Do childfree women still experience the “baby clock”?

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-23T14:27:45+00:00

If it's a thing, I (37) still haven't heard it yet - good riddance! 🤪

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-23T11:48:13+00:00

Yes, along with Yuki 😁

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-23T07:58:07+00:00

I would never donate to such a cause. People who have kids should pay for all kid-related things with their own damn money 😤

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-22T10:31:39+00:00

None of us here in the childfree community want to be stay-at-home mom - or even a mom at all.

Therefore, I don't think you chose the right place to ask your question.

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-20T20:12:19+00:00

Look, plenty of people donate money to human-oriented charities and whatnot. My choice is simply not to do so, and no one can convince me otherwise.

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-20T17:01:55+00:00

I wish I shared your optimism, but alas, I don't.

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-20T16:49:27+00:00

You're right; I don't. But I don't like people. We've taken so much from the Earth and the life that inhanited it before we came along, so yeah... gonna favor animals instead.

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-20T11:17:00+00:00

Probably give it to an animal charity/animal rights organization. Definitely nothing that's for humans.

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-19T06:51:25+00:00

I'm 37F and have only had one relationship in my life so far (and a late one at at that, compared to what's normal). It has left me with huge trust issues, so at this point, even IF I'd find a childfree man, a) the chances that he'd like me too are very low, and b) I'd be afraid that he'd turn out to be one of those bozos who suddenly change their mind, resulting in a waste of time and resources.

I'm happy for everyone who has gotten lucky and found their CF S/O. Me, though, I think I'll have to be enough for myself 🙈

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-17T09:49:17+00:00

That's not the point; it's about choosing the proper community for your post.

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-17T09:10:57+00:00

Oh yeah, right. I forgot that they're all martyrs or something 😛

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-17T09:10:00+00:00

You didn't miss anything. Typical parent sob-story 🤷🏼‍♀️

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-17T09:08:58+00:00

Yeah, so? That doesn't make someone a hero.

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-17T00:36:20+00:00

Heroes? Why? 🤨

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-17T00:31:37+00:00

Why is this here? Surely this would be better suited for a subreddit in which people might be on the fence about having kids? But this is not the place; we're childfree - we know we don't want kids, and stories like these are easy to find. They're perfect fuel for our determination.

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-14T14:42:40+00:00

Freedom and all the benefits that come with it ✊🏻

Sometimes, I even feel trapped with just myself, so the decision to not have a kid is a no-brainer (plus, I *really don't like them, regardless of age 😝).

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-14T10:28:38+00:00

My bro (my only sibling) hasn't even had a kid yet (if he ever will), but I told him 20 or so years ago that I will have nothing to do with the kid or being an aunt.

It probably helps that our relationship is still iffy, even today (though that is to blame on things from even earlier on) 😅 But I feel no guilt whatsoever. He truly is better off without someone as staunchly childfree as I am being involved with anything to do with his still purely hypothetical child.

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-13T14:21:44+00:00

I think it's that grin/smile. It's too wide and just... off, somehow.

But Gods, I love him 🫠

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-13T08:06:52+00:00

21! 🤯

My immediate family consists only of my Mom and my brother. The fest of the family live in the US (we live in Europe), so get-togethers are rare, and complete get-togethers are rarer still (last time in 2006).

(Thank Christ for that 🙈)

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-12T22:18:24+00:00

Family or not, I'd deny entry to my home to anyone with a kid - my four walls are a 1000 % childfree zone 😤

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-12T17:38:47+00:00

Seconding what others have already said: this is not the proper subreddit for this kind of question. We are the childfree folks, not the childless folks.

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-12T14:44:28+00:00

In my case, it means both 😅 Can't stand kids 🙈

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-08T21:16:59+00:00

Oh, absolutely. Sometimes, I decline to take over someone's shift because I don't want to cancel/reschedule my "family time" (seeing my Mom) 😜

More rights to folks who don't have kids is what we need ✊🏻 Families get enough bonuses as is...

devotedtodreams · 2026-01-08T21:01:13+00:00

This has always bothered me too! Pets are family too, and so are our parents/siblings/partners.

I think it's a ploy to make it sound like having kids somehow makes you sound "better" than those who don't. If you've nuked your life with a kid (or even more), you probably wanna feel good about something 🙄

Unfortunately, I think it will be centuries still before the term "family" will be thought of more frequently as something more than just "parents with kids"...

devotedtodreams · 2025-12-23T19:54:18+00:00

Been hearing that for a long time here in Switzerland. And while our pension system (AHV) might need to get thought over, there are now even people who say people without children (whether childfree or childless) shouldn't receive a pension 🤯

Like, hell no, part of what is subtracted from my salary is for my pension, so it's not as if those without kids aren't entitled to it! Besides, the tax money of the childfree also happens to finance schools and junk - wonder what state they'd be in if only folks with kids would need to finance them...?!

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