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	<description>The Interests of a Childfree Brit Living in Toronto</description>
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		<title>Stop The World. Don&#8217;t Do Another Thing. Don&#8217;t Even Dare Die Until&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;you&#8217;ve&#160;beheld the 8th and 9th wonders of the world. Twins!
It&#8217;s a funny old&#160;world, methinks. But these two&#160;posts from D-Listed made me laugh. And so of course I had to share it with you, wonderful childfree readers. For today is definitely not your day. No-one cares about you, because&#160;the eyes of the world (well, a good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/08/03/stop-the-world-dont-do-another-thing-dont-even-dare-die-until/</link>
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		<title>Just  One More Reason Not To Have Kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s a short post today.
And to be honest this story doesn’t need that much dwelling on. But every time I read one of these reports of violent children (and they seem to be depressingly common these days) it makes me think of how glad I am that I am childfree. This is one thing I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/07/28/just-one-more-reason-not-to-have-kids/</link>
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		<title>Employers Thinking Twice About Offering Child-Bearing Age Women Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maternity Leave &#8220;Damages&#8221; Women&#8217;s Careers
The childfree have little cause to worry about maternity leave… or do we? In Britain, women can take statutory maternity leave of up to a year  with statutory pay of 39 weeks. The 52 weeks is the result of a recent extension, but what we’ve been suspecting for some time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/07/21/employers-thinking-twice-about-offering-child-bearing-age-women-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Childfree or Childless? Isn&#8217;t it a State of Mind?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://talk.sheknows.com/f86/its-negative-723657/
Which does beg the question&#8230; isn&#8217;t this a childfree alert? of course it&#8217;s because the word &#8220;childfree&#8221; is used, but it&#8217;s so annoying when it say &#8220;Google Blog Alert for; Childfree&#8221; only to read a bunch of discussions about ivf, devastation because&#160; you can&#8217;t get pregnant and&#160;how it sucks that others take their fertility for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/07/17/childfree-or-childless-isnt-it-a-state-of-mind/</link>
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		<title>To Breed Or Not To Breed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To breed or not to breed
“One day, when all the non-breeders are sitting in their recycled-wood rocking chairs, having developed gout from too much red wine and good living, I trust my children will be working hard to keep the Earth in good nick. For their children.”
I just had to laugh when I read this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/07/14/to-breed-or-not-to-breed/</link>
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		<title>Why Bother Mention The Childfree At All?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Childfreeeee for sending me the link to this video clip and her post.
Praise and Criticism for the today show
Blogspot mechanics meant that  for some reason I couldn’t leave a comment on her blog (I don’t think blogger likes me) but I am only too happy to post here. I hope you’ll check [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/07/07/why-bother-mention-the-childfree-at-all/</link>
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		<title>Getting a Vasectomy: Experiences of Childfree People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am always to see how people find Like It Is, a childfree blog. In addition to searched on the term “childfree” some of the most common searches includes:
“how to make husband want children”
“tricking him into having a baby”
“I want a baby, husband does not”
“husband having vasectomy and I don’t want him to”
This post is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/06/30/getting-a-vasectomy-experiences-of-childfree-people/</link>
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		<title>Infertile? What About the Childfree Choice?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every time I read about women’s “struggle” with infertility I have a hard time understanding how it gets magnified to such an extent as to warrant much of the attention it currently gets. People say it is not discussed enough - to me it seems that it&#8217;s all some people talk about.  It seems [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/06/23/infertile-what-about-the-childfree-choice/</link>
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		<title>63 Statements Made To the Childfree (When They&#8217;re Not Getting The Questions)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last post  I listed 40 of the more common questions that the childfree get on account of their decision not to breed or their lack of desire to go along with the masses in re-producing themselves. As was expected, we had some lively discussion. This post on first glance shares some similarities, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/06/16/statements-made-to-the-childfree-when-theyre-not-getting-the-questions/</link>
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		<title>40 Questions The Childfree Get Asked (All The Time)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought it would be interesting to list (some of) them. It’s really staggering the questions childfree people get asked simply because we’ve made a choice not to re-produce. These questions are quite a massive intrusion into a very personal decision. Yet the childfree get asked them, and sometimes, we even try to answer them! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/06/09/40-questions-the-childfree-get-asked-all-the-time/</link>
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		<title>On Kids and Teenagers who Ruin Films&#8230; Who Else Wants Childfree Cinemas?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought this was so absolutely spot on I had to post it as soon as I saw it.
Childfree cinemas (theatres) are long overdue. Can we have them soon please?  How many more films (movies) does one have to have ruined by parents who are simply incapable of discerning what’s suitable for their progeny?? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/06/02/on-kids-and-teenagers-who-ruin-films-whos-else-wants-childfree-cinemas/</link>
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		<title>Childfree&#8230; Just Ignore What Others Say</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reading Norma’s comment to an older post and couldn’t help but think that this is painful proof that when it comes to being childfree, childfree people may only have themselves and their feelings to rely on. In a way, this also links back to my last post on society’s intense pressure to pro-create [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/06/02/childfree-just-ignore-what-others-say/</link>
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		<title>To Be Childfree is to Resist Societal Pressure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The inspiration for this post came from… the comments on my last post!
It’s still a rather chilling thought that for many of us, talking about being childfree as a way of life is in most cases impossible or at the very least difficult. While most people bring up the fact on nearly every opportunity that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/05/26/to-be-childfree-is-to-resist-societal-pressure/</link>
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		<title>Childfree&#8230; But Won&#8217;t You Regret It?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, this is a bingo. It often comes in the form of a question when trying to convince a childfree person (who’s just said they don’t want children) that they really need to reconsider their choice to be childfree and get on with having kids. I wrote about this bingo a while back. But, as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/05/19/childfree-but-wont-you-regret-it/</link>
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		<title>Why Do Families Always Come First?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let’s leave aside the fact that I consider childfree families to be families as well. And the fact that I’m unimpressed with the oft trotted out (and rather tired) “reason” that anyone having children these days is “building the future” and “making the next brood of taxpayers who will “support all of us non-parents in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/05/12/why-do-families-always-come-first/</link>
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		<title>On Being Childfree&#8230; We Don&#8217;t Need A Reason</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How can I keep this short and sweet?  I could begin by simply stating how nice it would be to see this statement –
“Childfree. No Justification Required.” But, I fear, that’s a long way away. But it is posts like this that make me sorely wish that that day was Today. Or sometime soon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/05/05/on-being-childfree-we-dont-need-a-reason/</link>
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		<title>Childfree - Censorship In The Forums?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First of all dear readers – Hello – Britgirl’s back! And I had a fabulous time in England.
There are new rules at Bella Online.  Of the Censoring kind. And several childfree members are leaving have left.
Bella Online - Married No Kids Thread
Bella Online - Married No Kids, later posts
I was informed by another childfree person [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/04/28/childfree-censorship-in-the-forums/</link>
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		<title>Childfree&#8230; And The Living Is Spontaneous</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the great things about being childfree is that my husband and I can simply decide we want to travel –and just do it. And this week that’s what I’m doing. I’m off to England for a week…. just because I want to. Although many childed people will tell me that having their kids [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/04/14/childfree-and-the-living-is-spontaneous/</link>
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		<title>Purple Women And Friends Say Adieu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Purple Women And Friends&#160;has closed its doors for the last time. I was sad to read this. The online space will be all the poorer for it, but I can completely understand Teri&#8217;s reasons&#8230; the sheer effort to keep the high quality she had and to make it a place where childfree people could converse [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/04/07/purple-women-and-friends-say-adieu/</link>
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		<title>Spending The Baby Bonus&#8230; On Plasma TVs?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A childfree reader of Like It Is from Australia sent me this interesting story (thank you V!) and I wanted to share it with you all.  The story is from Australia’s Daily Telegraph, but the actual link has disappeared (or goes to a non-standard web page) so I am posting the story and some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebritgirl.com/2008/04/07/spending-the-baby-bonus-on-plasma-tvs/</link>
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