 years ago
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.
Magpie 6 years ago
My mother made it quite clear she did * bitterly* resented having children. ( Just a few years before contraception became legal )
Load More Replies... Foxxy 6 years ago
Sometimes lol, jk. As much as my kids are hard work I will never regret having them. They are my world.
Joyce Villano 6 years ago (edited)
I am 65 and retired and people still tell me that I will regret not having children! I have known that I didn’t want children since I was 22 years of age and had a tubal ligation at 23. I did have to sign a paper for the doctor stating that I would not sue him if I ever changed my mind! ‘Til this day I have not regretted my decision and live a very happy life traveling the world with my husband. I have several friends that have children and admitted to me that if they could do it all over again, they would never have had any!
Julie Lynch 6 years ago
I still get asked that question, how many kids have you got? I am 73 now.
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Leigh Ann Poston 4 years ago
I love this. Folks think nothing of asking the first question but understand how rude it is when asked the second.
Fulsome Kitten 6 years ago
There's a good chance that a lot of the animosity that childless adults receive is from bitter moms and dads.
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Vinegar Husbands 6 years ago
sometimes I go through the baby isle to feel smug over all the s**t I don't have to buy
miaow 6 years ago
I go through the baby isle to find anything my cat might like :P
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Ian Carter 6 years ago
when I accidentally go down the baby aisle I feel a shudder down my spine like I dont belong , a bit like being in Church.
Mewton’s Third Paw 6 years ago
That aisle scares me. Alllllll of those items are expensive compared to normal daily things at the grocery store
Gosiulka Bloem 6 years ago
The thing is: you don't need those at all! You can buy washable, environment-friendly diapers. We spent less than 200 dollars on 30 diapers that we're gonna be using for the next 2 years :D
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Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago
I can not even imagine why more people don't use a diaper service and keep using disposable diapers. Dang.
Lolo76 6 years ago
Cost, I'm guessing? Some (probably most) parents need to conserve money where they can, even if it means being less environmentally friendly. Easy choice for someone without unlimited resources.
Load More Replies... Hugo Raible 6 years ago
Yo, I'll rather spend my money on stuff I don't need with money I don't have to impress people I don't like....
AzKhaleesi 6 years ago
lol i love this only for the pure fact that people seem to forget this stage is a very short time. people act like this stage is forever. You're not buying diapers and formula for 18 years....just saying.
Carrie de Luka 6 years ago
True... it gets worse. If people gave birth to teenagers (ow) instead of babies the human race would have died out.
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Kaisu 6 years ago
The best part about being a woman in a relationship with another woman is no need for birth control
Daria B 6 years ago
Unless one of you has hormonal imbalances that cause problems that are treatable with... birth control. ♥ (no criticism here, btw. Just reminding people that contraception is not only for not having children, but also for women's health. Of course, it depends on each individual either way.)
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Ay 6 years ago
I really don't get this one because adults can also shout. Also kids can learn manners. Furthermore what about when they giggle? When they start to talk for the first time? The funny misspellings they make? Kids are brilliant and ofc it is gonna be hard to be with them when they growing up but that's how life is. Life is hard. I am actually not against people who do not want kids. Especially considering it is actually expensive. I am just saying, not having kids just because they sometimes cry, shout and it is hard to put up with them when they are going through puberty is hard are not good enough reasons. I am not sure about the puberty one though lol
Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
HE doesn't have birth control pills because too many researchers are males.
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Kimlan Lau 6 years ago
There was a time when all I ever wanted was a family. I found out at age 28 that I probably would not be able to have any kids. Since then my sick uterus has wreaked havoc on my life. I am now 42, childless, jobless, suffering still because the docs in my country have ethical issues with hysterectomy on women who have no children. I would not say that I am childless, I have my nieces and nephew and god children that I have helped to raise and I will continue to be in their lives. Sometimes it is a choice & sometimes it is something that you have to learn to accept, like I did. All the best to everyone reading these comments.
Mewton’s Third Paw 6 years ago
Multiple HOUSES, not multiple kids, is the way to go. Me at 33: engaged, multiple houses, I prefer to order food through an app and then freak the delivery guy out by answering the door in my bra lol
Magpie 6 years ago
It looks like a Thunderbird woman to me. From the Thunderbirds tv series back in um erm 1960s or 70s. ... they were puppets.
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Rosie Hamilton 6 years ago
The trend for huge lips and a botox expression-free face probably.
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Agfox 6 years ago
My wife & I were both 21 when we married & had 3 children in the first 6 years. We were under 50 & both working when the last daughter left home & were able to retire at 59, not wealthy at all but we owned our own house & paid our only debt, the balance of our credit card account, off in full each month. We've been fortunate in having what to us has been the best of both Worlds, a family followed time to ourselves without any parental responsibilities.
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fruit_panda 6 years ago
I would totally frame this and place it in a high traffic area of my house
Bill Hadley 6 years ago
I have a bad habit of bursting out in laughter when other peoples little 'treasures' are screaming their heads off in public.
sequoia hawes 6 years ago
it actually looks (on my screen) a ibt blocky around the face and photoshopped, but still i get it ;0
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Nia Loves Art 6 years ago
If you want people to respect your choice, you have to respect other people’s choice.
Carrie de Luka 6 years ago
When they do, fine. When people stop constantly questioning young people (and not so young) about when they are going to have children then I'll be happy to stop taking the p**s out of their choice to clutter up the planet.
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Holli Burman 6 years ago
I had 4 kids, whom are all out of the house, and those were the best/worst years of my life.
AlanandLeila Hoyt 6 years ago
Only if you never wanted them...if you wanted them it's the most exciting thing ever, and you never look back. We are expecting our fourth, and we are filled with joy🙂
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PyroKitty 6 years ago
You can tell she doesn't have kids, her nails are still nice. (it's a joke)
Carrie de Luka 6 years ago
Definitely a joke - her manicure is a bit old!
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Kelly Hartle 6 years ago
I have something better--great-nieces and great-nephews. We can pick them up, play with them until we're tired of them, take them home, and we still get credit for giving their parents a day off!
Sancho Cruz 6 years ago
Well kinda disagree I waited till I was grown, my own houses paid off completely, own my business and cars never once have my children or I done without all by myself and change to spare. If you dont have a stable life to afford children, dont have them. My friends all did 17 years old still live on welfare , live with others constantly struggling because of their decisions to have early or unstable relationships. I've been on my own at 16 when my parents passed and I'd never thought because of my life I'd have kids unless I'm ready I'm 35 now and have to kids that dont hold me back because they are set for life my decisions when I was young paid for them to be comfortable I'd never regret or struggle because of them it's how you live I started with nothing and got everything life is great with or without kids people who think other wise are nuts that is how you live forever and never forgotten
AlanandLeila Hoyt 6 years ago
If someone didn't want them, they already know they wouldn't like it. Just like people who desperately want a child, already know the joy it will be
Inservio Letum 6 years ago
Judging by those nails, I'm guessing she EATS all the children that visit her gingerbread cottage
Rosie Hamilton 6 years ago
If you are that satisfied with your life choices why do you feel the need to bang on about it constantly? Sounds like you are trying to convince yourself - the rest of us are fine as we are thanks. Get over it.
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rhyan lumilay 6 years ago
Because the prophecy says that I'll be the last of my bloodline. I didn't choose it, it chooses me.
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Neon Petra 6 years ago
Let's go hunt (for the remote control my kid lost 3 years ago) do do do do do do let's go hunt! Run away (from my parent trying to get me in the car to go to school) do do do do do do run away! Safe at last (the kids have moved out) do do odo do do do safe at last! It's the end (I can finally sleep) do do do do do do it's the end!
Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
I remember spending time with my nibling (gender neutral for niece/nephew so I'm told) when they were little. They were into Hannah Montana.
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athornedrose 6 years ago
i realize she's meant to represent something distasteful, but i always felt connected to her on a spiritual level
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Kaisu 6 years ago
I don't know how other people feel like they have the right to tell someone they know better what someone else wants
Kristy P 6 years ago
I feel shamed when someone just ASKS if I've got kids. I always say that my husband and dog are plenty, but, I know that doesn't satisfy them. My mother & MIL still whisper about it behind our backs like if we don't hear them planning, it will happen. It's nuts! No one treats you this way about ANYTHING else!
Load More Replies... Maria Rohlen 6 years ago
I'm so very lucky my parents never told me to have kids, I never wanted any and I still don't.
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Sivi 6 years ago
My brother and his wife got me and little sis covered with number 4 on the way.
AJu 6 years ago
I just really hate when parents pressure their kids to have kids, only because they want to "be grandparents". I mean, they are basically loading the biggest burden ob their kidss for the fun of having little kids visit every once a while. All of the financial, emotional and lifelong choice-burden lies entirely on the parents. For once the wishful grandparents could tell the truth: think this through, it's a decision you van NEVER reverse
Zori the degu 6 years ago
My mother's fine with it, but my grandmother... Heck, when I told her I'm not having children and I'm only having dogs, she gave me that pretended bobbling eyes look of astonishment and horror and asked my father: "You wouldn't allow her to do that, right?". His reply truly meant a lot to me: "She can do whatever she feels is right.". Thanks Grandma, but I'm not insane.
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sh 6 years ago
I always heard "there's something in the water around here."
Load More Replies... fruit_panda 6 years ago
I'm all for respecting people who don't want kids, but why turn around and hate on people who do have them? They're both equally valid choices.
Momo Skarsgård 6 years ago
They are not hating on them, just making fun. I have kids and think they are hilarious.
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Anne 6 years ago
Actually.. I read that having children has a negative impact on the mother's IQ.. so..
Foxxy 6 years ago
It has in my case hahaha. I still have baby brain and my youngest is 5yo lol.
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Nia Loves Art 6 years ago
Any animal can breathe, breathing doesn’t make us dumber.
Load More Replies... Arno Nüüm 6 years ago
The point is that parents often act like they've acquired the ultimate wisdom.
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Liam Walsh 6 years ago (edited)
Not 'awesome' parenting going on here though. Who lays concrete without making sure kids and pets can't get into it?
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MeggersTheFox 6 years ago
Not to be that person, but why do you have to spell check every meme?
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Rahul Eluri 6 years ago
But there's another article in bored panda on why we shouldn't have pugs
PyroKitty 6 years ago
Yeah, but hopefully she doesn't breed them and she's fine. Adopt them all, neuter and spay them all, and breed the healthier version.
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Liam Walsh 6 years ago
If you had the same number of newfs (gorgeous) as that lady has pugs and they decide they want to go in a direction that you don't want to go - you know that you have no choice whatsoever!!!
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Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
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.
Full Name 6 years ago
And the weird part is that it's literally impossible to know what it's like any other way so you may as well enjoy the choices you've made.
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Mad Haberdasheress 6 years ago
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!
Ohio Hands 6 years ago
I couldn't agree more, I can't stand the smarmy snark from childless people anymore than I can stand the "you'll regret it" mentality from some parents. Why can't we all just appreciate that we each have different paths and that either is just as valid as the other? I'm 37 and childless and apparently I'm lucky in the sense that I've not had ONE SINGLE PERSON question me when I tell them I don't have kids. I've gotten zero pressure from anyone about not having kids (ok, maybe a bit from my mom but she's grandbaby crazy lol). My sister has 6, three natural, three adopted and I'm incredibly proud of all the work her and her husband put into their family, but I'm happy t just being an aunt :)
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Arno Nüüm 6 years ago
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".
Nancy Jeckells 6 years ago
I agree, I got engaged years ago because that seemed to be the next step for us, but I was just going along with what everyone else was doing. the deal breaker was that he wanted kids and I didnt, so we ended it there. He is happy with a family now and I live in england with a wonderful husband and we are child free, happy days ..xx
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Barbara 6 years ago
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.
QueenOlive 6 years ago
I cannot upvote this enough! It really depends on the person.
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Eshaa Venkatesh 6 years ago
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.
Kat Sotiriou 6 years ago
I've got a child and it's not as bad as the memes make it out to be just saying
Alex Bailey 6 years ago
Ah, yes, but hopefully you would feel that way. Oxytocin kicks in (for most) when a baby comes along. Good dollop of a hormone to ensure you want to take care of this strange creature!! I have a nephew and he's wonderful and I loved looking after him thoughout all the stages of his childhood but it made me very, very sure that I didn't want to have one of my own. I also used to volunteer to look after the tinies when I was at school and I had a lot of children in my life - from choice. My friends had children and I spent a lot of time with them - all are lovely. I do have one friend who really did regret having children - she loves her daughter but it isn't at all what she thought it would be. Anyway, for me, all the exposure i had to children really made me sure that I didn't want to have them in my life full time.
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Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
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.
Falcon 6 years ago
An aging poplulation makes it harder for workers who have to support them. That's why countries have to bring in a lot of immigrants to take the place of the native population declining. Low birthrates doesn't mean less people, it just means less native people and more foreign people.
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Carrie de Luka 6 years ago
Exactly. I pretend to dislike children in the hope my family will shut up about me not having them.
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tuzdayschild 6 years ago
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.
Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
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.
Full Name 6 years ago
And the weird part is that it's literally impossible to know what it's like any other way so you may as well enjoy the choices you've made.
Load More Replies... Mad Haberdasheress 6 years ago
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!
Ohio Hands 6 years ago
I couldn't agree more, I can't stand the smarmy snark from childless people anymore than I can stand the "you'll regret it" mentality from some parents. Why can't we all just appreciate that we each have different paths and that either is just as valid as the other? I'm 37 and childless and apparently I'm lucky in the sense that I've not had ONE SINGLE PERSON question me when I tell them I don't have kids. I've gotten zero pressure from anyone about not having kids (ok, maybe a bit from my mom but she's grandbaby crazy lol). My sister has 6, three natural, three adopted and I'm incredibly proud of all the work her and her husband put into their family, but I'm happy t just being an aunt :)
Load More Replies... Arno Nüüm 6 years ago
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".
Nancy Jeckells 6 years ago
I agree, I got engaged years ago because that seemed to be the next step for us, but I was just going along with what everyone else was doing. the deal breaker was that he wanted kids and I didnt, so we ended it there. He is happy with a family now and I live in england with a wonderful husband and we are child free, happy days ..xx
Load More Replies... Barbara 6 years ago
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.
QueenOlive 6 years ago
I cannot upvote this enough! It really depends on the person.
Load More Replies... Eshaa Venkatesh 6 years ago
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.
Kat Sotiriou 6 years ago
I've got a child and it's not as bad as the memes make it out to be just saying
Alex Bailey 6 years ago
Ah, yes, but hopefully you would feel that way. Oxytocin kicks in (for most) when a baby comes along. Good dollop of a hormone to ensure you want to take care of this strange creature!! I have a nephew and he's wonderful and I loved looking after him thoughout all the stages of his childhood but it made me very, very sure that I didn't want to have one of my own. I also used to volunteer to look after the tinies when I was at school and I had a lot of children in my life - from choice. My friends had children and I spent a lot of time with them - all are lovely. I do have one friend who really did regret having children - she loves her daughter but it isn't at all what she thought it would be. Anyway, for me, all the exposure i had to children really made me sure that I didn't want to have them in my life full time.
Load More Replies... Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
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.
Falcon 6 years ago
An aging poplulation makes it harder for workers who have to support them. That's why countries have to bring in a lot of immigrants to take the place of the native population declining. Low birthrates doesn't mean less people, it just means less native people and more foreign people.
Load More Replies... Carrie de Luka 6 years ago
Exactly. I pretend to dislike children in the hope my family will shut up about me not having them.
Load More Replies... tuzdayschild 6 years ago
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.
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