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Childfree and smug

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hollysteers Wed 30-Mar-22 19:03:06

I’m rather intrigued by people who vaunt their childfree lifestyle choices but are head over heels in love with their pets.
A couple of journalists on Instagram who previously disdained ‘breeders’, now have dogs and their posts are inundated with daily photos of them.
I am not referring to women who have wanted children and it hasn’t worked out, or those who bearing children somehow passed them by, but those on social media and elsewhere who have taken a rather aggressive stance on the superiority of being child free.
If they can shower so much love and adoration on a pet, how can they possibly know that they would not have found immense satisfaction from bearing a child?

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Shropshirelass Fri 01-Apr-22 08:51:42

I love my children but one made a conscious decision not to have children in order to pursue a hobby (around animals) which takes up a lot of time and also means they have to be away from home sometimes. They are successful in their achievements within this hobby and I am immensely proud. It was totally the correct decision for them. I love my animals too and can’t imagine not having any around.

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tictacnana Fri 01-Apr-22 11:24:09

I think aggressive ‘childfreeness’ is a defensive mechanism. I once worked with a woman who flaunted the advantages of not having children but she couldn’t completely disguise what she really felt about being childless and I did feel sorry for her.

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volver Fri 01-Apr-22 11:52:33

Aye, you'd be wrong about that tictacnana.

I speak from experience. Don't be sorry for me, thanks.

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