My mom told me the happiest women she knew didn’t have husbands or children. She was basically telling me she didn’t care if I ever got married or had kids.

Sarah sums it up for me. My favorite is the desperate man trying to convince himself he hasn’t made a horrible mistake.

What really sucks as a childfree woman is that now people have begun to feel sorry for my parents. I have never wanted children and my sister doesn’t either. People will ask us about kids and when one or both of us say we’re not interested in children, people say, “How do your parents feel about that?” I’m not sorry…

They are missed… and it’s okay to acknowledge that. My husband and I had a wonderful life before our son was born, and we were grateful for it; and now, we have a wonderful life that includes a child, and we are grateful for it. It is okay to miss the parts of a former life stage that you enjoyed and appreciated.

Purple heart. lol

you sound like just the sort of person who shouldn’t be a parent, and yet are. good for you.

As a 40-something childfree woman, I will soon reach the age at which my single CF friends will have the option to decide whether or not it “counts” to start dating people with grown children, since single CF folks are slim pickings. I’m very curious to see how it plays out.

And that won’t work for me.

You are not somehow better or more accomplished because you chose to reproduce. Eat shit, you sanctimonious bitch.

I’m 33, single, and don’t want kids. It’s gotten to the point of where I almost want to lie and say, “I can’t have kids,” because dealing with the argument/debate that ensues when I say I *don’t* want kids has gone beyond my level of giving-a-shit-ness. It sounds horrible to say and to lie about something that is a…

My birthday is Galentine’s Day. I’m not particularly fond of celebrating me, so I celebrate that instead every year. It’s probably my favorite holiday.

52 here, no kids...I am the most contented person I know. I go home, take an hour long bath! Have a cocktail in the tub! Give myself a pedicure at my kitchen table! Go to bed at 7 PM if I want to! Nearly all my of colleagues and friends who have kids--of ANY age— are tired, cranky, resentful and some can’t remember…

I have the overwhelming urge to resurrect Napoleon Bonaparte’s dumbfuck ass just so I can beat him back to death. His long dead corpse probably has about as much sense as his living brain held while he was alive. ARGH.

I’ll take your outcast status and raise you an IUD.

My wife and I are child free. So much disposable income and vacation time! Plus uninterrupted snuggles and sex, unless the cats are really hungry. But it does make us social outcasts in many ways, especially now that we live in the South and aren’t pursuing God’s Plan for her womb.

look, I listen to Liz Phair. I don’t need any printing press Sean Hannitys telling me how important semen is.

You virulent monster! You should be banished from society! Stop preaching your vulgar and selfish doctrines to young women who come under your influence!  

i read that as

Oh the things you can do when you are a DINK couple. We could afford to do things (movies, concerts, comedy shows), go away at a whim, stay out until 3 am, sleep in until noon, drive relatively nice and clean cars, eat out a couple time a week. Then along came the kid...We love him to death but the carefree days are…