Another damned thing

[docwebster]

I really, really, really despise the whole "We're childfree so we're better than you. Down with chestbursters. YAY!" mentality evidenced by most of (but by no means all of) that lot.

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[stypica.livejournal.com]

'"I'm childfree and I'm not ashamed" translates to some imagined claim of superiority, because, shit, a person wouldn't make that choice if they didn't think it was better'

and that is where you and I disagree - edit that to be "a person wouldn't make that choice if they didn't think it was better for them</>"

having a kid or not doesn't make a person better or worse. for some people, being a parent is the best thing they could ever do - they positively affect a life and nurture a child into a decent adult. For others, a kid is just a byproduct of drunken stupidity, or because it's a way to fatten a check, or to fill some fucked up hole in their own life. Those people should also be ground up for horse meat - not only are they fucking up their own life, they are most likely fucking up any life their offspring will have.

people just need be more self aware, and less defensive about other people's decisions. Especially when they have no impact on anyone else's life.

I have to say I'm not necessarily proud of being childless, but it is a decision I've made that I am certainly not ashamed of. Why would I be, and why would you care?

[stypica.livejournal.com]

woops, forgot an "i" in my closing tag :)

[docwebster.livejournal.com]

Old age will do that. *ducks quickly*

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Word word wordy McWord.

I'm not going to have any anytime soon, never wanted them, never going to have them. For many reasons, not least that I realise I am NOT parent material, I don't have the patience or the temperament, and don't want to subject any child as a result to my inadequacies as a human being, because that would fuck them up royally.

That's a decision I made very early on in my life, and I'm sticking with it.