Like It Is — The Interests of a Childfree Brit Living in Toronto

Do You Feel The Need to Defend Your Childfree Life?

March 24, 2011

If so why? It’s the 21st century and everyone lives and let lives. Right? Or not so much? These days I find it easier to simply side-step any long-drawn out conversation about kids and parenting. What about you? Does it depend on how long you’ve been comfortable being childfree? Or is there more to it than [...]

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If Missing out on Motherhood is a “Result” of “Fanatical Feminism” Has Anything Changed?

March 6, 2011

Hello folks, Blogging about the life Childfree hasn’t really been at the top of my agenda for the past few months. There just hasn’t been the time. My dancing school is growing and is more and more fun and to be frank I don’t have that much time to think about child free-ness. But that [...]

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Happy New Year and was 2010 The Year Childfree Went Mainstream?

January 1, 2011

The Year Childfree Went Mainstream I saw this link in my Google Alerts to day, but even better it was just sent to me by a reader. Thank you BB! It’s a great article in many ways as it highlights perhaps for the first time that being childfree is no longer hidden away under the [...]

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Childfree: Vasectomy: $400. Speechless look on her face: priceless.

November 21, 2010

Get a vasectomy but keep it a secret. “I got a vasectomy.” Here’s a story the childfree may appreciate. As will the many men and fathers or the against-their-will-fathers who’ve been “oopsed” into having babies by… well by women who wanted babies any which way and will stop at almost nothing to get them… and the guy. [...]

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‘IVF destroyed my family’ Childfree – your comments?

October 24, 2010

How a mother’s desperate quest for a second child took over her life. I’ve always been thankful for my childfree readers who send me great articles. The past few months have been incredibly busy for me but I’ve been reading all the comments on the blog. In my opinion childfree people make the most insightful, thoughtful [...]

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Women Would Rather Have Children Than Run Start Ups – What’s Your Childfree view?

October 9, 2010

I found this article via my Facebook and the comments were so interesting that I thought I had to share it here. It’s not just about being childfree, but it is interesting because of the perspectives of the author and the commentators. And I don’t just mean the ones that state that not every woman [...]

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Childfree – 2 Reasons Chad Skelton Needs to Butt Out of The Childfree’s Business Already

August 22, 2010

Or one great reason Chad Skelton should stfu and write something else on a slow news day at the Vancouver Sun. It’s actually none of his business what choices the childfree make. But of course, it makes for great fodder for posting on the Interwebz. Especially with titles like: 4 Reasons the Childfree may have chosen wrong As soon as I [...]

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Childfree – Do You Worry Who Will Take Care of You When You Get Old?

July 30, 2010

The economic meltdown of the past couple of years has turned so called conventional wisdom on it’s head. From being independent children who had supposedly “left the nest” are returning to their parents home or, in some cases never leaving. With housing getting steadily out of the reach of most ordinary folk the trend looks set [...]

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Childfree – Why Do Friendships Have to Change?

July 10, 2010

The issue of friendship has been on my mind for some time, triggered by a few events. I’ve written quite a few posts about Chidlfree friendships on this blog ranging from how to find new friends – to the way our friendships change if one of the friends starts having children. If you are new to this [...]

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