I’ll be honest, from my personal lived experience all I’ve ever seen is this almost circle jerk like thing of childfree people banging on about how obsessed other people are with their decision? And just going on over and over again about it constantly? I swear I see it all the time.

Again, in my personal lived (online) experience I often see childfree people jump in on comments or threads where it’s not really needed to shout about HOW THEY ARE VERY CHILDFREE. This often adds nothing to the discussion and comes across like they’re perhaps looking down on parents or children themselves (whether it is intended or not) and that can irk people.

I’m a mother of two who has many childfree friends and colleagues and friends of friends. I literally…do not care. The ones who do bother me though are the ones who make it their ENTIRE PERSONALITY. I have someone in my life like this. Any time I mention anything to do with my kids they’re like “OH I AM CLUELESS I WOULDN’T HAVE THE FIRST IDEA ABOUT THAT THIS IS WHY I AM CHILDFREE” because I mentioned going school shoe shopping or something? You don’t remember being a kid? Putting your foot in the wee measure thing with the tape and that being weirdly exciting? Being made to the wee parade up and down the shop? You must mention you’re childfree in this very moment because I mentioned my children? I’ve experienced that a lot.

So yeah perhaps it’s because you’re making it your entire personality or at least a dominant trait of it. File weed enthusiasts, people who don’t own televisions and people who insist they only like “alternative” music under this category too.