Saturday, 23 September 2017

How do you feel about childfree folks?


I have four kids that are all adopted. I’m still in my 20’s and all expect one of my friends is childfree. The one who isn’t childfree doesn’t have children yet, but she definitely wants them.They’re not the bitter, radical, awful side of childfree that hates all children and people who spawn them, but they’re fully childfree and I believe they will remain that way.This has never been an issue for any of us. They’re all kind and loving to my children. One of them even took ALL FOUR kids to the movies last weekend, without being asked or anything!! But I recently went out with a couple women (wives of my husbands friend’s) and somehow the topic of being childfree came up. They were completely bashing anyone without children and saying it was selfish and so on. I of course popped in saying how every group that has ever existed had people who took it too far. Just look at the Mom groups on Facebook. Ladies are banned daily for being being outrageous. Plus, most of my friends are childfree and they’re wonderful.They did kind of back track, and ask about my friends, but when I mentioned how there’s only one other non childfree they went back to bashing. Saying how mom’s deserves a group that understands them and there’s no way my friends can give me that. It frustrated me to no end and I don’t think I’ll be going back out with them. But I’m curious, how do you all feel about the subject? Do you think your childfree friends don’t understand you? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2hpuEW8

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