Selfish and Child Free

[niektete]

I am not what you would call a maternal sort of person. True, I find it highly enjoyable to run a household on my own, and you'll often find me making supper for my friends or ironing my brother's shirt if he doesn't have time to do it himself, and certain of my male friends seem to have chosen me to play the Wendy to their Peter Pan. I admit to

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[hazeltea]

It's just not for some people, nothing wrong with that.I find both extremes crazy- the childfree people who rant about seeing a kid on a bus and are angry about kids just existing in society drive me crazy, but the super mommy types who have nosense of identity are just as bad with their user names all "_________'s mommy".

Welcome to the fold

[purplelavender]

Doesn't it feel great to come out of the child free closet.

I agree with everything you've written, and also with what madlovescience wrote also. Don't feel bad that you are who you are, it's like being Gay, people can either except it or ignore it.

Just keep in mind when you see a tired mother with 4 kids in tow, that you can have that wild swinging sex, or spend all the money you want, and not have to worry about the kids. ;)

[metallfugl]

Amen.
(Jess, jeg elsker det når jævelungene spyr i sjappa. Been there, dessverre. Du hadde dånt hvis du hadde tatt samme fly som oss hjem fra Berlin... Idiotbarn som skreik all over the place. Jeg blir kvalm!)

[soul_bonnie]

Same here. I reallyreallyreally don't want to have children. Not one. No. Urgh.

Here's another thing that gets my goat: "That's so selfish of you!" Selfish? Are those people telling me it is out of completely altruistic reasons that they bring children into this world? I mean, they have children because they want them. THEY want them. And why? Sometimes I suspect because they wanna have a little plaything. Or they wanna be loved unconditionally and can't get that anywhere else because they're horrible people. Or the like.

I think it is we, the people who say we don't want any who are the less selfish ones. At least ew don't sacrifice another human being for our own ends. We don't traumatise toddlers or cast our young just that social services get some work.
I mean, honestly.