Women Share The Reason They Don’t Want Kids

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While yesterday we celebrated all the moms in our life, there are plenty of gals out there who aren’t mothers, and have no desire to be. While some folks can’t understand the idea of not wanting children, many have perfectly good reasons for remaining childless, and now they are sharing.

A recent thread on BuzzFeed asked women to explain why they don’t see kids in their future, and a lot of gals were more than happy to share. 

Reasons include:

• "I’m afraid that I’m going to end up like my biological mom and that the children would end up in foster care. I don’t know if I would want to put them through that."
• "I have a few reasons: 1) I don't like the idea of giving birth and changing my body, 2) I'm not sure i want to change my whole life for kids, 3) I'm perfectly happy with my nephews, 4) The idea of picking a surname stresses me out.”
• "I have bipolar disorder and so does my father. My child would have a genetic predisposition for bipolar disorder and while it's manageable, it has certainly made my life more difficult.”
• "I am a wandering soul and I love to travel. My partner doesn't want children either."
• "I feel like I am too selfish to have a child. I like the fact that my fiancé and I can eat what we want, go out for dinner whenever, do whatever we want whenever we want, and not have to worry about who will care for our child. I just love our freedom."
• "It feels so socially irresponsible. Overpopulation mixed with the reality of climate change is a recipe for disaster."
• "I have a dream job that will take up a lot of time and energy, and it's incredibly important to me. I plan to put the job ahead of my personal life and I don't want to force some poor kid(s) to grow up in a house where their mother puts her job before them.”
• "I work in special education. I love [my students] but I could not have the patience to have a child like them myself."
• "I don't want to subconsciously become like my mother. My mother is emotionally and verbally abusive, as well as manipulative, and she never saw anything wrong with it.”
• "Honestly? I don't like most kids. I find them loud, annoying, and messy…Everyone says it's different with your own kids...but what if it's not? I don't want to risk bringing a child into a world without knowing I'd be able to 100% love and cherish them."

Source: BuzzFeed 

Thought Starters…

• If you ask me, a simple “I don’t want them” is a valid enough reason…
• Do you not want kids? Why?
• Are people always asking you when you’re going to have kids? Does it get annoying? Do you ever tell them a reason just to shock them? What is it?