Child-free and happy on Slate

[lizardesque]

Slate has a series of blog posts from women who are child-free and happy.
tinyurl.com/6uafsd8

[OrangePixyStix]

Thanks for the share!

I'm loving the title of the related links at the bottom. "I don't enjoy alien parasites", and "I'd rather die alone". Looking forward to reading through them.

[MyName]

I love that they threw a shower for the "birth" of their friend's book. That is so cool.

[shorty20]

Those were good, thanks for sharing!

[lizardesque]

Jun 19, 2012 11:21:17 GMT -5 MyName said:

I love that they threw a shower for the "birth" of their friend's book. That is so cool.

Isn't it? I loved that too!

[glw]

"What I learned, from this and other conversations on the subject with women who are parents, is that it is usually quite difficult to explain your decision not to have children to those who have chosen to do so without offending them in some unspoken but very deep and palpable way. I believe this is partly because many of them are secretly envious of the child-free and also—perhaps more importantly—see the child-free person as a repudiation of their own life choice and, worse, as a sign of “non-envy.” Imitation is the highest form of flattery and the surest sign of envy. My child-free state was like a mirror that did not reflect their image."

A-fucking-men!