Childfree Stories
Below you will find different personal accounts of being childfree and what this lifestyle means for different people. If you’d like to share your story to be included on this page please send it to childfreestoriesforshk@gmail.com. All stories will be published with a real name or, if preferred, the name of your choosing.
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"I grew up watching what the life of a single mom looked like and I wanted absolutely no part of it... You are reduced to a brood mare if you have children."
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"I think the norm for the majority of humanity is a lifetime of suffering... I have absolutely no envy of people who do have kids."
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"I witnessed increasingly more examples of people who had children they came to regret... We are happy DINKs."
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"I find it even more strange having been brought into this world by people who didn’t love each other... All I can do now is manage the pain."
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"Not only ecological reasons made me choose the childfree life... You can’t be spontaneous if you have a kid."
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"I prefer prevention over procreation, and I choose to live unencumbered by the burdens, stresses, guilt, worry, and sacrifices that come with having a child. Life is already overwhelming enough as it is."
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"World population has doubled in my lifetime... The average westerner will eat 7,000 animals in their lifetime."
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"I got into a car accident when I was 26... I'm just glad I was childfree before this shindig."
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"I didn’t know the term “childfree” existed, much less the movement surrounding it. Then something extraordinary happened."
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"Knowing & witnessing the unnecessary physical, mental, & emotional hardships of motherhood have made me so grateful for never making the mistake of having babies."
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"Being child-free has been beneficial to my life in many ways... I made the decision to be sterilized."
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"On the "autistic spectrum", [I] have suffered from this condition all my life... I am actually grateful I never had children."
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"For 15 years I lived in fear of [my dad]... My parents were up to their necks in money and never gave a shit about me."
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"I now see an extremely challenging world, worse than I imagined back then. People struggle to eat and pay rent."
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"I sadly know other people with BPD or with bipolar disorder who have procreated or want to do so and I find this very selfish. It’s actually a crime. We are not capable of being good parents."