CFSinceSix - Your comments are well taken and hit the point I am realizing, my life is extremely fulfilling and full of amazing experiences. Would I really want to change that?? I see many of my friends who are in a life that revolves only around their children (I understand for them it is their life) but I could not imaging not having a life of my own. I have been consistenly told that is selfish!

All the best.

I have always known. Just known, since I was a wee kid that I never wanted kids and had always expressed it (until that expression was supressed with all the “bingos” we CF people hear all the time.)

One thing I want to say: know that you CAN have a fulfilling life without children. Know that your life has meaning without children. Know that you are a full and complete woman without children. Know that you can and do have a satisfying life without children.

Good luck!

i co run one, its not as militant, its pretty quiet. your best bet is to search for childfree and dont let one group make you think we are all like that.

http://thecfcouple.proboards37.com/index.cgi

i Knew i was cf but i didnt know there was groups out there, i thought i may have been a freak and all on my own. i met my wife online and as i talked to her i discovered i was childfree. and i feel more at ease with myself because i KNOW i am.

my wife knew since she was 6 years old.. some people know from the start some grow into it .

as i said this is a great start to look at the childfree life. not too militant and not too apologetic.

impotent, well that happens when i think that a kid could be produced..

if your children has a chance of cerebral palsy.. would you still have it and let it suffer and possibly an early death.. “If your child suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of birth injury or some other cerebral palsy related medical malpractice” so why not avoid the possible causes of it.

isnt that more caring that the answer. of having baby after baby.. will your life end if you dont have children, name ONE thing that a child can do for society (if you mention it can cure cancer its equally possible that it could create a disease that wipes the planet out).

of course the cynic in me says of course you want more children and more children to suffer, so you can sue the hospitals, and make money for yourself..

GB - The point has never been “stories with no children in them” so I’m not sure what you mean by that. Since being childfree is as much to do with never having had children as well as the actual decision if you’ve had children and they’ve grown up, then you’re not childfree. I think the objective of Like It Is is clear. Having said that, anyone is welcome to contribute as long as their comment is in line with the objective of the blog and they stay within our childfree parameters. A review of the posts in the Archive (and I might add my disclaimer) and this post will provide a pretty good idea of what is - and isn’t welcomed on this blog.

CFSinceSix - Thank you! I’m glad you found Like It Is too. I am still smiling at this point you made..”I have much to say but also the fact that this is not *my* blog, I do curb my writing. I can be prolific…”
But seriously, I truly appreciate your comments and input.. and I know that they also help other CF people to identify. Here’s to another CF year!

I can’t really be CF on my own webpage. And when I write about stuff, it has nothing to do with children, but with what I see and have experienced. So your blog, really, is my one CF refuge here. I’m really grateful you’re here. Many of the CF forums I’ve found (it’s been a while so there may be new and may have changed) were about rants, were moderated by parents (go figure that one) or just not really a space I fit in. There’s one I’ve been on for years, but we’re a small group and have moved on to simply talking about life, and now our elderly parents and us growing older.

Your blog gives me space to be CF and freely express what is going on and what it is like to be CF in a childcentric world. I have much to say but also the fact that this is not *my* blog, I do curb my writing. I can be prolific.

At anyrate, I’m really glad I found your blog last fall. I am a regular reader. Yours is one that is level headed, your views are along the same lines as mine, and I enjoy your writing. (To lurking parents: BION, not all CF people hold the same views. *gasp* We all have differing opinions on things!)

Anyway, Yes! Here’s to another CF year!

It certainly is great to have somewhere to catch up on other childfree people’s stories and feel like I’m not a freak for not wanting to be a parent.

I’m looking forward to your future entries, whatever the frequency!