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🜏⛧Satanic Doggo⛧🜏<p>I’m coming up on the 8 year anniversary of my <a href="https://woof.group/tags/vasectomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vasectomy</span></a> in a couple months, and I still say it was one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life. <a href="https://woof.group/tags/childfreebychoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childfreebychoice</span></a> and <a href="https://woof.group/tags/childfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childfree</span></a> for life.</p>
Alleyoop<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Introduction</span></a> Good morning! I managed to survive the transition of power yesterday with my normal good cheer in tact by grabbing a new Jodi Picoult novel, some hot coffee, chocolate and staying in bed for most of the day! I&#39;m new here. I&#39;m a Criminology Professor. I love <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/restaurants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>restaurants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flute" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>flute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comfortfoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>comfortfoods</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>colorado</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USLSoccer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USLSoccer</span></a> and being a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bbw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bbw</span></a> I&#39;m happily single &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/childfreebychoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>childfreebychoice</span></a> I&#39;m part of the 92% who are too tired and too disappointed to care about much anymore. Save yourselves. 💜</p>
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧<p>I said that I'd just turned 50, and don't have a moment's regret, in fact, I'm so relieved I didn't. </p><p>She said most people haven't supported her and have just criticised her decision. </p><p>It's shocking that so many people think women (and men) can't make their own personal reproductive life choices. But this can be the biggest decision people make, it's forever life-changing. <br>Be true to yourself. Have courage in your convictions.</p><p>Be happily <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Childfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Childfree</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildfreeByChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildfreeByChoice</span></a></p><p>🧵(2/2)</p>
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧<p>I was having a conversation with someone at work this morning. She's in her mid-30s, and she's splitting from her boyfriend because he wants children, and she doesn't.</p><p>She's been bombarded with people saying, "You'll change your mind", and "You'll miss out".</p><p>‪I told her I was sorry it's come to that, but I really respect her decision. That she is being true to herself and that she can't change her mind for his sake, when she would end up resenting him.<br>🧵(1/2)<br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Childfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Childfree</span></a><br> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildfreeByChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildfreeByChoice</span></a></p>
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧<p>Isn't it about time we stopped <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaslighting</span></a> women about their personal reproductive &amp; lifestyle choices? <br>For years, people (mostly mothers) went on at me to have children, coming up with the usual crap about "regretting it", that'd I would "change my mind" and all that BS I'd heard a thousand times.<br>They presumed to know me more than I know myself.</p><p>Guess what? <br>I recently turned 50 and do not regret being child-free for one single second.</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFree</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFreeByChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFreeByChoice</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2024/sep/26/regret-having-children-no-kids-cultural-taboo?utm_term=66fa3f8eff5e964f906d2b37d20dbc8b&amp;utm_campaign=FirstEdition&amp;utm_source=esp&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;CMP=firstedition_email&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawFokuxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUwp0L1OtVCNIlhN0ZPyo8J0G5dStgurOcWPsL5uuBpxh4JT0-C5lKWhzQ_aem_66nD6qYHNpWGbFe1BaHZSg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/wellness/2024/</span><span class="invisible">sep/26/regret-having-children-no-kids-cultural-taboo?utm_term=66fa3f8eff5e964f906d2b37d20dbc8b&amp;utm_campaign=FirstEdition&amp;utm_source=esp&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;CMP=firstedition_email&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawFokuxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUwp0L1OtVCNIlhN0ZPyo8J0G5dStgurOcWPsL5uuBpxh4JT0-C5lKWhzQ_aem_66nD6qYHNpWGbFe1BaHZSg</span></a></p>
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧<p>I haven't been nagged at for being child-free by choice in quite some time. Now I'm 50, I thought it had ceased. </p><p>But no, only a couple of days ago I was asked if I regretted it and told that "some women have children around 50."</p><p>Fuck, no. </p><p>Oh, and the number of regrets I have?<br>Well......</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFree</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFreeByChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFreeByChoice</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/NoRegrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoRegrets</span></a></p>
DCom - Serial Hobbyist ☕️<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>introduction</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Georgia</span></a> native, married, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/childfreebychoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>childfreebychoice</span></a>, lived within 40 miles of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Atlanta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Atlanta</span></a> all my life. My wife is an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audiobook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>audiobook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/narrator" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>narrator</span></a> and I direct her when she’s narrating.</p><p>I have been a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>software</span></a> engineer, professional <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCUBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SCUBA</span></a> diver and freelance <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photographer</span></a>. </p><p>I ride a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/motorcycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>motorcycle</span></a>, am an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AFOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AFOL</span></a>, and a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coffee</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/espresso" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>espresso</span></a> enthusiast. </p><p>I play <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>guitar</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukulele" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ukulele</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>banjo</span></a> and am learning <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/piano" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>piano</span></a>. I do <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> (N4XOK) and hunt <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>POTA</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SOTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SOTA</span></a> activators.</p>
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧<p>I've just seen another reason why I'm child-free by choice.<br>What a waste of a lovely sunny Saturday afternoon.<br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/childfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childfree</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/childfreebychoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childfreebychoice</span></a></p>
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧<p>And also, <br>Colleague: "Do you to see a picture of my cat?"<br>Me: "Oh, yes!!!" </p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFree</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFreeByChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFreeByChoice</span></a></p>
Ronke Babajide<p>I’ll never cease to be surprised by some people’s audacity. I know the internet is anonymous, so I shouldn’t be. But I am.<br>I wrote a piece about why I don’t have kids and how I realized I never wanted them. <br>And some guy took it upon himself to tell me that women shouldn’t be allowed to get an education until they’ve had at least two babies.<br>Yes, women should be forced to have babies or be deprived of education because, apparently, humanity is in danger of dying out.</p><p><a href="https://wien.rocks/tags/childfreebychoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childfreebychoice</span></a> <br><a href="https://wien.rocks/tags/childfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childfree</span></a> <br><a href="https://lifewithoutchildren.com/will-humanity-go-extinct-because-women-dont-want-to-have-kids-anymore-cf08bb5d468d?sk=24f26397a8ccc04e39bac8a9dca33612" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lifewithoutchildren.com/will-h</span><span class="invisible">umanity-go-extinct-because-women-dont-want-to-have-kids-anymore-cf08bb5d468d?sk=24f26397a8ccc04e39bac8a9dca33612</span></a></p>
naofacafilhos<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ohai.social/@BintyMcFrazzles" class="u-url mention">@<span>BintyMcFrazzles</span></a></span> </p><p>Having kids is not for everyone. Lots of women are pressured to be mothers only to live in regret.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChildFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChildFree</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChildFreeByChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChildFreeByChoice</span></a></p>
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧<p>I'm so happy to be (nearly) 50 and happily child-free by choice. At least now, people have stopped badgering me about my life choice. I have no regrets. </p><p>This would be my nightmare.<br>"I regret having children, it has stripped my life of meaning. Everything that made my life what it was has been burnt to ash and I know other women feel the same, says 34-year-old Laura"</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFree</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFreeByChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFreeByChoice</span></a></p><p><a href="https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/regret-having-children-stripped-life-meaning-2320093" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/re</span><span class="invisible">gret-having-children-stripped-life-meaning-2320093</span></a></p>
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧<p>The pub garden is so much nicer now that the annoying family who ignored their shouting/screaming kid left. <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFree</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFreeByChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFreeByChoice</span></a></p>
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧<p>Me, and why I'm <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFree</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFreeByChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFreeByChoice</span></a></p>
thegrumpyenbythis may piss you off if you are child free or it might piss you off if you have children but for different reasons lmao
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧<p>Why do people think it's acceptable to sit their baby on a table where people eat?<br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/childfreebychoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childfreebychoice</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/childfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childfree</span></a></p>
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧<p>Not been out on a Sunday afternoon in the pub for quite a while.<br>I've forgotten how awful it is and how much parents fail to even vaguely try to stop their children screaming and running around.<br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/childfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childfree</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/childfreebychoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childfreebychoice</span></a></p>
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@noodlemaz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>noodlemaz</span></a></span> <br>Me, too. <br>When I "encounter" children, it in no way makes me feel broody, it just reinforces I made the right decision to not reproduce. <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFreeByChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFreeByChoice</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFree</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/HappilyChildfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HappilyChildfree</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ChildFreeLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildFreeLife</span></a></p>
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧<p>Nothing more underlines I made the right decision to never reproduce than when I'm in an airport on on a plane.<br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/childfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childfree</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/childfreebychoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childfreebychoice</span></a></p>
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧<p>Why, when we're on holiday in <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Lanzarote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lanzarote</span></a>, are all the children who are screaming, running around and being general shits always British? It's never the Spanish children. I'm not saying they're immaculately behaved, but they're dealt with appropriately and quickly.<br>They always sit, well-behaved when having dinner in an evening and not running around, laying on floors and getting under people's feet and creating a racket.<br>Thank goodness I'm child-free. No regrets. <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/childfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childfree</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/childfreebychoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childfreebychoice</span></a></p>
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