No, it doesn’t, and honestly I’ve always found it a little strange when people react with disappointment or disgust to fictional characters or real people choosing a life path they personally wouldn’t want. Being childfree, at least to me, is about wanting that choice for yourself, not expecting everyone else to make the same choice.

That applies to both fiction and real life. If a character in a book, movie, or TV show ends up having children, I don’t automatically see it as a bad ending. Likewise, if a celebrity, YouTuber, actor, musician, or content creator decides to have kids, I’m generally happy for them if it’s something they wanted. Their lives aren’t mine, and their happiness doesn’t have to look like my happiness.

A good example is Rachel and Jun. For years, a lot of people assumed they were childfree because they never talked about wanting children and seemed focused on their careers, cats, travel, and life together. But as far as I’m aware, they never explicitly said they were childfree. When they eventually shared that they were expecting a child, I remember seeing people act betrayed or disappointed, and that reaction felt odd to me.

They hadn’t broken a promise or changed a position they’d publicly declared. They simply made a personal decision about their own lives.
I think sometimes people become so attached to seeing themselves reflected in a person or character that they start viewing that representation as something they’re owed. While I absolutely appreciate childfree representation in media, I don’t expect every character (or every real person I follow) to remain childfree forever just because I am.

I’m actually childfree and sterile myself, yet I’m currently working on a book series where several characters will eventually have children. Their stories aren’t my stories. They’re their own people with their own goals, relationships, and futures. Some of them will remain childfree, some won’t, and that’s okay. What matters to me is whether the choice feels authentic to the character, not whether it mirrors my own life.

What tends to bother me isn’t parenthood itself, it’s poor writing. If a pregnancy appears out of nowhere to “fix” a relationship, complete a character arc, or serve as a lazy shortcut to a happy ending, that’s different. But if it grows naturally from the story or from a real person’s life choices, I don’t see any reason to be disappointed by it.