‘My dad jokes are wasted’: Child free folks discuss the cons of the no-kid lifestyle

One of the biggest decisions we’re asked to make in life is whether or not we’re going to have children. There’s so much social pressure to conform, and nobody pushes parenthood like parents. It’s the choice they made, after all. But there are definitely some drawbacks to going full steam into parenthood. It’s expensive, it’s …
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‘This was some secret test’: Weird mom friends shame child-free woman for ignoring baby’s cry at a restaurant

Thankfully, I’m not at the age where I’m starting to «lose friends» to parenthood, like the subject of this recent horror story. But I imagine that’s a hard thing to go through. You can have all the intention in the world of staying friends, but life will rapidly get in the way if one of …
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20 Amusing Childfree Memes for Adults With Happily Childless Lives

For as long as most of us can remember, the trajectory of ‘growing up’ has been as follows. We finish school, maybe go to college afterwards, then get on the career ladder. After that, we get married to our forever person, buy a house, and pop out 2.4 kids. There are several steps in this …
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Relatable Memes for Childless Adults Who Are Really Tired of Seeing Newborn Baby Pics on Their Feed

The older you get, the more impossible it gets to avoid newborn baby photos on your social media feeds. No offense, but your unbaked baby is the last thing anyone wants to see while sipping their morning coffee. Let that thing age a little and get cuter before sharing your ‘joy’ with everyone else. And …
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Woman Gets Praised For Measured Explanation About Why She Doesn’t Want Kids

I hit an uncomfortable aging milestone a couple of months ago: I got my first «when are we getting grandkids?» from a family member. As a single, tiny apartment-dwelling woman with only slightly more financial stability than your average crypto trader, this struck me as a perplexing issue to raise at this point in my …
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