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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[eleri.livejournal.com]

amen. Don't belittle the work I do, just because you've chosen not to do the same job, bitch.

[stypica.livejournal.com]

not quite sure what you're talking about - but if I'm guessing right...

Being child-free by choice, and despising the little sprogglings I get quite sick of everyone judging us and getting in our business about not having kids. It wasn't my business if someone else wanted their's - it's none of their goddamn business why I don't want them... neither side is "better" than the other, it comes down to making the right choice *for yourself*.

but that might not be what you're even talking about:)

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that is quite annoying.

I'm child-free by choice (and circumstance), although I'm not averse to the idea of adopting a human sprog. I just know that right now, I wouldn't be the best parent for him/her.

So, I'll stick with feline sprogs - and visits with my furry shelter friends. :)

[ceruleanst.livejournal.com]

If you don't like the people who say that, feed them to the horses. I've heard that accusation leveled at a lot of groups who refuse to shut up and accept their second-class citizenship. "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. We hear about the elitist liberals who go around acting like they're better than conservatives, and the otherkin who obviously think they're better than human, and so on. I don't buy it. It's rhetoric aimed at quelling the voice of what would be an invisible minority when they get uppity enough to act like they're as good as regular people.

[javagoth.livejournal.com]

Alas it seem to be human nature to seek to validate oneself and ones choices by invalidating or putting down anothers.

I just wish people would show a little more awareness to the fact that some folks don't have kids because they can't - which is not my case (to the best of my knowledge) but is an issue that others close to me have had. It can be extremely painful for someone who wants kids to be asked if they have kids & if not why not. The attitude that if you're married (or were ever married) and don't have kids you're somehow derelict in your duty to the world just annoys the hell out of me. I thought long and hard before making that decision and I put the well being of the potential child first and foremost. I gladly would bequeath those children I might have had but chose not to to others who would like to have them but haven't been able to.

Of course some people consider me a murderous hussy for taking Birth Control pills...

[drdemure.livejournal.com]

I had kids, damned good ones. That I took an effort with. But I often wonder how my life would have turned out if I didn't. And I still won't dis anyone who made a different choice. I don't wish any of them back, but I see both sides.