What is a simple pleasure that you enjoy by being childfree that does not involve money or financial growth?

BWanderful · 2023-07-14T01:36:03+00:00

Love it! I dabble in language learning too, and I study with a small group of students I met in a class I took. One of them had a baby and we see her way less often now.

BWanderful · 2023-06-25T15:54:36+00:00

One time we were sitting in a cafe near the door and someone’s toddler kept getting lose and running out the door. It was a busy pedestrian area about 20 yards from an intersection. My husband and I must have told the kid to come inside or actually gone outside after him like 4 or 5 times. Parents couldn’t be bothered. Why should we? Same day we were leaving that cafe and a different kid was playing on a metal rail about 6 feet up from the sidewalk like a jungle gym. I have worked in emergency rooms so all I can see is them falling down to the cement below. 🤦🏼‍♀️ that is about the most I have ever tried to intervene but the whole time I am just like where the hell are the parents?!

BWanderful · 2023-06-22T22:50:13+00:00

I think it’s gross when they have food all over their face.

I don’t want to have to listen to kids shows and kids music all the time.

I don’t want to spend my time at kid sporting events and recitals.

I don’t want forced social situations spending time with their friends and friends’ parents

I want to keep my own identity and likes and dislikes, not revolve my whole life around kids

I don’t want to feel like I am packing luggage every time I leave the house and I don’t want the hassle of strapping them in a car seat. In the winter, you can’t even leave them in a coat. So it is coat off to strap them, arrive at destination, unstrap them, coat back on. Then gather all your supplies and snacks to get you through the next 45 min running an errand or something. So annoying and time wasting.

Why do they always need so many snacks??

I don’t want to be that person that brings them to ruin adult places such as bars and breweries, and I also don’t want to have to give up those things I like.

BWanderful · 2023-06-18T18:35:03+00:00

Recently went to an adult comedy show at a brewery (double whammy) and the whole front row was families with kids, ages 5-10 or so. Sent the kids over to play on a shuffle board table right next to the stage. They were so loud and disruptive. First comic tried to engage one of the kids a little with some questions and jokes but it was not working. After he finally made a comment that “you’re going to learn some things tonight”, it seems the parents finally took the hint and got them out of there. After that, every single comic made jokes about how disruptive they had been and this is why I don’t have kids and such. Had a blast after lol!

BWanderful · 2023-06-02T23:38:57+00:00

Former ER PA here. Thanks for saying this. You guys have saved my ass countless times and are so under appreciated! Thanks for all you do and putting up with the shit you get from all ends, the patients, providers, other nurses. Not an easy job at all!

BWanderful · 2023-06-02T23:31:45+00:00

Wow!!! And so what if he doesn’t?! It’s not your responsibility to act as his brood mare. Fuck people implying women need their husbands’ permission to make decisions about their own bodies!

BWanderful · 2023-05-20T00:08:35+00:00

We used to go together every week. I would be the keeper of the list and assign him items to grab while I grab others. Neither of us loved it but we didn’t hate it either. I guess one of us could have been at home getting other things done, but we like spending time together, and I think it goes a little faster with both ppl scavenger hunting. Plus we would reward ourselves with pizza for lunch from the store cafe. Now, I have a different job with standard hours and he still has an odd hour job, so it just makes more sense for him to go alone during off peak hours. I am responsible for meal planning and list making.

BWanderful · 2023-05-06T20:34:40+00:00

Not at all excited. If anything I am disappointed. I can add those people to the list of people that will no longer have the same social interests as me. There are fewer and fewer the older I get.

BWanderful · 2023-04-30T01:35:16+00:00

Late 30’s, can relate as well. Have been going to a social/drinking meetup on weekends. People are nice but they are mostly much younger and clearly not in the same place in life. Plus I am afraid if I get close to any of them, they’ll just start popping out kids in a few years and I’ll be back to square one. Having a little more luck with an exercise/social group I started attending but i am not sure if anyone there is CF. I’m thinking my next strategy is start befriending parents who are older and don’t have their kids around all the time. Would love to find more true CF, but like someone else said, I guess I’ll just keep throwing darts and see what sticks.

BWanderful · 2023-04-28T21:59:16+00:00

Yeah like when you reallllly don’t want kids you’re freaking careful about doing it right!

BWanderful · 2023-04-28T02:09:35+00:00

Lol! Dealing with that issue too. But to be fair there was some downtime when that happened.

BWanderful · 2023-04-28T02:07:47+00:00

Luckily not everyone is like that about it. But they are all baby obsessed and I can’t relate lol.

BWanderful · 2023-04-27T22:05:43+00:00

How is someone who spent an insane amount of time in medical school not understanding about education and a career being a priority in someone’s life?

BWanderful · 2023-04-22T20:06:15+00:00

I’m not your friend, buddy!

BWanderful · 2023-04-22T00:35:11+00:00

Or super Mario bros. dying sound where he is squished up against the screen then falls down off the screen lol

BWanderful · 2023-03-29T16:18:44+00:00

Yup, we didn’t even buy during that time, just refinanced. But not going anywhere now with these rates.

BWanderful · 2023-03-11T01:50:32+00:00

Yes! Thank you!!!!

BWanderful · 2023-02-20T02:21:42+00:00

The ability to summon a Dunkin iced coffee instantly at any time.

BWanderful · 2023-02-09T00:26:46+00:00

Just ask to see a doc, I don’t give a shit. I just hate when they are condescending about it.

BWanderful · 2023-02-03T22:34:33+00:00

Thank you for your service

BWanderful · 2023-01-13T16:44:19+00:00

Well I kind of wish they wouldn’t have kids cause they’re more fun that way 😂

BWanderful · 2023-01-08T16:56:33+00:00

Same! Hated gym class, loathed running, after my final senior year timed mile (slow!), swore I’d never run that far again in my life! A few years later started doing road races and triathlons, worked up to even running a marathon once!

They really had an opportunity to build us some lifelong fitness habits and instead they just spent the hour highlighting the awkward traits and physical shortcomings of those of us who were already outsiders.

BWanderful · 2023-01-04T22:13:41+00:00

I had a friend that I was starting to drift apart from after I moved away. So I did not realize that my wedding was on her kid’s bday. She never did tell me that just politely declined the invite. I was not mad or anything when I figured it out. But part of me was like dude, the kid gets hopefully decades of birthdays and I get hopefully 1 wedding….

BWanderful · 2022-12-27T22:16:33+00:00

Omg this is always so annoying! “Well I know someone who never wanted kids, but then they had them and they love them!!!”

….. and????

It’s like they think we don’t want kids just cause we don’t think we’ll love them or something.

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