Child-Free People, What Are The Wildest Things Parents Have Said When They Learned You Don’t Want Kids

Whether or not you choose to have children is honestly nobody’s business but your own, but that doesn’t stop other adults from weighing in with their unsolicited takes.

Considering this, I wanted to hear from you — our BuzzFeed Community. If you’ve chosen to be child-free, what has been the wildest reaction from parents around you?

Maybe you and your partner are friends with a couple who have three children. They’re always running on fumes and expressing how exhausted and stressed they are. However, when you both mentioned that you’ll be remaining child-free, they gasped and claimed you weren’t doing your part to keep the world turning. As if it’s all up to you.

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Or, maybe you told your parents you had no interest in procreating, and they guilted you for robbing them of their only chance at being able to right all the wrongs they committed when raising you. YOUR child was supposed to be their second chance.

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Or maybe it was someone in line at a coffee shop. You had your nephew with you, and when they commented that you both looked so much alike, you mentioned that you weren’t their parent and just babysitting. You also said you wouldn’t be having any of your own, and the coffee shop lady scoffed. She said that you’re what’s wrong with your generation. That you’re just too lazy to put in the work of child rearing, and it’s really such a shame.

Whatever the case may be, we want to hear about it. If you’re child-free, we want to know the wildest thing someone has said to you about your decision. Share in the comments or via this anonymous form below. Your response could be featured in an upcoming post.

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