A hopeful story for young childfree-ers

_xta · 12 months

As a 36-year old, this gives me immense hope. My goals and dreams revolve around my career and traveling the world with my awesome partner. Having kids has never been in my vision of my life or myself. Many, many people in my life think I am making a huge mistake, but stories like this reassure me that I'm doing what I know is right and what is best for me. Thanks.

AxelPrime · 12 months

Holy fuck were those my parents?

LakewaterHair · 12 months

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stadababa · 12 months

Aging as a childfree person is nothing to fear! If anything, it gets easier to be CF as you get older, especially if you're a woman.

Now that I'm 44, I know where all my peers stand. I'm the only one of my high school friends who didn't have kids, and my grade school BFF just became a grandmother. Once egg rot sets in, sweet vindication for every "you'll change your mind" is yours.

Fellow CFers become much easier to spot when you're 40-50+, and you don't have to worry about baby rabies setting in just when you've found someone really cool to hike or jam with. Also, all the CF people I know have very "young" mindsets. DH and I waterski with a couple in their early 60's whose skills and endurance whip us every time.

It's absolutely, definitely worth it :)

catluver12781291 · 12 months

When I was in high school my friend and I were talking about if we plan to have kids later on. Of course I said no. This older gentlemen who worked at the school started to tell me about how he has no children. He told me that not having children was the best decision of his life. He said that all his wife and him "fight" about is who is going to clean the dishes that night.

zaxonortesus · 12 months

There is a couple that we run into at our regular bar that's older, late 50's, childfree, and they spend a month or two on the southern Spanish coast every year. When we run into each other, we sit and share stories of travel and adventure, I get that same impression from them as you seem to have got on this trip. I have no doubt that we are making the right choice for us. Cool story.

Duckylicious · 12 months

Preach it. My great aunt was 86 when she passed away in 1998, and she'd never been married or had children. When she passed, her partner/boyfriend had to cancel 3 trips to various places across the world they'd already planned and booked for that year. Unfulfilled my ass.

duktapebra · 12 months

I had a touching moment with a colleague I like the other day. I look up to her as a 50-something woman who works hard in the man's world of science. As we talked about how I was married and didn't have kids I braced for the attack, only to learn her and her husband are childfree and so happy and fulfilled. It was a bright spot in my day filled with pregnancy stories and babies.

shoryukenist · 12 months

Awesome! btw, I rafted that as well (paddled , no powerboats). From Bright Angel for 8 days. Did Lava Falls in a flash flood and got tossed and a concussion on Hermit the first day. It was amazing.

AllDesperadoStation · 12 months

A local theater has urinals similar to these. It's filled with ice so when you pee the heat of the urine melts the ice and it use that water to help drain the urine.

Erimenes · 12 months

Woohoo for my future! I like stories like this one!

antlion · 12 months

Thanks for sharing, I'd love to see more posts like this here!

sporkafunk · 12 months

May I point out something? Perhaps people with little to no imagination have children because they don't think they can have, or don't think of having, adventures.

People who insist you won't be happy without children are shortsighted (in my experience).

steven777400 · 12 months

Thank you for posting this. This kind of thing helps a lot when I mostly only hear the other side.

DownhillYardSale · 12 months

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squeeze_me_macaroni · 12 months

What a great post!

I was expecting another rage induced rant and I was positively surprised.

orangepostit9 · 11 months

I want to know what company you booked the trip with! It sounds wonderful.

Trexxa · 9 months

Life is full of choices and once you make a choice you must live with the consequences. It is YOU that makes yourself happy or sad.

Being CF is a wonderful adventure that you can enjoy. The world is yours for the taking. You decide what you want and go for it. More people need to live by following their hearts.

Having a child doesn't make you a whole person. You make yourself a whole person by following your passions and doing what you want.

Have fun and enjoy.

DrCharme · 9 months

"I just never pictured myself as having children. I simply didn't ever imagine that being part of my life."

exactly that, but it's a rather complex concept to explain to your friend and family

ahora · 11 months

All of these older people were exceptionally healthy, happy, and had spent a life's worth of vacations traveling the world and having amazing adventures.

Or just that seemed.

and to do things people with kids could never do.

Well, this can be in both ways.

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