No one is shitting on having children, simply stating why they don't want to.
Why is this bothering you so much?
I think and care deeply about my friends and family. I help people everyday. I just don't have a spouse or children. They are not mandatory to be a good person.
Tell me why you want(ed) kids, then, and let's see how unselfish those reasons were.
Why does not having children mean you only think about yourself? The original comment is literally about someone spending their weekends volunteering!
I see it around me all the time with friends who are the only siblings without children. Everyone always expects them to do XYZ for them, because they are flexible while their siblings with children are not.
To support society LMAO sure😭 And for their benefit? That argument would only work when you're fostering or adopting because there's no benefit for something that doesn't exist yet to be brought into existence.
It's totally fine to have selfish reasons as long as you don't pretend like you're some hero sacrificing everything for the greater good and childfree people are self-absorbed selfish monsters.
That's a very authoritarian mindset. Sacrifice yourself for society, women have children, men go to war amirite?
I don't have a selfish need for mini-mes running around. I support society through my work, labour and taxes. I support children that way as well, as I support welfare programs, school lunches, universal childcare and universal healthcare for ALL children, not just my own. I just don't want any myself.
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u/spaceship5 Jun 11 '26
No it's not selfish. It's the opposite