Article-I think people who don't have kids have empty lives

[jojoandleo]

I'm on my phone, so can't C&P, but here is the link: thoughtcatalog.com/sarah-larson/2014/01/i-think-people-without-kids-have-empty-lives-and-im-not-sorry-about-it/

Basically, I don't understand love or selflessness. I'm less driven, and have less time in the day. And while she doesn't think I'm a bad person, my life is just really sad. Yeah... go fuck yourself.

I find it very comical that she starts this whole bullshit article about how she NEVER thought of herself as someone to judge others. Yeah... I buy that.

[bonquiqui]

Comical

[wanderlustmom]

Completely. Crazy. Hard stop. I have never met anyone else with thst polarizing of a viewpoint. I think she just wanted see her name in print.

[iamgrace]

Lol. Some days I think my life would definitely be more full and well rounded without kids.

[Deleted]

Silly

[agnes]

I have been told that I don't know real love until I have a child. So yeah. People are shitty.

[killercupcake]

lol

I bet she's hidden on all of her friends' FB timelines.

[lilafowler]

L o l

[Mrs.Rad888]

Jul 29, 2015 19:05:22 GMT -5 agnes said:

I have been told that I don't know real love until I have a child. So yeah. People are shitty.

It's actually poverty and sleep deprivation that you don't truly know until you have a child.

[lilafowler]

Jul 29, 2015 19:07:14 GMT -5 Mrs.Rad888 said:

Jul 29, 2015 19:05:22 GMT -5 agnes said:

I have been told that I don't know real love until I have a child. So yeah. People are shitty.

It's actually poverty and sleep deprivation that you don't truly know until you have a child.

We have a winner!

[LeggsBenedict]

[derp]

Jul 29, 2015 19:05:22 GMT -5 agnes said:

I have been told that I don't know real love until I have a child. So yeah. People are shitty.

I have also been told this.

[underwaterrhymes]

There are also certain essential truths that you cannot know unless you get to travel extensively, pay off all of your debt, and have sex in the middle of your kitchen floor whenever you feel like it, all of which are easier to accomplish without kids.

[marylennox]

This is so dumb I can't even figure out how to respond. I mean if anything my life was more full before baby because I had free time to fill it with whatever I wanted. Lol

[Deleted]

I was told I'd never be complete as a woman if I didn't have a child. That person was SO right!
I'm completely broke.
I'm completely exhausted.
I'm completely stressed.

[themysteriouswife]

Jul 29, 2015 19:05:22 GMT -5 agnes said:

I have been told that I don't know real love until I have a child. So yeah. People are shitty.

I promise that is not true.

[jojoandleo]

Jul 29, 2015 19:11:04 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

There are also certain essential truths that you cannot know unless you get to travel extensively, pay off all of your debt, and have sex in the middle of your kitchen floor whenever you feel like it, all of which are easier to accomplish without kids.

Exactly. I mean she had a point that there are things I will never experience or understand due to not having kids. But there are things I will never understand because I wasn't born rich, or because I am not famous, or because I've never worked in a bank. There are things she will never know or understand because she won't live a child free life. It does not make one life any more full than the other.

I do love how she was all "of course you can be happy, but racists can be happy too." L O fucking L.

[chickenlittle]

Empty of what? Dark circles, random bodily fluid explosions, a DVR full of half watched shows, and a sleep deficit that can never be overcome? I love my kids to the ends of the earth and can't imagine living without them, but it's not like I'm somehow magically more fulfilled because I'm a mother. I'd give my left nipple for a child free weekend in bed watching Netflix, eating Ben and Jerry's, and sleeping obscene amounts.

[kitkat2613]

Well, that was a terribly insulting, condescending read. The only part I acually enjoyed was that the vast majority of the comments were calling her out. I wonder if her 'non-judgy' opinion has changed in the last 18 months since she wrote this. Actually, probably not. It will have just made her feel martyr-ish and more like her opinion is the valid one. Everyone else is just a meany.

[agnes]

Jul 29, 2015 19:13:40 GMT -5 themysteriouswife said:

Jul 29, 2015 19:05:22 GMT -5 agnes said:

I have been told that I don't know real love until I have a child. So yeah. People are shitty.

I promise that is not true.

[Deleted]

My daughter brings me great joy.

But I think I was quantifiably happier before.

[StephaniePlum]

I hate this stuff. I have 2 kids and had them later in life after a lot of my friends. I loved my life then and I love it now. It was never empty or selfish, just different. Lately, I miss my old life a lot!

[Deleted]

Also.

I think people who think this way were probably very boring before kids.

And probably still very boring with kids.

LOL.

[cville]

That's just sooooo special.


Idiot.

[jennysmitten]

My life is empty. Empty of whining, crying, sticky fingers and daycare payments. Lol

[Nonny]

I’m not saying that kid-free people are bad like being racist is bad. I’m simply illustrating the point that happiness does not equate to living a great life.

[Muddled]

Oddly enough, this post is giving me twinges of doubt regarding this kid on the way.

[Deleted]

I could not get through this whole thing. As someone dealing with infertility it just makes me feel worse. While I do feel grief over infertility, I do not judge those who are childless by choice. Glad her life feels complete now that she has kids, but assuming everyone needs that to feel complete is just moronic. There may come a point I need to accept my childless life and I will be happy still, despite clowns like this.

[sonrisa]

People who can't find meaning or fulfillment without children have empty heads.

[elleblue]

Every big choice in life has positives and negatives. Not just having or not having children. Getting married, remaining single, following your passion for less monetary compensation versus picking a well paid career. It's great when people feel happy with their choices but there's no reason to assume people who have chosen differently are missing out. How myopic.