So, my husband and I had assumed before getting married that we'd have kids, but in the last 8 or 9 months or so we've been talking more about the possibility of choosing not to have any. Mostly because we don't think we'd make particularly good parents, partly because we're not convinced that our home life is a real stable environment for kids to grow up in, and partly for selfish (?) reasons related to the convenience of being child-free.
I love kids. Absolutely adore them. Love being around them, and they tend to gravitate towards me too. But I don't think I'd be a good mother. There are a bunch of things I don't trust myself not to pass on to my kids, like a horrible body image and anorexia (currently under control, but I just don't think I'll ever learn not to see food as a huge moral issue, or develop "normal" eating habits).
So I'm just curious... what do you like about being childfree? And what do you find difficult? Do any of you regret your decision not to have kids?
I love kids. Absolutely adore them. Love being around them, and they tend to gravitate towards me too. But I don't think I'd be a good mother. There are a bunch of things I don't trust myself not to pass on to my kids, like a horrible body image and anorexia (currently under control, but I just don't think I'll ever learn not to see food as a huge moral issue, or develop "normal" eating habits).
So I'm just curious... what do you like about being childfree? And what do you find difficult? Do any of you regret your decision not to have kids?