kombat
Well-Known Member
There are plenty of other threads by parents around here, gushing about how much they love their kids and whatnot, so rather than crash their party, I wondered if it would be OK to have a thread where those of us who are child-free by choice can relate about how rewarding it is NOT to have kids.
My wife and I are 39/38 and knew early on that we didn't want to have kids. We're at the point now where our siblings are having young ones, and I'm really enjoying being the "Fun Uncle." But after a couple of hours of baby-talk and feigning wonderment at the stuffed ducky that quacks when you squeeze him, I'm ready to hand them back to their parents and return to my quiet solitude. Our house stays clean, our furniture isn't stained with milk, puke, or even nastier concoctions.
We sleep in on the weekends. I can brew whenever we want. We have thousands of extra dollars each month. We don't have to worry about whether or not we'll roll the dice and end up with a "problem" child (autism, Down's, deformities, allergies, or just plain aggressive/violent/disobedient). No worries about 3:00 am phone calls from the police, no having "the talk," no diapers, no screaming, crying tantrums, no figuring out how to get 5 people and their luggage across the country to visit relatives... just a clean, quiet house, easy travel, predictable life, quiet weekends, low stress, etc.
What do other child-free-by-choice folks love about the lifestyle?
My wife and I are 39/38 and knew early on that we didn't want to have kids. We're at the point now where our siblings are having young ones, and I'm really enjoying being the "Fun Uncle." But after a couple of hours of baby-talk and feigning wonderment at the stuffed ducky that quacks when you squeeze him, I'm ready to hand them back to their parents and return to my quiet solitude. Our house stays clean, our furniture isn't stained with milk, puke, or even nastier concoctions.
We sleep in on the weekends. I can brew whenever we want. We have thousands of extra dollars each month. We don't have to worry about whether or not we'll roll the dice and end up with a "problem" child (autism, Down's, deformities, allergies, or just plain aggressive/violent/disobedient). No worries about 3:00 am phone calls from the police, no having "the talk," no diapers, no screaming, crying tantrums, no figuring out how to get 5 people and their luggage across the country to visit relatives... just a clean, quiet house, easy travel, predictable life, quiet weekends, low stress, etc.
What do other child-free-by-choice folks love about the lifestyle?