To be cheesed off with 'childfree' bragging

[lunaboona]

Childless ( by choice ) or 'childfree' and that's what she refers to herself as , forever sharing quotes about how lucky she is to travel / have money / drink cocktails whenever she wants , she'll never be a boring house wife etc AIBU to find this annoying and slightly insulting? As I juggle the house / my job and 2 'brats ' 😣🙄🤔

I'm totally on side with any woman that makes that choice , I respect that and in no way think women should be expected to or pressured into having children , I would defend anyone being challenged for making a decision not to have children as it's up to them, and no one should question them but what annoys the shit out of me is the superior attitude almost laughing at those of us up to our eyeballs in washing and crappy nappies 😕

No she's being honest , I know her very well and like I said love her dearly -just find the suggestion anyone who has kids doesn't have a life anymore insulting .

I'm equally irritated by over the top gushing posts about peoples amazing blessed famalam -esp kids lined up in front of all their Christmas / b-day presents 🙄😣

Op, o think if she genuinely felt happy she wouldn’t need to underline it so frequently
labelling other people isn’t a sign of freedom, it’s what you do when you are over invested in an idea.
She sounds really annoying, but also insecure and as if she doesn’t know herself very well.

Can you not just unfollow/ unfriend/ block etc .

It's National 'Post a photo of your school kid standing against the front door' Week

Since we moved it’s the swanky living room door

She's got a point though hasn't she Luna?!

I think you sound 'social media tired', OP.

Yeah I am 😴

I love my friends I really do, but on Facebook, it seems I am actually friends with a load of children.

I think anyone who posts their entire life online is deeply unhappy anyway.

Since we moved it’s the swanky living room door

Complete with a woven wicker heart from Wilkos, hanging on the door handle?

If her updates annoy you then block them. If she's directly rude then stop communicating with her.

Maybe you should quit social media for a while. Think you'll be happier for it.

I think she may be over compensating because of all the bragging. If you're happy with the decision you wouldn't brag, and slag others off you'd be quietly smug. You'd just post photos of you in lovely adult only hotels and doing exciting activities you can't do with kids not harp on about other people's choices

Complete with a woven wicker heart from Wilkos, hanging on the door handle?

God no I hate them!

I don’t put the picture on social media though, I just print it and put it in their scrapbooks.

No wicker in our house since we passed on the Moses basket

It's passive aggressive posts that piss me off the most , have fun at home with the kids this summer while I'm sipping margaritas by the pool in Ibiza ☺️

Complete with a woven wicker heart from Wilkos, hanging on the door handle

#makingmemories

I'm guilty of a bit of wicker here

I don't think yabu. I have two children , a husband and work part time. I don't go posting about how I feel sorry for single people, unemployed people or people without children (for the record I don't feel sorry for them, unless they are struggling for whatever reason and would rather offer help than stupid quotes). Mainly because I don't judge people or would want to offend them. If it's on facebook just mute her.

WorraLiberty my kids are nowhere near gentle enough for anything remotely breakable to be in my house

She sounds jealous op. People who find their happiness only in material things are not the kind of people to be friends with.

When did the word 'childless' become 'childfree'?

Are children something that we should be liberated from?

How old is your friend ? Because some women are having children in their 50s. I have friends who have children and some who do not. I like to see their updates. It doesn't bother me one bit. I know some people who travel every month and I enjoy hearing about their travels.

I think it’s the digs from anyone who is sniping at someone who has made different choices to them that’s nasty tbh, whether that’s someone with or without children.

Why have a go at someone else to make yourself feel better? It’s a shit thing to do.

I think she’s right

Are children something that we should be liberated from?

Quite possibly.

If I'd posted on here about how proud I am of my friend for being so vocal and open about feeling she has a better life than anyone with kids I wonder what would have been said 🧐

She uses the term child free mostly as 'child less ' implies that she's missing something or it wasn't her choice , when it is, so I get that