It's amazing how bent out of shape people still get if someone expresses childfree sentiments or thinks their parents would have been better off childfree.
Jacqueline Passey is as logical and non-inflammatory a fencesitter you'll find, and yet she's still been barbecued in comments for daring to suggest her mother might have been happier with no children.
God forbid she should question what pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood does to women.
For some stupid reason, I thought that by now, people would be over this a bit, that the whole childfree thing wouldn't make them spaz out so much. Silly me, giving humans credit like that. I should know better.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
After all this time?
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i have given up on breeders, i am male 33, reasonably intelligent, and someone bingod me. i mean i have thought about it, and decided for me and my fiance no kids it doesnt suit our lifestyle.
but these parents want everyone to be like them, join the herd, if you are not one of them then somehow your less than human.
i spoke to someone on a message board and i said i dislike kids, but they hate anyone who dislikes kids. this is the kind of caring parent thats out there..
Oh, hell, I'm 21 years old and was surprised to see kind of reaction was still prevalent in society. Hell, it's not the national issue homosexuality seems to be, but even question the idea of having children some people really share their disgust for the idea.
Discussing it, I've recieved every argument from "Welllll...you're just too young to know yet" to "Kill yourself." I'm a twice deployed veteran of the US military, I think I can decide what I want for myself.
About every couple weeks I get an baby shower or birthday invitation or baby announcement from someone. My husband and I are childfree, proud to be DINKs, non-breeders. In fact, I cannot have children, (I've known my entire life) and not once have I ever thought, "oh poor me!" But, people look at me like it's a tragedy. People ask me all the time if we're going to adopt, I say no. They are shocked.
We seem to accept people who have brats that run around in a 5 star resturant, can't people accept those who don't want them.
after her fifth child
she felt a bit worn out
and resented my freedom
to go to an occasional gig
stay up late or sleep
on Sunday mornings
so she blamed me
for her childhood
and told me that
I was not really living
she's planning another
I still love them all
Sean: In all seriousness, thank you for your service to this country.
Y'know, I didn't even read the articles (I had a feeling I couldn't stomach it), but I'm 23 and I've wondered for years if my mom would not have a better life now if it weren't for me.
People say things like "but then you wouldn't be alive!" Exactly. So how would I know to miss it? And I'm sorry, but my life isn't so excellent (hell, I'm unemployed while some idiot breeder has a job I should have), nor have I done anything so fantastic, that the world would miss me nor I it.
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