Shoes On The Cat
Info, links, and laughs for the happily* childfree!
*That's redundant, right?
Frequently Asked Questions
If there's a more condescending statement out there, I haven't heard it. What's the implication? That I'll change my mind too, that I must not have thought this through, that I just need to grow up, etc.
And, no, you were never like me. There's no such thing as formerly childfree. If you've changed your mind, you were never childfree to begin with. You were childless, or pre-childed, or, at best, a fence-sitter.
Oh, there's that "more condescending statement" I was looking for. Why do you presume that I can't make this decision for myself, that I couldn't possibly have thought this through and still reached this conclusion? Most childfree come to their decision through a great deal of thought and soul-searching. Meanwhile, a lot of childed people arrive at their decision after a great deal of tequila.
I don't really understand this one, but I get it all the time. What does being smart have to do with it? So, if I'm smart, I have some sort of duty to pass it on to society (which is scientifically dubious at best) through a new generation? Even if that worked, smart people will never be able to outbreed the half-wits. Studies have shown that the smarter a couple is, the more likely they are to have no children or one child. Besides, what's the point? Instead of doing something with my brain, I'm supposed to rely on my uterus to breed an even smarter child for the world, who will only face the same pressure when she gets older. When does the cycle end?
Again, one I don't really understand. What are we, snow leopards? Do you know how many people there are in the world? Over six and a half billion. We're reproducing at the rate of 70 million a year (net). Even if every person within a thousand mile radius of me vows to remain childfree, the world population numbers will still rise.
Really? I would think that sharing your bed with an underage third party would have the opposite affect.
So does giving all your possessions away to the poor, but I'm not doing that, either. Oh, and better than whom, exactly?