It's nothing to do with having to rely on your children.
Ok?
It's having a family of your own. Grandchildren great grandchildren all the rest of it that makes older peoples lives so much better
Subjective. Most grandparents adore their GC. Some don't. This is a fairly standard opinion.
You will be lonely.
Probably more so than if you had children, yes. Some children become estranged, but that's the exception not the rule. Our peers die with us as we age. If you're the last one left with no family to visit, it probably is lonely.
You can't say you won't regret it because you arnt there yet. That is when your decision will come home to roost.
More accurate is that you can't know either way. But on the majority of society, we like to be social creatures, so children in elderly age probably is a plus, on balance, but not reason enough to go through a lifetime of raising them just for this.
I don't really see the point in creating a thread on mumsnet about the good things of not being a mum?
Yeah I've always thought this was a faux naive "sorry, what's the problem with me telling a load of parents that parenting is shite?" You wouldn't walk into a rugby stadium to announce rugby was shite then stand then pretending to be shocked that the rugby players don't seem welcoming.
That's your choice and good luck to you. Each to their own.
Yep .
It may be great now. When you are an old lady trust me it really won't be. That's when you will have regrets.
There's probably truth in this. Like it or not, we are predominantly social and in youth when we can do as we please, wherever we like. In final years, it's more about who can come to you. And children are the ones who will be there, in most cases.
Please forgive if I need you to further point out why these posts that are such great examples of the hatred experienced by the childfree? Because I see an opinion at best, some parts more founded than others, but nothing to suggest hate?