What puzzles me more is why someone without children, who doesn't like them and doesn't plan to ever have any, would be on Mumsnet? I've noticed quite a few people like that. It seems an odd choice of forum if you're childless/childfree by choice?
Because MN is boss! Full of very switched on people (not all of them women either). It’s more than just the thinking person’s Nethuns (don’t think that actually exists anymore but that sugarsndspice user was DEFFO an ex-subscriber) . You can learn a lot about al aspects of life from the gravely important to the frivolous and “mix” with people from different social circles who can actually change your world viewpoint on important issues, just by reading a thread. It’s been discussed in Parliament, on telly.
And well.....penisbeaker.
S’entertaining too.
Only problem is, reading this thread has got me thinking “well, what the hell is it all for anyway?
I have kids. I wanted to have DH’s babies but probably wouldn’t have bothered with anyone else.
But, besides the guilt about not being the perfect parent every waking moment, in my mid-40d I’m evaluating my whole life and wondering exactly what it’s all about. Was it a good idea to have them? Have I brought them into a world of turmoil and uncertainty? So, the people talking about kids being the “meaning of life”, well, 10 years ago I might have known what you meant. Now, I’m not so sure. Maybe the hormonal urge is totally transitory to ensure the human race stutters on somehow.
Or maybe, having kids is just learned behaviour these days. In prehistoric times, people just shagged whoever they fancied as the urge took them. No marriages etc. People didn’t even know that shagging led to babies. They just assumed that when a baby appeared it was a gift from the gods. Perhaps ignorance was bliss...