What is/was your favorite thing about NOT having kids?

Just_Mel_
Just_Mel_ Posts: 3,992 Member
Everyone knows I love my Rottens more than life, but sheesh I miss having a clean house all the time.

What's awesome about having no kids? What do you miss?
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  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    Knowing I will die alone in a nursing home with no one to bear name nor my legacy. :'(

    Silence is nice, though.
  • Pamshebamm181
    Pamshebamm181 Posts: 92 Member
    I imagine my favorite things about not having kids involve:
    1. Not having to find a babysitter every time I want to go out.
    2. Not having to revolve dinners around kid-friendly meals/restaurants.
  • marelthu
    marelthu Posts: 184 Member
    enyagoboom wrote: »
    I value sleep, solitude, and being able to do my own thing when I want. While I love children generally, I am really REALLY okay being childless by choice and being able to put me first 90% of the time.

    This says it perfectly for me. I love children - especially my niece and nephews - but I love more having my own life.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I like at least 8 hours sleep...
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  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    I don’t remember my life before kids.

    My mind won’t let me revel in past blissful kidless memories, that’s how bad kids are.
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  • Ironandwine69
    Ironandwine69 Posts: 2,432 Member
    Taking a shower without anybody knocking at the door. Every.single.time. To ask something that is not even important.
  • sw33tp3a1
    sw33tp3a1 Posts: 5,065 Member
    All the above ^^^^^
  • Ironandwine69
    Ironandwine69 Posts: 2,432 Member
    Never knew how annoying the word " why" can get. It's evil!
  • LittleHearseDriver
    LittleHearseDriver Posts: 2,677 Member
    Not having to plan dinner around picky eaters.
    At Christmas I don't have to buy the latest expensive toy.
  • RastaLousGirl
    RastaLousGirl Posts: 2,119 Member
    Sleep!! And not stepping on mega blocks.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Kids are older so getting small glimpses of my life again. Nice to be able to just leave and NOT have to drag them around.
  • Ironandwine69
    Ironandwine69 Posts: 2,432 Member
    notice the majority bi tchin are women :D i have fun with mine. but i miss 2 things and it started when he started school i cant move where/when i want and i cant just pack up and go somewhere anymore

    Want a cookie?
  • sparklyglitterbomb
    sparklyglitterbomb Posts: 458 Member
    I don't have kids by choice - for many of the reasons above.

    One thing I miss about my friends who DO have kids is being able to just hang out and talk with them. Now it's all about the kids: entertaining the kids, checking on the kids, talking about the kids, etc. I like kids, but I also liked my friends and have drifted away from more than one after they spawned because it's tough to find the adult time and relate to each others' lives anymore.
  • Ironandwine69
    Ironandwine69 Posts: 2,432 Member
    I don't have kids by choice - for many of the reasons above.

    One thing I miss about my friends who DO have kids is being able to just hang out and talk with them. Now it's all about the kids: entertaining the kids, checking on the kids, talking about the kids, etc. I like kids, but I also liked my friends and have drifted away from more than one after they spawned because it's tough to find the adult time and relate to each others' lives anymore.

    I can understand that. Kids are the most important people in our lives. And everything else comes second.
    But I do my best to meet my girlfriends for girls only dinner or shenanigans at least once every other month. It's so easy to stop being anything else but a mom, but you can't/shouldn't.
  • LeGaCyGiAnT91
    LeGaCyGiAnT91 Posts: 405 Member
    edited October 2017
    I can't honestly think of anything. I still do the same things now before I had kids... just with them. :#
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I can't honestly think of anything. My kid made me a better person, not the other way around :#

    My kids made me a better person too...that doesn't mean there aren't certain things I miss pre-kid. Missing something pre-kid doesn't mean having kids made you a worse person...it means there were certain things that you could do or more readily and easily do before having kids.
  • Ironandwine69
    Ironandwine69 Posts: 2,432 Member
    edited October 2017
    I can't honestly think of anything. My kid made me a better person, not the other way around :#

    How's realizing that some things can get annoying being a worst person? I don't get it.
    I'm sure you thought waking up every two hours with a newborn was a blast too!!

    What we are saying has nothing to do with being a better person or not. Or enjoying our kids or not. Not everything is black or white.
  • LeGaCyGiAnT91
    LeGaCyGiAnT91 Posts: 405 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    I can't honestly think of anything. My kid made me a better person, not the other way around :#

    My kids made me a better person too...that doesn't mean there aren't certain things I miss pre-kid. Missing something pre-kid doesn't mean having kids made you a worse person...it means there were certain things that you could do or more readily and easily do before having kids.

    I understand that, but I can do anything I want now that I used to do before. I guess having my own garage would be one... way too much kid stuff packed everywhere... in every room...
  • LeGaCyGiAnT91
    LeGaCyGiAnT91 Posts: 405 Member
    I can't honestly think of anything. My kid made me a better person, not the other way around :#

    How's realizing that some things can get annoying being a worst person? I don't get it.
    I'm sure you thought waking up every two hours with a newborn was a blast too!!

    What we are saying has nothing to do with being a better person or not. Or enjoying our kids or not. Not everything is black or white.

    Let me edit my post so I don't offend anyone else. You guys took what I said wrong.
  • Lisa8823168
    Lisa8823168 Posts: 139 Member
    I have a child with disabilities and one not...love them to death, would do anything for them. I never have the luxury of anticipating the day when I am an empty nester....and I think, over all, that may be the one thing I wish I could change. No matter how strong your love and devotion...sometimes, your just tired.
  • LeGaCyGiAnT91
    LeGaCyGiAnT91 Posts: 405 Member
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    I miss being able to drive across the country to watch 80s movies with people I met on the internet.

    Sucks it had to come to an end. I will forever reminisce the good ol' days.