Being childfree by choice doesn't make it feel any less isolating

What People Don't Tell You About Not Having Kids | Her Circle

... be incredibly isolating. When the ... The decision to remain childfree can also often feel confusing. 'Did we make the right choice?

Navigating Social Gatherings as a Childfree Couple in a Child ...

It's hard not to feel isolated when the dominant narrative doesn't include you. ... choice to be childfree is just as valid as any other lifestyle ...

Why is Being Single and Child-Free So Threatening to Society?

Between the two of us, Billie has by far the calmer, kinder, less sarcastic disposition. To talk to me like that, she must have been feeling ...

Breaking The Bias: Childfree Women In The Workplace - Forbes

These experiences aren't isolated incidents; they reflect broader societal assumptions that those without children have more free time and fewer ...

Being childfree makes us feel isolated (animals, woman, college ...

It doesn't cloud the discussion at all. It is your disposable income that makes you "well off." Time and disposable income is much greater in ...

For the childfree women - motherhood childless | Ask MetaFilter

I am really lucky in that my sister also doesn't have kids (slightly less by choice than me) so we are a family where no kids is normal.

Childfreeness: Jessica Taft Langdon on being child-free by ...

"Generally, I feel that women who are child-free by choice have a stronger voice, at the moment, although their voice is frequently derided.".

To Mom or Not to Mom: Choosing to be Childfree - Focus Empowers

The choice to be childfree appears to be gaining in popularity ... have anything to contribute, you feel left out. On the flip side ...

Can Parents and Childless People Be Friends? - The Cut

It has fundamentally shifted my relationships.” Cover Story. When One Friend Has a Baby, and the Other Doesn't.

The Long-Term Realities of Being Childless | Next Avenue

The predominant takeaway from interviewing experts is that not having children is a choice couples make that doesn't prevent them from being happy, or even ...

Why do we have such a big problem with childfree women?

Being childfree can feel isolating at times but I am always encouraged by the online community of both women who are childfree by choice and ...

I did not have children. Here's how I guide young people struggling ...

Being childless felt like my dominant identity and the when/if ... be part of the mix in order for life to feel meaningful. Given that ...

The Reality of Being 40, Single and Childfree - The Gloss Magazine

... feeling. At times, I've felt “less than” as a single woman, like I've failed on the double, or I haven't tried hard enough to “make it all happen”. At times ...

Episode 48: Professional women, no kids - The Broad Experience

But I also feel this sense of loyalty to my single childless sisters out in the world in that I want to make sure that I, as a mother-to-be, ...

I never expected to lose so many friends after becoming a parent

At the same time, some of those friends seemed to have less time for me. One childless friend, a psychotherapist in her mid-40s, told me a couple of years ago ...

Being child-free - Good Magazine

Not everyone wants to, or can, get pregnant. That doesn't mean we're any less whole or valuable as a woman. What advice would you give women?

I Don't Want Kids... and That's Okay! - The Stripe by Grace Atwood

My husband and I made the decision several years ago to be childfree by choice. ... any children, doesn't make you any less. I j really ...

Surviving the childless weekend blues - Gateway Women

But I didn't choose to be childless, pet-less or to be working alone at home. ... Being with other child-free women is a great way of feeling ...

I Think People Without Kids Have Empty Lives And I'm Not Sorry ...

Of the many life choices we make, the decision to have kids or not is ... Which is another thing: Having kids doesn't have to be your primary and sole ...

What Women Without Kids Are Teaching This Mom - OnBeing

“Being without kids feels pretty great. I don't feel any lack. Being child-free means I turn the love I have to family, friends, and my animals.”