Childfree by choice?

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Hey guys, as above, I am childfree by choice, thoughts?

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YUP!

Never wanted crotch goblins.

Itā€™s hard enough taking care of myself.

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It was by choice, and that choice was not mine

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Agree! ooorgle!

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I had chosen to be child free, but the kid showed up anyhow. Sheā€™s like that.

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My husband and I my husband donā€™t have or want children.

Seems like it would suck.

But I had a baby and loved it so much,

He was adopted by a loving couple and weā€™re still close.

So I kind of have the best of both worlds.

I donā€™t have the responsibility of children,

But I get to enjoy having a kid.

Itā€™s awesome.

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I donā€™t want kids because theyā€™re expensive and I only get SSI which is just enough money for me.

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To a certain degree yeah but the anxiety made it difficult to function socially so if I only had schizophrenia I donā€™t know how it would have gone.

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I go between wanting them and not wanting them so I always stay with not wanting them just in case

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I guess itā€™s by choice in a way, but this society really isn,'t conducive to having children the way it used to be. I could have had kids at 16 years old, the opportunity was there, but something was amiss.

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I also remained child free by choice. I was afraid, with being in and out of hospital since I was 16, that if I had a child it would be traumatized by me ā€œgoing awayā€ frequently and having to go into foster care, etc. It would just be wrong of me to put that on a kid.

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Well I donā€™t know if what so much my choice. I was dxā€™ed right around the age that most men meet a partner and settle down.

So that mixed with a lot of rejection from the opposite sex has left me child-less.

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For my whole adult life Iā€™ve had no interest in being burdened with children, does not appeal to me. I just generally donā€™t like kids.

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I was married to a woman with 2 kids and took care of them like my own for 4 years. I learned from that, that I am not built to have kids of my own. Iā€™d be content being the cool uncle. With my symptoms itā€™s just not a good idea. Plus Iā€™m happily single right now.

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Around the age of thirty a still, small voice asked me for some weeks if I wanted kids. I decided no, I would feel an overwhelming obligation. I have no skills or education. I guess I really disappointed people, my voices too, in how I turned out. I turn around and laugh f- you!

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I donā€™t want kids

Too much risk involved with suffering

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I mean 4 my personal situation.

I canā€™t say 4 anyone else really.

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Well yes i am i have thought about having children but tbh i dont think id make a good mother plus i value my free time too much

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Iā€™m childfree by choice

No real wish to lose all my time worrying and working beyond my capacity for people who would not live a good life by the time there is breakdown of society Which will happen within ā€˜theirā€™ lifetime, And possibly even mine
Iā€™d also echo so many of the points above in my own case

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I donā€™t want to pass on my defective genes to a baby.

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