Comments on: Childfree? But Weren’t You Once A Child?

By: december_clouds (LJ)

december_clouds (LJ) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:55:32 +0000

My aunt often gets impatient with people who are doing customer service, often saying they should be better! Well, I reminded her that she once worked in customer service too!

And whenever she gets impatient with someone younger than her, I also reminded her that she was once *30* too!

I also explain to people that I wasn’t really good with kids when I was one!

By: Phoena

Phoena — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:32:33 +0000

I usually get the “But you were a child once, tooooooo!” crap when I say I don’t like kids. My response is, “So? I was better behaved than these kids today!” Normally when I say I don’t want kids, I get crap like, “Awwww, you poor thing, that’s so sad!” (as if I’m going to run right out and have kids because I don’t want people pretending to feel sorry for me.)

The bingos are just ridiculous.

By: Joy

Joy — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:54:21 +0000

I was talking with my boyfriend about having kids (not now!) after we’re married. Reading your post just made me relieved. I always thought that it wasn’t my responsibility to have kids, even if I had a good childhood. Maybe I want kids, maybe I don’t.

I liked your idea that “having been a child is not a reason to have a child.” Because it isn’t. Some people just shouldn’t have kids. They get fed up to easily. Or they hurt their children physically and emotionally. Good post.