Amsterdam718
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Benefits of Childfreedom include:
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More free time to pursue other goals.
Able to focus more on career and education.
Less worry and stress in your life.
Doing your own thing instead of being a lemming and following the crowd.
Less mess in your life. You won't be constantly cleaning up messes that kids leave in their wake.
Traveling and dinners out will be cheaper without extra people to pay for.
Not needing a child to give you a reason to live or give you fulfillment! You're able to find happiness inside yourself, not in someone else.
The ability to stay out all night if you so desire, without worrying about how much the babysitter costs.
Fewer worries about body image, and you have time to keep yourself in shape and looking better (and younger).
The spare bedrooms are all yours! You can use them as a guest room, or a library, or an exercise room -- or whatever you wish!
Every night can be a romantic night with no interruptions.
As much peace and quiet as you can stand!
You don't have to be a good example for anyone.
You'll generally have more money and a higher standard of living.
Because you'll have extra money, you can put some away every month for your old age so you will have more security than just "I hope my kids will take care of me when I'm old!"
If you don't have patience? GOOD. You won't need it!!
Think of all the time you'll have to nurture other relationships in your life, especially romantic ones!
Your life will be more spontaneous.
You'll be much more likely to retire early.
No one can blame you for overpopulation, traffic congestion or urban sprawl. You're not contributing to it!
We humans have fucked up the planet, and guess what: the childfree don't have to worry about it. It's not like it matters if the planet is uninhabitable in 80 years -- it won't be our kids suffering.
For us, sex is for pleasure, not "baby dancing" so it never has to be scheduled or turned into a chore.
You will never have to throw crying tantrums because "I'm not pregnant yet! Waaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
No miscarriage dramas in your life!
You won't have to give up smoking or drinking or eating fish for nine months.
No pregnancy related grossness and medical issues. Thank goodness.
You won't ever have to attend those dumb and ridiculous baby showers. And trust me on this: you never have to attend one.
No childbirth or embarrassing childbirth videos.
You won't have to worry about your baby being handicapped.
More sleep! You get to sleep in on weekends, and no 2am feedings. You won't have to get by on three hours of sleep.
Without a screaming baby in your house, you have less hearing damage!
You won't ever have to deal with what moms call a "diaper blowout". Ewww.
Don't know what "ferberize" means? Don't worry, you'll never have to find out!
More sex because you won't be so tired all the time.
You won't be puked on, peed on, or shit on! Who can argue with that?
Think of all the mommy-competition drama you will never have to deal with. None of the Breast-is-Best vs. Bottle feeder dramas, none of the anti-circ vs. circumcision dramas, none of the working moms vs. SAHM dramas, none of the vaccinations vs. non-vaccination dramas, etc. etc. You think mommies are hateful to us? They hate each other more than they hate us, so don't feel too bad.
No minivans for you!
No Post Partum Depression -- having kids is the anti-depressant!
No teething nightmares!
No pissing and moaning that your husband doesn't do anything and you get stuck doing all the work. On the other hand, if you are a man, there is no pissing and moaning that your wife won't work and all the financial burden is on you.
You will never have to deal with regretting having kids you can't give back.
Your sick and vacation time is your own! Yay!
Without kids bringing home lots of germs, you're sick less often, so you can use those extra sick days for playing hooky!
You never have to deal with childproofing the house.
You'll never have to get rid of a beloved pet because some kid is supposedly allergic to it, or worse, can't stop hurting the pet.
You'll actually have intelligent conversations with other adults because you'll have more to talk about than poop, potty training, pregnancy, childbirth, etc.
You'll never have to lie to someone and claim it's "allllll wooorth it" when the kid comes over and gives you a big, sticky kiss, or some other equally lame thing that makes it "alll wooorth it". (Who'd believe that crap, anyway?)
You'll never have to report every "strange" adult you see in a park as a child molester.
You won't have the headache of dealing with nannies or babysitters or being paranoid that all nannies and babysitters are child abusers and pedophiles.
You'll be able to attend more weddings and other grown-up parties because you won't have to decline due to your paranoia about all babysitters.
No potty-training.
No baby-daddy, child support, or custody case dramas. Just think, you'll never have to run around badmouthing your ex!
You'll never be a single parent, and you'll never have to do all the whining that comes along with that.
No noisy toys to drive you nuts.
No "Why why why why why why why?" questions all day long from annoying kids.
You'll never have to watch those stupid kiddie movies, read lame bedtime stories, or go to Chuck E Cheese.
No having to worry about kids breaking or ruining your stuff.
You will never have to sit through boring school plays or soccer games.
You can watch any movies you want in the privacy of your own home without having to worry about corrupting some kid.
You won't have to mess with parental controls on everything.
No worrying about your ten-year-old still peeing the bed.
No birthday sleepovers with bratty neighbor kids you can't stand!
Holidays are more fun because there is so much less stress and hassle. No need to put on the "perfect" holiday for the kids. You actually get to sleep in and enjoy the day instead!
No dealing with ADD & ADHD, and the new trendy disease, Autism.
You never have to share your toys like your iPod or PSP or any other toy for that matter!
No "guilty parent" feelings for you.
No worries about bratty kids calling the cops or child protective services on you and claiming you beat them.
Never having to listen to kids yelling phrases like, "I hate you!" and "You're ruining my life!" is definitely a plus!
School security and shootings are none of your concern. Who cares if they kill each other? You don't have a horse in that race!
The absolute joy of never having to live with a teenager!!
No truancy problems.
No awkward sex talks with kids.
No teen pregnancy worries.
No liability problems about drunk or high teens in your home.
You know all those teens who are so ignorant they write like a 5-year-olds? No need to be embarrassed; none of them are yours!
No worries about online predators.
Your car is yours and yours alone and you never have to deal with a kid wanting to drive it and get it in a wreck.
The only cars you have to buy are for yourself!
No college tuition worries! Who wants to pay for college for an ungrateful kid who will probably just party and be drunk and fail all his classes, anyway?
No worries about your kids killing you.
Never having to hold a press conference telling the world what a sweet, loving, good boy your son is after he went on a killing rampage.
No "helicopter kids" moving back in with you after they are grown.
Never having to get stuck baby-sitting, or worse, raising, grandkids." |
 10/18/2008 4:21:36 PM
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