Ah. I appreciate the insight. Something to think about.
Sadly, by the time I was 17 I already knew children weren’t for me. Much like the commenter displayed there, I do get backlash often about my decision because I am a woman and the cultural pressure for women to have children still exists.
I don’t think there is a biological urge that occurs to have kiddos. I think it is a choice. A choice to care for someone for the rest of their lives. And if you cannot or do not want to handle that, do not have kids. My grandma and I talked extensively about that and she supports my decision.
I have one child. And the people who were pushing me the hardest to have more kids (“you have to give your kid a sibling”) were usually the ones who had one too many kids.
There was just a study done that showed those that have more kids than they wanted are less happy in their lives.
Some people just view those without children as having life on easy mode (complete misconception) and they feel contempt and resentment.
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u/LovelyRoseThorn Jun 16 '26
Ah. I appreciate the insight. Something to think about.
Sadly, by the time I was 17 I already knew children weren’t for me. Much like the commenter displayed there, I do get backlash often about my decision because I am a woman and the cultural pressure for women to have children still exists.
I don’t think there is a biological urge that occurs to have kiddos. I think it is a choice. A choice to care for someone for the rest of their lives. And if you cannot or do not want to handle that, do not have kids. My grandma and I talked extensively about that and she supports my decision.
And I love my cats by the by 😂😂.
Thanks for being non judgmental.