Any child free peeps on MFP?

lorigem
lorigem Posts: 446 Member
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Just curious :flowerforyou:

:drinker:

Edit: And just to clarify, to be child free is to make the choice not to have children. Not, "I don't have kids now, but maybe some day." Nope, you are not child free. :wink:
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  • mank32
    mank32 Posts: 1,323 Member
    <---- no DNA replication here. i know what's good for the species. (=/= more mental illness, addiction, etc.)
  • Darkaller
    Darkaller Posts: 317 Member
    No kiddos
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    YES!! I made that decision about 15 years ago :-)

    I'm 37 and happily married childfree by choice. Nice to see this topic come up!!
  • ZOOpergal
    ZOOpergal Posts: 176 Member
    My dog is child enough for me.
  • sbandjh
    sbandjh Posts: 17
    No spawns!!!
  • lorigem
    lorigem Posts: 446 Member
    YES!! I made that decision about 15 years ago :-)

    I'm 37 and happily married childfree by choice. Nice to see this topic come up!!

    Awesome!! I, too, am happily married and child free :)
  • mrfreestyle
    mrfreestyle Posts: 1,293 Member
    I don't have kids yet but I do hope to someday.
  • lorigem
    lorigem Posts: 446 Member
    I don't have kids yet but I do hope to someday.

    Lots of luck.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I don't have kids yet but I do hope to someday.

    smh
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    I am about 90% sure I am never going to want kids
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    Mine are dragons.

    So, yes.
  • 1971MLJ
    1971MLJ Posts: 137 Member
    Yup - but obviously I'll change my mind (ask anyone they've told me often enough since I was 19 years old).:huh:
  • ravencomeslaughing
    ravencomeslaughing Posts: 3 Member
    Child-free here, got fixed in 2005. :)
  • leantool
    leantool Posts: 365 Member
    Wanted but can't have!
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    im only 21 so no nat yet.

    some day when im financially secure
  • buzybev
    buzybev Posts: 199 Member
    I don't have kids yet but I do hope to someday.

    (._. )
  • kristafb
    kristafb Posts: 770 Member
    All my kids have 4 legs & fur :flowerforyou:
  • gobonas99
    gobonas99 Posts: 1,049 Member
    Me. :smile: 37, happily married, four kitties (including a 9 month old part-demon kitten). Super excited about becoming an auntie in August (I am going to be the BEST auntie EVER! :bigsmile: ), but no desire for any of my own. Can't seem to get either grandma to grasp that though. :ohwell:
  • lisaanne1369
    lisaanne1369 Posts: 377 Member
    almost:sad:
    I have a senior daughter.She is 18 and going to FSU in August. I will miss her horribly:sad:
  • dym123
    dym123 Posts: 1,670 Member
    As long as dogs don't count, I am happily child-free. Made this decision when I was 15, kept being told that would change my mind when I met "Mr. Right". Thank goodness I never met him.
  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
    Do dogs count?

    I love my friends with kids and their kids, but I knew a long time ago it wasn't for me.
  • jlhensonus
    jlhensonus Posts: 1
    Married for 10 years, we chose to be child-free. I worry we may change our minds later, but I doubt it. We are almost 40 and don't really think we are missing out. When my friends have kids, I feel sorry for them because I think their fun lives are over. So I think we made the right decision.
  • jennalennafur
    jennalennafur Posts: 80 Member
    Me!! I mean, I'm only 22 but I have no desire whatsoever to procreate! Never ever forever never.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    My mind is honestly quite boggled by these responses. I guess most people here do not know of "childfree by choice" being a thing?

    it's not the same as just not having kids, or having an empty nest because your children are older now...
  • lorigem
    lorigem Posts: 446 Member
    Yup - but obviously I'll change my mind (ask anyone they've told me often enough since I was 19 years old).:huh:

    Right? I got married which undoubtedly meant that children will soon come after. Um...no. And I don't understand why it's unbelievable that a person or couple opt-out of parenting? Why is that so hard to believe? Never understood the mindset of some.
  • gobonas99
    gobonas99 Posts: 1,049 Member
    almost:sad:
    I have a senior daughter.She is 18 and going to FSU in August. I will miss her horribly:sad:

    :huh: If you actually have a child, you are NOT child free.

    Child free means you have no intention of ever having children. EVER. It is a conscious decision you have made.

    Child-less is typically intended to refer to people who want children but either can't have them or don't have any yet.

    You, having a child who is getting ready to go off to college, are going to be what is referred to as an "empty nester".
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,711 Member
    Just curious :flowerforyou:

    :drinker:

    Edit: And just to clarify, to be child free is to make the choice not to have children. Not, "I don't have kids now, but maybe some day." Nope, you are not child free. :wink:

    You forgot those who would have liked children, but never were able to....like one of my nieces who had a hysterectomy at age 23 due to cancer .
  • beleeLafter
    beleeLafter Posts: 47
    Nope, none, nada :)

    I didn't originally start out thinking/choosing that lifestyle but have evolved into it. Now that I'm too old for that business......traveling is much more a passion of mine. I'm fine being a fantastic aunt! Without a doubt though, I would take on that responsibility if something happened to my brothers and their wives. That may have just kicked me out of the club :P
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
    we have a CFBC group on here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/883-child-free-by-choice
  • lorigem
    lorigem Posts: 446 Member
    Just curious :flowerforyou:

    :drinker:

    Edit: And just to clarify, to be child free is to make the choice not to have children. Not, "I don't have kids now, but maybe some day." Nope, you are not child free. :wink:

    You forgot those who would have liked children, but never were able to....like one of my nieces who had a hysterectomy at age 23 due to cancer .

    No - that would make them childless. A different concept altogether. Gabonas99 summed it up quite nicely.

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